Preston North End v Watford team news: Two changes made as January signing misses out
PNE’s number nine returns to the starting line-up.
Paul Heckingbottom has made two changes to his side for Preston North End’s game versus Watford.
Daniel Jebbison is back in the starting eleven, as is Pol Valentin. They return in place of Milos Lukovic,, who is completely absent from the squad, and Thierry Small, who drops to the bench.. Andrew Hughes is back in the squad after just over a month out with a hamstring injury, Jordan Thompson is well enough to be named as a substitute after illness this week, while Callum Lang will be hoping to make his debut for PNE from the bench after an impressive run-out midweek in the Central League.
Robbie Brady played 45 minutes in that game too however he, Daniel Iversen, Liam Lindsay and Brad Potts are still absent from the team.
As for the Hornets, new manager Edward Still has made three changes to the side that lost 1-0 at Southampton. Saba Goglichidze, Mattie Pollock and Luca Kjerrumgaard come in for Marc Bola and Mamadou Doumbia, while Jeremy Ngakia misses out all together.
PNE XI: Cornell; Offiah, Storey, Gibson, Valentin, Whiteman (c), McCann, Vukcevic, Devine, Dobbin, Jebbison. PNE subs: Walton, Hughes, Lewis, Thompson, Small, Moran, Lang, Smith, Osmajic.
Watford XI: Selvik; Abankwah, Pollock, Mfuni, Goglichidze, N. Mendy, Louza (c), Maamma, Kayembe, Chakvetadze, Kjerrumgaard.. Watford subs: Baxter; Petris, Bola, F. Mendy, Mullins, Bove, Ince, Baah, Doumbia.