The last international break of 2018 is over, and that means a return to Premier League action this weekend. When Liverpool travels to Vicarage Road on Saturday, to take on Watford, they will reportedly have their team captain, Jordan Henderson, back in action.
He is expected to be fit despite missing international duty with England, having now recovered from a nagging hamstring injury. That means long term absentee Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be the only player out for the Reds.
Flipping over to the other side, Sebastian Prodl is a long term injury absentee, while Daryl Janmaat and Tom Cleverly could finally be back in contention.
The latter two have seemingly recovered from long-term injuries and could feature in this one. The Reds head into this contest in second place, two points behind reigning champions Manchester City. They have yet to suffer a loss in league play this season. The hosts will enter this game in seventh place, with 20 points accrued and a +3 in goal differential on the season.
The Bank Liverpool FC Starting XI Prediction vs Watford (4-2-3-1)
Centre Forward: Mohamed Salah
Attacking Midfield: Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Xherdan Shaqiri
Central Midfield: Georginio Wijnaldum, Fabinho
Back line: Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Dejan Lovren, Nathaniel Clyne
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Liverpool vs Watford FYIs
Kickoff: 3pm local, Vicarage Road, Saturday Nov 24
Odds via Oddschecker: Liverpool 4/7 draw 7/2 Watford 113/20
Jurgen Klopp Press Conference Video and Quotes: coming tomorrow
Score Prediction: Liverpool 2, Watford 2
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