Watford forward Matej Vydra has been called up to the Czech Republic squad for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers with Malta and Bulgaria.

Head coach Michal Bilek today named a 20-man squad for the home qualifiers with Malta on October 12 and Bulgaria on October 16.

Vydra missed Saturday's victory over Huddersfield Town due to minor knee injury but he should be in the squad for tonight's trip to Charlton Athletic.

Czech Republic squad:

Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Chelsea), Jan Lastuvka (Dnepropetrovsk), Jaroslav Drobny (Hamburg)

Defenders: Frantisek Rajtoral (Plzen), Tomas Sivok (Besiktas), Michal Kadlec (Leverkusen), Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), David Limbersky (Plzen), Marek Suchy (Spartak Moscow), Roman Hubnik (Hertha Berlin)

Midfielders: Jaroslav Plasil (Bordeaux), Jan Rezek (Famagusta), Vladimir Darida (Plzen), Petr Jiracek (Wolfsburg), Milan Petrzela (Augsburg), Tomas Hubschman (Donetsk), Josef Husbauer (Sparta Prague)

Forwards: David Lafata (Jablonec), Tomas Pekhart (Nuremberg), Matej Vydra (Watford)