Watford were forced into a last-minute change against Leeds United when Manuel Almunia was forced to pull out and was replaced by youngster Jonathan Bond.

Gianfranco Zola has also opted for Fernando Forestieri instead of Matej Vydra as Watford look to secure automatic promotion to the Premier League.

Vicarage Road will be sold out this afternoon as the Hornets look to better the result of Hull City, who are one point above the Golden Boys and face Malky Mackay’s Cardiff City at the KC Stadium.

Forestieri and Vydra once again swap place in the only Watford change from last Friday’s 2-1 win at Leicester City.

Leeds, who are 16th with seemingly nothing to play for, were also forced into a late change when Michael Brown replaced Zac Thompson.

The other three alterations were Stephen Warnock out and both El-Hadji Diouf and Rodolph Austin suspended, so Adam Drury, Zac Thompson and Steve Morison come in.

Watford: Almunia; Doyley, Ekstrand, Cassetti; Anya, Chalobah, Hogg, Abdi, Pudil; Deeney, Forestieri.

Subs: Bond, Hall, Briggs, Battocchio, Yeates, Vydra, Geijo.

Leeds line-up: Kenny; Peltier, Lees, Pearce, Drury; Green, Varney, Tonge, Thompson; Morison, McCormack.

Subs: Cairns, White, Warnock, Brown, Poleon, Hall, Killock.