Alex Neil has had to shuffle the Preston North End pack today for their trip to Vicarage Road.

Watford are a dangerous outfit on any day, but they may be even more potent than usual today considering the struggles that Neil has had to go through in picking a defence.

Preston are without every single first-team full back today, with injuries and suspensions rife throughout their squad.

They have one of the best records away from home in the division, losing just once on the road this season but they have a major uphill challenge to take anything from todays game.

Usually a 4-2-3-1 man, Neil has had to change things up, playing three centre backs in the form of Patrick Bauer, Jordan Storey and Ben Davies, and it looks as though Tom Barkhuizen and Scott Sinclair will be operating as wing backs.

Sean Maguire is also seemingly partnering Emil Riis up top, and there's positive injury news as both Ben Pearson and Ben Davies return to the starting 11.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and this could go one of two ways - either Watford pulverise North End due to their strength up-front, or Preston's attacking numbers could over-run the Hornets defence.

There was a lot of negativity from Lilywhites fans in the build-up to the match, but the reaction to the team has been surprisingly positive.