Watford inflicted Wrexham’s first league defeat of the yr with a 3-1 victory to keep up their Championship playoff push. Objectives from Marc Bola and Edo Kayembe did the harm for the Hornets and, though Max Cleworth pulled a purpose again, Edoardo Bove scored his first Watford purpose in stoppage time.
The hosts made 4 modifications from their defeat at Stoke, with Mattie Pollock, Luca Kjerrumgaard, Nestory Irankunda and Pierre Ekwah, for his full debut, coming in. Wrexham made one change from their Welsh derby victory towards Swansea, with Ryan Longman changing Issa Kaboré.
Watford had the brighter begin, and a curled effort from Giorgi Chakvetadze within the eleventh minute from the sting of the world hit the crossbar. They took the lead after 18 minutes following a break from their very own space, with Chakvetadze operating from his personal half earlier than backheeling to Bola who struck previous Arthur Okonkwo.
The purpose had a tinge of controversy when Wrexham’s Ollie Rathbone fell within the Watford space however the referee, Adam Herczeg, awarded nothing.
There was no query concerning the second Watford purpose of the night after 37 minutes. A break down the proper from Irankunda discovered Kayembe within the center, who was given an excessive amount of house by the Wrexham backline to drive house from simply exterior the world.
Irankunda nearly turned goalscorer himself in first-half stoppage time when he volleyed his effort simply the unsuitable aspect of a publish. Saba Goglichidze nearly added a 3rd quickly after the interval when he put his header from a Chakvetadze free-kick extensive.
Nevertheless, Wrexham gave themselves a lifeline simply 4 minutes into the second half after Cleworth turned in a Rathbone nook. Pollock needed to clear a Dominic Hyam header off the road from a Lewis O’Brien nook as Wrexham regarded for the equaliser.
With lower than 10 minutes remaining, Watford needed to depend on one other clearance off the road, with Pollock denying a Cleworth header. After six minutes of added time was introduced, Wrexham pushed laborious for the equaliser. Nevertheless, the final phrase fell to Watford. A shot from Bola ricocheted off the crossbar and substitute Bove was readily available to show within the rebound.
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