Watford v Hull

Watford v Hull May 10 2008

Watford have been forced into a reshuffle up front for their play-off semi-final first-leg clash against Hull at Vicarage Road (kick-off 12pm).

The suspension of striker Darius Henderson, who was sent off at Blackpool, has forced a reshuffle in attack with Hungarian frontman Tamas Priskin set to line up alongside Nathan Ellington.

Steve Kabba is rated extremely doubtful and Theo Robinson, who has already tasted promotion this season at League Two Hereford, is ineligible under the terms of his loan deal.

"We've been looking at a few options throughout the week, we've made up our mind and we're going to go with that on Sunday," he told Watford World.

"Henderson has been wonderful for us but these things happen, we have to get on with it and move on."

Richard Lee is expected to keep his place in goal with Mart Poom again on the bench, while Gareth Williams could take a place on the bench following a year out with a knee injury.

Hull strikers Richard Garcia and Henrik Pedersen are set to return.

Garcia and Pedersen have recovered from their respective shoulder and calf injuries and will be competing with fellow frontmen Fraizer Campbell and Dean Windass to lead the line.

But midfielder Jay-Jay Okocha is expected to miss out following a knee injury with boss Phil Brown conceding that Wednesday's second-leg at the KC Stadium is a more realistic target.

"I don't think Jay-Jay is going to be available for Sunday, but there is a possibility for next Wednesday," he told the club's official website.

"Jay-Jay has worked as hard as I've ever seen anybody work with regards to the physio but he hasn't trained with the first team yet."



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