Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

With Trent Alexander-Arnold injured, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané still physically and emotionally recuperating from Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying playoff in Dakar – complete with extra time, penalties and laser beams – various South Americans making late returns from distant internationals and the first leg of a Champions League quarter-final to come on Tuesday, there could hardly be a better time for a plucky underdog to turn up at Anfield. But even allowing for the massive advantages the division’s leading clubs hold over the upstarts, Watford’s record at their grounds is abysmal: in all competitions since 1990 the Hornets have played away at Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United a combined 38 times, equivalent to one full top-flight season (albeit one with a particularly savage fixture list). In this notional season they have earned a total of six points, with 34 defeats and a single victory, at Anfield under Graham Taylor in 1999. SB

Liverpool v Watford, Saturday 12.30pm (all times BST)

Harry Maguire made headlines during the international break, but not for the excellent pass that helped to create England’s second goal against Ivory Coast or his solid all-round performance. Gareth Southgate was unusually strident after that match in calling the Wembley booing of the centre-back a “joke”, and Maguire’s creditable display will not harm his confidence. Playing for Manchester United seems to be a different matter, though, and perhaps one of the issues is that his club teammates often lack the quality of movement Ollie Watkins displayed in receiving the aforementioned pass for England, before setting up Raheem Sterling to score at the second attempt. Maguire may be happy to see that his old teammate