Watford vs Southampton LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League fixture today
Nigel Pearson’s side remain in peril after visitors secured a straightforward win
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Your support makes all the difference.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:
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Welcome to our live coverage of Watford vs Southampton in the Premier League!
The official line-ups will be dropping at any moment...
The teams are in...
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
Andre Gray, Nathaniel Chalobah and Domingos Quina have all been left out of Watford's matchday squad.
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.
How do you think this one will play out? We think Watford’s desperate need for points will drive them on here.
Our prediction is Watford 2-1 Southampton.
Since the Premier League resumed, Watford have drawn 1-1 with Leicester and lost 1-0 to Burnley, while Southampton have beaten Norwich 3-0 and lost 2-0 to Arsenal.
2 mins: Both teams are struggling to hold on to the ball in the opening moments.
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