Watford will be without midfielder Dan Gosling, who is set for a lengthy lay-off, when they return to Sky Bet Championship action against Hull on Sunday.Gosling suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon, which required surgery, during the closing stages of the draw at Bristol City ahead of the World Cup break.Forward Ismaila Sarr has returned from international duty with Senegal, having featured in th...Full Story »

Daniel Bachmann’s outstanding second-half save from Andreas Weimann earned Watford a point from a goalless Championship draw at Bristol City.The goalkeeper managed to claw out a 68th-minute header, diving full length to get his right hand to the ball and prevent the home side taking a deserved lead.City dominated for long periods without coming up with a finish, while the out-of-sorts visi...Full Story »

Bristol City boss Nigel Pearson is still without key players for the visit of his former club Watford.Full-back George Tanner, sent off against Sheffield United earlier this month, completes a three-match ban in the Sky Bet Championship fixture.Defenders Kal Naismith (calf) and Tomas Kalas (knee) will not return until after the World Cup break.Midfielder Ayman Benarous and right-back Kane Wilson...Full Story »

Slaven Bilic believes Watford should have made their dominance pay off earlier as they defeated Reading at Vicarage Road.A penalty and a late strike by Joao Pedro puts the Hertfordshire side into the play-off places in their final home game before the World Cup.The Croatian was pleased with the overall performance of his side, but felt the game should have been comfortably sewn up much sooner.He...Full Story »

Watford moved into the play-off positions as Joao Pedro’s double earned them a 2-0 win over Reading at Vicarage Road.Goals in both halves ensured the Hertfordshire side bounced back from defeat against Coventry last weekend.Yaser Asprilla and Christian Kabasele came in for the hosts while Reading made five changes from their defeat against Preston, with Sam Hutchinson, Tyrese Fornah, Lucas...Full Story »

Watford will be without Francisco Sierralta and Hassane Kamara for their clash with Reading.The pair both picked up their fifth bookings of the season in the weekend defeat to Coventry and will serve one-match bans as a result.Kortney Hause is still nursing a knee injury as Hornets boss Slaven Bilic struggles for options at the back.Experienced Northern Ireland international Craig Cathcart could...Full Story »

Watford must wait on the fitness of Keinan Davis ahead of the visit of Coventry in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday.Davis missed Watford’s 2-1 win at Cardiff on Wednesday, but will be assessed along with Samuel Kalu.Craig Cathcart, however, remains on the sidelines, with the medical staff focusing on his return to long-term fitness.Kortney Hause is also continuing his recovery from a k...Full Story »

Watford boss Slaven Bilic was delighted to see his side make it three wins in a row with a 2-1 comeback win at Cardiff that moved them up into the play-off places.Francisco Sierralta and Ismaila Sarr headed home the goals that saw Watford home after Cedric Kipre had headed in a ninth-minute corner for the Bluebirds.It was a fifth win in eight games under new boss Bilic.“I’m pleased w...Full Story »

Watford made it back-to-back away wins as they beat Cardiff 2-1 to move up into the play-off places.It was a fourth win in a row at Cardiff for the visitors and a fifth win in eight games under new boss Slaven Bilic.The Hornets replaced Swansea in sixth place with goals from Francisco Sierralta and Ismaila Sarr completing their fight back after Cedric Kipre had given the home side the lead.Cardi...Full Story »

Cardiff interim boss Mark Hudson will be without striker Callum Robinson for the Sky Bet Championship clash against visitors Watford.Robinson is sidelined due to a three-match suspension imposed following his red card in the derby defeat against Swansea.There was better news, though, for Hudson with Perry Ng and Mahlon Romeo both returning from injury and featuring in a 1-0 victory over Rotherha...Full Story »

Slaven Bilic reflected on a “great three points” as Watford won 1-0 at Sky Bet Championship strugglers Wigan thanks to Joao Pedro’s 87th-minute header.The Hornets had to withstand a determined early onslaught from Wigan, who hit a post through Will Keane inside 10 minutes.But as the game went on the visitors gradually took over, with only a great save from Wigan goalkeeper Jami...Full Story »

Joao Pedro headed home the only goal with three minutes left at the DW Stadium to give improving Watford a 1-0 victory at Sky Bet Championship strugglers Wigan.Pedro’s effort earned Slaven Bilic’s side a third win in four games that leaves them two points off the play-off places.But Wigan have lost six of their last seven matches and sit two points above the relegation zone.Wigan sta...Full Story »

Jack Whatmough is the latest addition to Wigan’s injury list as they host Watford in the Sky Bet Championship.Whatmough was forced off late in last week’s defeat by QPR, with Rarmani Edwards-Green coming on for his Latics debut and in line to deputise against the Hornets.Forwards Callum Lang (ankle) and Charlie Wyke (hamstring) will miss out once more.Midfielder Gwion Edwards and def...Full Story »

Slaven Bilic has urged Watford to maintain their standards after returning to winning ways with a 4-0 thrashing of near neighbours Luton.The Hornets shrugged off a poor 3-0 defeat at Millwall in midweek to delight their supporters and move to within three points of the Championship play-off places.First-half goals from Keinan Davis and William Troost-Ekong set the tone and the visitors’ do...Full Story »

Watford claimed local bragging rights with a 4-0 dismantling of near neighbours Luton in the Championship.First-half goals from Keinan Davis and William Troost-Ekong set the tone and the visitors’ doom was sealed when goalkeeper Ethan Horvath gifted Joao Pedro a third before Ismaila Sarr completed the rout.Hatters substitute Gabriel Osho then saw red late on for a dreadful challenge on Ken...Full Story »

Imran Louza will be absent for Watford’s Sky Bet Championship clash with Luton.Boss Slaven Bilic has confirmed that the midfielder will be out for a “few months” with a broken fibula and ligament damage sustained in the loss at Millwall.Craig Cathcart could also be checked after Bilic confirmed the defender missed the midweek game as a precaution.Mario Gaspar and Tom Dele-Bashi...Full Story »

Slaven Bilic criticised Watford’s lack of consistency after the 3-0 defeat at Millwall.Tom Bradshaw hit a 25-minute hat-trick in the first half to put the hosts in complete control, with the visitors stunted in attack throughout at the Den.It was the first time the Hornets had failed to score under the Croatian, and Bilic was concerned about his side’s inability to string results tog...Full Story »

Tom Bradshaw’s stunning first-half hat-trick powered Millwall to a 3-0 victory over woeful Watford at the Den.Bradshaw struck three times in just over half an hour to give Gary Rowett’s men their third successive win in a game they controlled throughout, moving them one point off the Championship play-off places.It took just eight minutes for Bradshaw to open his account for the even...Full Story »

Dean Smith blamed a sub-standard first-half performance for Norwich’s failure to end the weekend at the Championship summit.The Canaries would have gone above Burnley and Sheffield United had they won but instead lost 2-1 at Watford, who moved up from 17th to 10th thanks to goals in the first 31 minutes through Imran Louza and Keinan Davis.Josh Sargent pulled one back directly before half-...Full Story »

Watford denied Norwich the chance to go top of the Championship table by beating them 2-1 at Vicarage Road.Imran Louza, who had earlier seen a penalty saved by recalled Canaries goalkeeper Angus Gunn, volleyed Slaven Bilic’s hosts ahead before Keinan Davis doubled the lead just after the half-hour mark.Josh Sargent pulled one back in the final minute of the first half but Dean Smith’...Full Story »