Manchester City vs Watford
Premier League 2019-20
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Kick-off time: 3pm BST
Manchester City will look to bounce back from that shock defeat to Norwich City when they host Watford this afternoon.
The stunning defeat at Carrow Road leaves the champions five points adrift of Liverpool with Tottenham and Manchester United now just two points further off.
With Quique Sanchez Flores back at the helm, Watford picked up their first point of the season last time out against Arsenal. Today's game is a repeat of last season’s FA Cup final, where the Hornets were on the end of a 6-0 hammering.
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Man City vs Watford team news
Fernandinho is set to keep his place in the centre of defence as City aim to cope without the injured John Stones and Aymeric Laporte.
The Brazil international partnered Nicolas Otamendi in City’s 3-0 win against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Wednesday – and Pep Guardiola hopes that makeshift defensive pairing can maintain his side’s challenge on all fronts.
Guardiola has plenty of areas in which he could freshen up his starting XI against Watford on Saturday after Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva and David Silva were all named on the bench in Kharkiv.
There is also the potential to start Joao Cancelo at right back, while Benjamin Mendy made his comeback from his latest knee injury as a late substitute against Shakhtar.
Watford are almost at full strength, although Flores hasconfirmed forward Isaac Success is set for at least a month out with a groin problem.
Defender Craig Cathcart should return to training next week following a thigh injury picked up while on international duty with Northern Ireland.
TV channel and live stream information
The match will not be televised live in the UK.
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Head to head (h2h) results and history
This will be the 30th meeting between these two sides with City winning 18 of those contests.
You have to go back to 1989 for Watford's last victory.
