Oscar Garcia resigned for health reasons two days before this game. Billy McKinlay took over as the Hornets Head Coach.

 report: A superb strike from Matej Vydra gave Billy McKinlay a victory over Brentford in his first game as Watford boss.McKinlay was only named Hornets head coach on Monday, following Oscar Garcia’s decision to step down for health reasons.

 report: Watford’s Matej Vydra gets Billy McKinlay off to a winning start

 report: another chance for Odion Ighalo to show us what he could do. Word from Granada was that he was hugely popular despite not having the best goalscoring ratio, and it’s easy to see why on both counts.