Watford haven't been able to get on the ball yet, the home side looking to get their rhythm going. 

Hornets defender Allan Nyom with a nervy clearance which lands on top his own net. Corner to the visitors.

Joe Tipton: Cristiano Ronaldo put Memphis Depay in his top five young players the other day. Would love to see something that justifies that...

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United with pressure early on. Juan Mata finds space on the right and plays a low ball into the box but no away player can get on the end of it. 

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The home side, playing from left to right, get us under way at Vicarage Road.

David Pleat
Former Tottenham boss on BBC Radio 5 live

"Watford will realise what an impact the absence of Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial will have on their opponents. Juan Mata has to be influential for Manchester United, it will be very important he dictates things because Watford will be quick and aggressive to win the ball.

"Chris Smalling has really developed his all-round game and has matured as a person too. He is enjoying the extra responsibility. Some players thrive in those circumstances, and he obviously has."

Both sets of players stand together across the pitch.

The French national anthem - La Marseillaise - is being played in memory of those who died in the Paris attacks last Friday. All Premier League games will be paying their respects in the same way this weekend.

French midfielders Etienne Capoue and Morgan Schneiderlin stand and sing the anthem.

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Talking of Troy Deeney, the Watford captain has fulfilled a promise made in prison by inviting six former inmates to watch him play this afternoon. 

The 27-year-old served three months of a 10-month prison sentence in 2012 for affray, following a violent brawl that left four students injured.

He said: "I've got my cellmates coming - I told them it would all come true. 

"I have proved people wrong all my life. When people write me off, that's when I perform my best."

Teams are in the tunnel. Manchester United skipper for the day Chris Smalling looks focused, while home counterpart Troy Deeney is in much more of a relaxed mood, having a laugh with one of the mascots.

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Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender on Football Focus

"Watford are very much a counter-attacking team, and that might actually suit Manchester United. 

"But there are names on that United bench that we don't even recognise - Sean Goss and Marcus Rashford, it sounds like a duet. But they are Man Utd, they have to get on with it. When players aren't available you have to make do."

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Newly promoted Watford's decision to play two strikers is one of the key forces behind their impressive start, according to Times journalist Rory Smith.

“I’ve been surprised they are playing Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo as a two," Smith told 5 live Sport.

"They are one of a few teams that does that and it has worked really well for them. Deeney says he thinks that it tends to surprise teams, when they are confronted by two big powerful strikers who work really hard."

It's really difficult to dislike Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores with his good looks, charming approach and broken English.

And he hasn't had too shabby a start since taking charge of the Hornets in the summer. His side are 11th in the Premier League table, eight points clear of the relegation zone. Surprising, as they were supposed to struggle this season.

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In a revealing interview with The Guardian,, external Flores says he likes to go running as it acts a release, but also said he entered a seven-a-side team in a local Wednesday night league.

"We are top of the table. Of course! We are representing Watford. The name of the team is Watford," he said. “I have played in all of the games so far and I never substitute myself. I always stay on. I’m playing badly? I stay."

Louis van Gaal has been criticised for Manchester United's slow, possession-based style of play this season, and just three goals in their past five games seem to justify that.

However, the Red Devils have laid a solid platform at the back, conceding just eight goals in 12 league games and keeping eight clean sheets.

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Centre-back Chris Smalling has been a mainstay for this record and has stepped up to become the consistent performing leader many tipped him to be.

A win this lunchtime and United will go top of the table. What will people complain about then?

Tim Chesworth: Wow United's lineup is as bare as a prison cell. Where's Wilson?

Tom, Holmes Chapel: Well that's my Fantasy League out the window - why would you bench Rojo when they kept a clean sheet last weekend?? 2-0 Watford in my opinion now.

Josh Edkins: Smalling as captain?! Bastian should have the armband!

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Watford make one change to the side that lost to Leicester last time out. Spanish midfielder Jurado comes in for Nathan Ake.

Watford XI: Gomes; Nyom, Cathcart, Britos, Anya; Capoue, Watson; Abdi, Jurado, Deeney; Ighalo.

Manchester United make four changes to the side that beat West Brom a couple of weeks ago, with Phil Jones, Morgan Schneiderlin, Ander Herrera and Memphis Depay in for Marcos Rojo, Michael Carrick, Wayen Rooney and Anthony Martial.

Youngsters Sean Goss and Marcus Rashford are on the bench for Louis van Gaal's side.

Man Utd XI: De Gea; Young, Jones, Smalling, Blind; Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger; Mata, Herrera, Lingard; Memphis.

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Striker Wayne Rooney, forward Anthony Martial and makeshift frontman Marouane Fellaini all injured.

Winger Memphis Depay out of form and Adnan Januzaj out on loan.

Where are the goals coming from today?

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