Strikers Stipe Perica and Isaac Success are back training with the first-team squad having both shaken off hamstring complaints, in a boost to the options of Hornets’ Head Coach Xisco Muñoz.
Full-backs Adam Masina and Kiko FemenÃa, both of whom missed Monday night’s fixture at Vicarage Road with minor knocks, will be assessed closer to Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off at Coventry City.
New arrival Dan Gosling is building his fitness levels, having not featured for Bournemouth in recent weeks, so will be closely monitored and is unlikely to play a part this weekend.
The bone bruising to Christian Kabasele’s knee will keep the centre-half out for at least two more weeks as he continues gym-based training, while goalkeeper Ben Foster remains sidelined with a finger injury.
Tom Dele-Bashiru’s rehabilitation from an October ACL injury also continues.
