Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Watford's home clash with Manchester United at Vicarage Road.
Manchester United team news
Marcus Rashford starts a three-match domestic ban when Manchester United head to Watford, where Luke Shaw could feature despite sustaining concussion last weekend.
Rashford will be unable to build on his two England goals after being sent off against Burnley, but Jose Mourinho says Shaw could feature as 'by the protocol point of view and according to our doctor, he will be free to play'.
Ander Herrera (ankle) and Marouane Fellaini (back) are doubts, while Marcos Rojo and Diogo Dalot will step up their return from injury when the Under 23s face Reading on Friday. Mourinho provided no pre-match update on Phil Jones, who came off with a hamstring complaint in the defeat by Tottenham.
Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Grant, Valencia, Darmian, Shaw, Young, Jones, Lindelof, Smalling, Jones, Bailly, Pogba, McTominay, Fred, Pereira, Fellaini, Herrera, Matic, Mata, Lingard, Martial, Sanchez, Lukaku.
Watford and Manchester United - Key match stats
Watford have lost 12 of their last 13 matches against Manchester United in league competition, with their solitary win coming at Vicarage Road in September 2016 (3-1).
Of teams they’ve faced 10 or more times, only against Wigan (94 per cent) have Manchester United recorded a higher win rate in the Premier League than they have versus Watford (90 per cent - nine wins from 10).
Since Javi Gracia’s first home game in charge in February, Watford (23) have won more Premier League points in home fixtures than any other team (P10 W7 D2 L1).
Jose Mourinho has won five of his six Premier League encounters with Watford (L1), including each of the last three.
Watford have won four consecutive home games in the top-flight for the first time since December 1986. They last enjoyed a longer such streak back in October 1985 (seven), a run that included a 5-1 victory against Ron Atkinson’s Man Utd at Vicarage Road.
This is the first time that Watford have started a top-flight campaign with four wins from their opening four games. It is also the fourth time that three sides have won their first four games of a single season in the English top-flight (also 2009-10, 1969-70 and 1903-04).
United have either scored two or more goals or none at all in each of their last nine Premier League away games, scoring at least twice on five occasions (W4 D1 L4).
Romelu Lukaku has scored 19 goals in 38 Premier League matches for Manchester United. Should he net in this match, only three players will have reached 20 goals for the Red Devils in fewer games than the Belgian - Ruud van Nistelrooy (26 games), Robin van Persie (32) and Dwight Yorke (34).
Manchester United’s Alexis Sanchez has had a hand in six goals in five Premier League appearances against Watford (three goals, three assists), scoring in both of his games at Vicarage Road.
Watford defender Jose Holebas has been directly involved in more Premier League goals than any other player so far this season (one goal, four assists).