Quique Sanchez Flores wants Watford to seize an 'opportunity' at Man Utd

Watford head coach Quique Sanchez Flores thinks Wednesday's trip to Manchester United is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the opposition.

An injury-hit United side are in the midst of an extremely busy run of fixtures and Flores is optimistic that his team can come away with something.

Wednesday's fixture is the first of six in the space of 19 days for United boss Louis van Gaal to negotiate and comes just three days after their massive Premier League showdown with Arsenal.

Watford, meanwhile, continue to enjoy a rock-solid first campaign back in the top flight and are 10th in the standings after Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to Bournemouth.

Flores has now turned his attention to the Old Trafford trip and said: "Sometimes when we plan for the match, it's like we always need to be inside of the manager's head on the other team.

"I don't know exactly how Van Gaal is thinking about the next match or what his focus will be.

"They have a lot of targets in this moment and play a lot of matches. For us, it is an opportunity to have points.

"We know we are very competitive and we can go every single step to win. We have 37 points and we are happy."

Hornets midfielder Etienne Capoue is a candidate to be rested against United, having been substituted during Saturday's match.

"Capoue is a very important player for us," said Flores.

"He has played a lot of minutes this season, I felt he might be a bit tired.

"I felt he was not clear in the mind. He was not normal, but it is possible when a player plays a lot, he is a bit tired.

"We will talk with him but I am not worried."