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TEAM NEWS
Watford will be without defender Younes Kaboul, who suffered a hamstring injury at the weekend which could rule him out for the rest of the season.
Troy Deeney and Sebastian Prodl might start after only being fit enough for the substitutes’ bench on Saturday.
West Brom head coach Tony Pulis says he will make a late decision on the “one or two” unnamed players who picked up knocks against Manchester United.
Matt Phillips could be involved following a hamstring injury.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Watford’s 1-0 victory at The Hawthorns last season is their only triumph in the last 17 league meetings with West Brom (D7, L9).
- The Hornets’ most recent victory at home to the Baggies was in the FA Cup in January 2003, while they haven’t won a home league game against them since November 1994.
Watford
- Watford’s win over Sunderland on Saturday ended a run of four league games without a victory (D1, L3).
- It was also their sixth league win at Vicarage Road this season, equalling their tally from 2015-16. They haven’t won more than six in a top-flight season since 1986-87, when they managed 12 under Graham Taylor.
- The Hornets have lost 10 of their 14 Premier League games against teams currently in the top half (W3, D1) and they haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of those games.
- Top scorer Troy Deeney could become the first Watford player to score in four consecutive Premier League home matches.
West Bromwich Albion
- West Brom have won just one of their last nine away games in the Premier League (D4, L4).
- However, they have only lost two of their previous nine league matches home and away (W4, D3).
- The Baggies have scored 14 Premier League goals from corners this season, four more than any other side.
- Tony Pulis’ side have only lost two of their 16 Premier League games this season against teams currently in the bottom half of the table (W9, D5).
