Ighalo Steers Watford To Victory

Odion Jude Ighalo scored as Watford remained well in the race for automatic promotion from the Championship after a 3-1 triumph at Nottingham Forest.


Having seen Bournemouth, Norwich City and Middlesbrough all win on Tuesday, the pressure was on Slavisa Jokanovic's men to respond in the four-way title race.

Odion Ighalo opened the scoring with a header in the fourth minute - his 16th league goal in 2015 - before Matthew Connolly added a second four minutes before the break.

Forest saw Kelvin Wilson sent off just before the hour for retaliating to pressure from Ighalo and although Gary Gardner pulled one back, Almen Abdi rounded off the win for Watford three minutes from time.

The win sees Watford move up to third, level on points with second-placed Norwich and one adrift of leaders Bournemouth, while Boro are a point further back.