CHANCE! Sema gets away down the left and into the box, but his cut-back for Pereyra is played blind and is just behind the Argentine! That could have easily been 4-0!
90'
CHANCE! Huddersfield almost carve an opportunity out for themselves as the ball is played wide to Pritchard after Doucoure was dispossessed in midfield, but his cross was just ahead of everyone in the box.
89'
Mounie runs onto a long ball forward by Mooy, but he's caught well offside.
88'
With Billing off the field, long-throw duties are passed to Sobhi, but the former Stoke City winger hits the first man.
86'
A. Mooy gets yellow.
Mooy clips the heels of Hughes, having been dispossessed. The referee pulls the play back to book him, having initially played the advantage.
85'
C. Kabasele enters the game and replaces C. Cathcart.
Cathcart goes down with cramp and is replaced by Kabasele for the final few minutes.
84'
SAVE! Pritchard tries desperately to pull one back, but Foster keeps his shot out of the top-left corner! It's just not their day.
83'
A. Gray enters the game and replaces I. Success.
Success, having got his goal, comes off to give Gray a few minutes on the field.
80'
I. Success has scored a goal for Watford! Assist by Kiko Femenía.
Femenia's fizzed, low ball gave nobody a chance to cut it out and left Success with the simple task of turning home!
GOAL!! 3-0 WATFORD! Capoue lofts a good ball forward to Femenia on the right, who squares to Success for a tap-in! The striker has deserved that goal for all his hard work. That must surely be that now.
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79'
Success does excellently once again as he takes the ball down on his chest with his back to goal and shows great strength to hold it up and win a foul off Schindler.
78'
J. Bacuna enters the game and replaces P. Billing.
Billing, who is on a booking, is replaced by Bacuna in midfield.
75'
Foster spills a cross into the box, but Mounie is penalised for having his arm raised and clattering into the goalkeeper.
73'
Both sides try to break forward and are dispossessed in midfield. Pritchard sparked a neat attack before Doucoure intercepted and drove through the lines before running out of support and getting crowded out.
71'
Foster's poor goal kick goes straight to Mounie, but the striker is penalised for handball. Nothing is quite going their way at the moment.
69'
MISS! Poor effort by Pritchard from outside the box that he drags well wide to the left of goal. Huddersfield heads are starting to drop.
68'
Huddersfield get away with it as Doucoure is somewhat harshly penalised for a foul on Durm, who had played a loose ball backwards and straight to Success, who was clean through on goal!
67'
A. Masina gets yellow.
Success nutmegs Hogg and the Huddersfield midfielder unceremoniously brings the Watford forward down. He's lucky to escape a booking there.
Masina lunges in recklessly and picks up a deserved yellow card for what was a needlessly rash challenge on Lowe.
65'
K. Sema enters the game and replaces Deulofeu.
Deulofeu is replaced by Sema as Gracia responds with a change of his own, but the winger is not happy at all with the decision. He trudges off the pitch slowly before throwing a bottle to the ground in frustration as he reaches the bench. Rather petulant from a player who has had a good game.
63'
Ramadan Sobhi enters the game and replaces I. Mbenza.
S. Mounié enters the game and replaces L. Depoitre.
Depoitre off for Mounie is the second and the former has had a very ineffective game. Wagner will hope that his replacement can do better.
Mbenza is replaced by Sobhi in the first of Wagner's two changes as Huddersfield chase the game.
62'
SAVE! A dinked ball to the back post finds Lowe, who tries an ambitious effort from a wide angle. He catches it reasonably well, but Foster holds comfortably.
60'
SAVE! Pereyra runs across Lossl with the ball and back-heels cleverly for Hughes, but he can only side-foot straight at the goalkeeper! What a chance for a third! Success then drills a shot across goal that Lossl holds well.
58'
CHANCE! A good Watford move breaks down as Hughes unselfishly tries to slip the ball through for Success, but it's hacked clear!
56'
Deulofeu has certainly been busy, and he chases down Lossl, who was dawdling with the ball on his goal-line, and very nearly gets there!
54'
BLOCK! Success opts to shoot instead of playing it wide for Pereyra and sees his high, left-footed attempt blocked bravely away. Poor decision.
52'
Foster takes a chance and sprints out of his area to clear a ball on the left. Billing lines up a trademark long throw, but it comes to nothing.
49'
SAVE! Success powers a shot towards the bottom-right corner from outside the box, but it's kept out by Lossl! Watford still pushing.
47'
A loose Huddersfield ball is latched onto sharply by Deulofeu, who plays it through for Hughes, but the Englishman is bundled over by Billing. There are cries from the home faithful for a second yellow for the midfielder, but the referee keeps his cards in his pocket. Billing can count himself slightly fortunate.
46'
And Watford get the game going again!
45' +1
HALF-TIME: WATFORD 2-0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
44'
CHANCE! Mooy is dispossessed on the left and Watford have a great chance to break. Deulofeu back-heels for Success who tries to find Pereyra on the left, but it's cut out by Durm!
43'
Huddersfield are really lacking fluency in their game, and Zanka in particular looks very shaky at the back. They need to sort themselves out at half-time.
