Watford will hope to keep up their unbeaten run under the rule of referee Roger East when the Wiltshire-based official takes charge of their trip to Leicester on Saturday.

East has twice refereed the Hornets this season. Firstly their 1-1 draw with Southampton on the opening day of the campaign, as well as a 1-0 win at Middlesbrough in mid-October.

He was the fourth official for Watford's defeat to Liverpool on Monday night but, since his last game officiating the Hornets, has been branded "not good enough" by former refereeing chief Keith Hackett, who suggested the 52-year-old should "drop down a level".

East has refereed only intermittently in the top flight this season, with only nine of his 31 appointments in the Premier League.