16th August 2025- Championship, Watford v Queens Park Rangers

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Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

Five talking points as Kjerrumgaard doubles fires Watford to first win of season

Match report: Watford 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

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BBC: Luca Kjerrumgaard scored twice as Watford beat QPR to give Paulo Pezzolano his first win as Hornets head coach.

Sky: But the victory was marred when midfielder Imran Louza, on his 100th appearance for Watford, was given a straight red card three minutes into added time for a high tackle on Rangers sub Jonathan Varane.

BHappy: Luca Kjerrumgaard’s hold up play and work off the ball was excellent, his two finishes supremely unfussy. ā€œEveryone’s looking for a centre-forwardā€. We’ve found one.

Fran’s Watford Blog: It was a very enjoyable start to the Championship season at home. The first half was terrific with the Hornets taking a two-goal lead and completely dominating until Morgan’s goal, which was against the run of play. The second half was more even, and the nerves were shredded by the end, despite the fact that Selvik wasn’t really tested. It was disappointing to see Louza sent off on his 100thĀ appearance, but his impetuous nature is part of what makes him such a good player. He will be missed in the upcoming games. It was great to see Kjerrumgaard on the score sheet, we have seen some good things from him in previous games and now that he has broken his duck, I expect to see many more goals from him. Irankunda had another good game, Kayembe impressed and Sissoko continues to look as though he has had an injection of youth serum during the Summer.

From The Rookery End: Dave, Mike and Jason gathered at the Mad Squirrel after Watford’s 2-1 win over QPR to discuss the Hornets’ first win of the season thanks to a first half brace from big Luca Kjerrumgaard. There was a surprising change of system from Paulo Pezzolano and plenty of encouraging individual performances for us to purr over, with the mood only slightly sullied by Imran Louza’s late and straight red card.