Watford fell to a 3-1 defeat against Southampton this afternoon as the Hornets’ attempt to avoid Premier League relegation continues to stutter.
Southampton took the lead after 16 minutes when Danny Ings strode towards the Watford box and fired a precise strike past Ben Foster, and the striker netted his second in the second half after the Hornets’ goalkeeper threw the ball straight to him.
A Jan Bednarek own goal seemingly gave Nigel Pearson’s side a lifeline, but moments later the hosts conceded again, this time to a magnificent James Ward-Prowse free-kick. Re-live all our live coverage of the game below:
The official line-ups will be dropping at any moment...
Watford: Foster, Femenia, Cathcart, Dawson, Masina, Capoue, Hughes, Doucoure, Sarr, Pereyra, Deeney
Southampton: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Verstergaard, Bednarek, Bertrand, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Smallbone, Redmond, Long, Ings
The game will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event.
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And of course, we'll be covering all the action here.
Ings picks up the ball around 25 yards out and drives towards the hosts' box before slotting a precise effort into the bottom right corner of the net!
Watford 0-1 Southampton
The ball drops for the midfielder about two yards out, but Cathcart and McCarthy just about do enough to force him to fire over!
Can the water break change the momentum of this game, as it has in so many others?
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