Hornets defender Sebastian Prödl limped off just three minutes into Austria’s 2-1 defeat to Switzerland last night due to a calf injury.

The towering centre-back, who hasn’t featured for Watford since the Golden Boys’ 3-0 defeat against Arsenal, started the friendly but was quickly brought off after feeling pain in his left calf.

He is unlikely to be fit for the Hornets’ game against Manchester United on Saturday but will be assessed on his return to Watford’s London Colney training ground.

Midfielder Valon Behrami played the entirety of Switzerland’s win on Tuesday night and featured for 32 minutes on Friday as the Swiss were beaten 3-2 by Slovakia.

Greece international Jose Holebas played all but the final seconds of his country’s 0-0 draw against Turkey last night while the full-back featured for 70 minutes on Friday as the Greeks were surprisingly beaten 1-0 by minnows Luxembourg.

Daniel Pudil, who is spending the season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday, came on for the final 14 minutes of the Czech Republic’s 3-1 defeat to Poland last night after starting and completing their 4-1 victory over Serbia on Friday.

Craig Cathcart started for Northern Ireland on Friday and teed up Steven Davis’ goal in their 1-0 win over Latvia.

In World Cup 2018 qualifying action Odion Ighalo began and completed both games of Nigeria’s double header against Swaziland. The Super Eagles recorded a 2-0 win yesterday and a 0-0 draw on Friday.

Adlene Guedioura was introduced in the 36th minute of Algeria’s 7-0 win against Tanzania last night after playing 90 minutes on Saturday as the same sides drew 2-2.

Juan Carlos Paredes’ Ecuador continued their winning run in their World Cup qualifying campaign. The Hornets wing-back started and completed his country’s 3-1 win in Venezuela last night and their 2-1 victory over Uruguay last Thursday.

Miguel Layun, who is on loan at Porto, played the entirety of Mexico’s 2-0 win over Honduras last night after featuring for 72 minutes of El Tri’s 3-0 victory against El Salvador on Saturday.

At Under-21 level, Nathan Ake completed 90 minutes in the Netherlands’ 1-0 win over Belarus on Thursday and their 4-2 defeat to Slovakia last night.

And Josh Doherty was in the Northern Ireland side which was beaten 2-0 by France last Thursday and 2-1 by Ukraine last night.