Watford rocked by fresh injury setback before Leeds United test

Play-off hopefuls Watford will have to rejig their defence for Tuesday's trip to Leeds United. Angelo Ogbonna faces a spell on the sidelines after picking up an injury in the closing stages of Saturday's loss at Luton Town.

“The early signs for Angelo are not great and it looks like he’s had a recurrence of the hamstring issue he suffered at the end of the Middlesbrough game,” said head coach Tom Cleverley.

“He’ll miss out tomorrow night. He had a scan this morning and I expect him to be out weeks rather than months.

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“The timing of Francisco Sierralta returning has happened at a very good time.

“Jeremy Ngakia is getting very close and should be available for selection against Blackburn, as is the case with Kevin Keben and I’m excited about his return and how well he’s looking in training.”

Cleverley has confirmed Dan Bachmann has passed a fitness test, with the Austrian international expected to start in between the sticks at Elland Road tomorrow night. Bachmann was troubled by a thigh issue in the build up to the Hatters duel.

“At the time I didn’t feel like I was taking a big gamble, and I think he was protecting himself a little bit with the throwing out,” said Cleverley. “Looking back on the game he put us at a bit of risk with how many times he threw the ball.

“When you digest the three goals then Dan’s thigh hasn’t been the reason we conceded them, but it was maybe a reason why the momentum of the game was the way it was. After Friday’s training session we had no hint of risk that he was playing.

“That quickly materialised in the game though, and he wasn’t quite right He feels much better now, and he’s passed his fitness test and is available for tomorrow’s game.”