41'
CHANCE! Success drives at the heart of the Huddersfield defence and the ball is nicked away from him, but Zanka's attempted tackle rolls towards the bottom corner and Lossl has to be alert to get across and clear behind! That would have been some own goal!
37'
Deulofeu can't beat Schindler one-on-one down the right. The German stands tall and nicks the ball away as the forward opens up his box of tricks.
35'
CHANCE! Hughes gets into space in the inside-right pocket and gets to the byline. He tries to pull the ball back to Deulofeu in the box, but his pass with his weaker right foot isn't clean and gets cut out.
34'
P. Billing gets yellow.
Billing is shown the first yellow card of the game. The referee has been lenient up to this point, but the card had to come out eventually.
33'
Success has a chance to play a good pass into the box as he gets free down the left with ease as Zanka's positioning is poor, but the final ball is just cut out!
31'
Watford's free-flowing attack is causing Huddersfield all kinds of problems. Deulofeu has been handed a free role in attack, and when he drifts wide Pereyra or Hughes occupy his central space behind Success.
28'
Huddersfield are growing back into the game and pushing forward in search of a goal.
26'
Zanka gives away another needless foul on Success. He's getting too tight and conceding cheap fouls in positions of no real danger.
19'
Deulofeu has scored a goal for Watford! Assist by É. Capoue.
Once again, Capoue is credited with the assist, but Deulofeu made the goal all by himself with direct running down the right.
GOAL!! 2-0 WATFORD! Another piece of individual skill extends Watford's lead, but it's hesitant defending at the back again by Huddersfield. Deulofeu skips past a couple of defenders on the right and blasts one at goal from a tight angle. The effort seems to catch Lossl off-guard and the ball hits the back of the net! Watford are threatening to run away with this one.
17'
A lovely move by Watford just breaks down inside the box. Hughes plays the ball inside from the right and darts infield, exchanging passes and looking to get on the end of it inside the area, but the final ball is cut out.
16'
A few hefty challenges from both sides so far. The referee has tried his best to let the game flow up to this point though.
14'
Zanka gives away a silly foul on Success, pushing him over on the touchline. The Watford man wasn't going anywhere.
12'
It seems that Huddersfield are actually playing a 4-4-1-1, with Mbenza on the right of midfield and Mooy pushed out to the left.
10'
R. Pereyra has scored a goal for Watford! Assist by A. Masina.
Masina fed Pereyra the ball on the left, but he had a lot left to do before scoring, and he made it look so easy!
GOAL!!! WHAT A GOAL BY PEREYRA! It's 1-0 to Watford, and it's a classy goal by the midfielder. He cuts inside two from the left and then drifts past three in the box before sliding coolly past Lossl from close range!
5'
BLOCK! Durm gallops down the right onto a lovely diagonal ball by Billing.He cuts inside to shoot on his left, but it's a tame effort that is blocked easily behind by Cathcart.
3'
Foster beats Depoitre to a long ball forward and thumps it emphatically out of play. Billing tries his luck with a long throw, but Watford clear comfortably.
1'
And we're off at Vicarage Road!
Watford look to break quickly down the left with Deulofeu, but the Spaniard holds the ball too long and allows the Huddersfield defence to regroup and cut off his pass.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Premier League fixture between Watford and Huddersfield Town at Vicarage Road.
The line-ups have been announced, and we'll start with the home side.
Watford XI (4-2-2-2): Ben Foster; Kiko Femenia, Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina; Abdoulaye Doucoure, Etienne Capoue; Will Hughes, Roberto Pereyra; Gerard Deulofeu, Isaac Success
Watford substitutes: Ken Sema, Andre Gray, Ben Wilmot, Heurelho Gomes, Jose Holebas, Christian Kabasele, Stefano Okaka
Huddersfield XI (3-5-1-1): Jonas Lossl; Zanka, Christopher Schindler, Chris Lowe; Isaac Mbenza, Aaron Mooy, Jonathan Hogg, Philip Billing, Erik Durm; Alex Pritchard; Laurent Depoitre
Huddersfield substitutes: Florent Hadergjonaj, Ben Hamer, Steve Mounie, Ramadan Sobhi, Juninho Bacuna, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Collin Quaner
Wagner has a tall order at half-time. His defenders look very shaky and Zanka in particular is having a very poor game. He has to get his side to tighten up and prevent Watford from carving them open with such ease, but at 2-0 down they can hardly afford to simply sit back. Javi Gracia will be far more pleased at the break, and will look for more of the same from his side in the second period.
And there goes the half-time whistle! Huddersfield's leaky back-line has had no answer to Watford's free-flowing attack as Pereyra and Deulofeu both scored classy solo efforts. Pereyra drifted past four or five defenders as if they weren't there before slotting home, while Deulofeu darted away from a couple of challenges before smashing past Lossl - who should have done better - from a tight-angle. Huddersfield have been restricted to long-range efforts from Mooy and Billing, while Foster was forced to tip Lowe's memorable strike onto the crossbar. David Wagner's side have looked hesitant and disjointed for the most part, however. It's 2-0 to Watford at the break!
That's all from us, we hope you enjoyed the game! Thanks for joining our coverage, until next time, goodbye!
Watford visit struggling Newcastle in their next game, while Huddersfield host newly-promoted Fulham in a crunch fixture for both sides.
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