Vata a Watford injury doubt for Rovers trip

Watford attacking midfielder Rocco Vata may not be available for the side's trip to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday (15:00 BST) after rolling his ankle in training.

Vata is currently being assessed but would be a huge miss for the Hornets, who already have three other attacking players on the sidelines.

"It's been a challenging period, let's not dress it up any other way," boss Tom Cleverley told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"We felt we missed out on an attacking player in January and we were crossing our fingers that we wouldn't suffer any suspensions or injuries and they've all come at the same time."

Kwadwo Baah, Giorgi Chakvetadze and Amin Nabizada are the three other players missing, with defender Yasser Larouci and goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann also ruled out.

Watford have lost their past three league matches and slipped to 12th in the Championship.