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Watford vs QPR

• Kick off: 7:45pm Mon 7 Dec 09
• Referee: Andrew Penn
• Venue: Vicarage Road

Final score:

Watford 3 - 1 QPR

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95:00: Final whistle A deserved 3-1 win for Watford. QPR were on top for spells of the second period but the home side deserved their win, especially after Saturday

94:00: Goal! QPR gamble too many men forward and leave one defender and Graham dinks the ball over his head and Cleverley composed himself and slide the ball past Cerny with the final kick of the game

93:00: Taarabt is not booked and play goes on after a blatant dive. The ball is worked to Barrowdale just inside Watford's box but his cross/shot is hit wide

90:00: Four minutes added time

90:00: Buzsaky had time and space to shoot from the corner of the box but skied his effort well over and wide

88:00: Yellow card Hall is booked for taking out Cleverley 20 yards out

86:00: Both Hodson and DeMerit just glance headers clear before a QPR attacker arrives

85:00: Yellow card Barrowdale is booked for blocking Henderson after Watford break from a QPR corner. Eustace slices his effort well wide

84:00: Henderson wins a free kick wide on the left, 30 yards out, only for Cleverley to waste it

82:00: Substitution Harley is forced off and Severin comes on

82:00: Yellow card Stewart has somehow escaped with a yellow card for a dangerous two-footed lunge at Harley

79:00: Loach relieves the pressure with a good punch

79:00: Cleverley gives the ball away in the middle and QPR break. Ramage's cross is headed out for a corner by Mariappa.

78:00: A dangerous QPR break is ended with Cowie's sliding challenge

77:00: Faurlin's free kick is in the right area at the back post but Hall is unable to get on the end of it

76:00: Substitution Buzsaky for Leigertwood. Now Watford may have problems

75:00: Harley wins another corner. Again it is taken short and Harley's cross is knocked down by Eustace but Mariappa's shot was not powerful enough to trouble Cerny

73:00: Graham cross is blocked for a corner. It is taken short and Cleverley beats Watson on the edge of the area but his shot is over

72:00: Substitution Simpson on for Routledge

71:00: Doyley beats his defender and fires a shot towards the top corner from 25 yards out but it sails narrowly over

70:00: Taarabt shows brilliance 30 yards out and Loach is only able to parry is shot back out. In the end Mariappa heads the ball back to his keeper

69:00: Attendance is 15,058. 1,442 of which are QPR fans

68:00: Cowie's cross is volleyed goalwards by Harley, Cerny parries it away and the ball is cleared just as Graham was set to bundled the ball in the net

66:00: Hodson is back on but Bennett is warming up

65:00: Hodson is off the pitch and on his feet but he seems to have a heavy knock to the ribs

64:00: Hodson is down injured and being treated.

59:00: Substitution Taarabt for Vine

57:00: Substitution Henderson on for Ellington. This was already planned before the goal

56:00: Goal! Cleverley breaks from deep and slides the ball to Cowie on the edge of the area and the Scotland international's first time strike is rifled past Cerny inton the bottom corner

52:00: Ellington is unable to get on the end of Graham's through ball and Hall clears

49:00: Cowie almost puts Graham through but Cerny dives down on the ball in time. The ref goes back to an earlier foul on Cowie but it is taken short and nothing comes of it

47:00: A lapse in concentration at the back sees a long ball pick out Agyemang but Mariappa is able to make a last ditch challenge

46:00: Watford almost take the lead. Graham crosses and Ellington's header is tipped on to the post by Cerny

46:00: Substitution DeMerit on for Cathcart for his first appearance since August after eye surgery

45:00: Half time Half time and it is 1-1. Watford have dominated through almost the whole first half and it would have been harsh had they gone in behind. And Vicarage Road is buzzing after Lloydinho's first ever goal

43:00: Goal! Equaliser and finally its that man - Lloyd Doyley with his first professional goal. Harley's deep cross is volley back across goal and Doyley scores with a diving header. I never thought I would write these words. Lloyd Doyley has scored his first professional goal

40:00: Cowie's through ball to Graham is slightly overhit and Cerny collects. Soon after Ellington is unable to get on the end of another through ball

39:00: A Hodson tackle deflects towards his own goal and Agyemang but Loach gathers

37:00: Cleverley picks out Ellington between the two centre halves but his touch was poor. He could of had a clean run through on goal had his touch been better

34:00: Goal! Goal to QPR. They have been dominated for most of the game but Faurlin passes to Agyemang on the edge of the area and he is not closed down by Cathcart or Doyley and the striker fires a low shot past Loach from 20 yards out

33:00: Another dangerous Hodson cross is taken off the head of Ellington. Routledge breaks with pace but Doyley does his job and stops the danger

29:00: The last five minutes possession show just six per cent in Watford's half and 62 per cent in Rangers half. But as Watford showed on Saturday, it is how you use that possession in the final third

29:00: Watson fires a free kick into the Watford wall and then Vine's through ball is glanced to Loach

27:00: Mariappa makes an ambitious run from his own half to the Rangers byline before Agyemang shields it out for a goal kick

23:00: Harley beats his man and crosses to the back post but Cowie's volley is blocked by Barrowdale

21:00: Hodson crosses and Cleverley's header is saved by Cerny. Never going to beat the keeper

20:00: Ellington and Cowie link up to set up Cleverley for a 20 yard shott but it is comfortably wide

20:00: Ellington and Cowie link up to set up Cleverley for a 20 yard shott but it is comfortably wide

20:00: Cathcart gives the ball away and Vine tries to slip Agyemang in but the on loan Manchester United defender recovers and protects the ball until it runs through to Loach

17:00: QPR win a corner but they take it short, the cross is blocked and then Eustace is able to shield the ball from Stewart

16:00: Faurlin links up well with Vine and the midfielder sends a ball across the goalmouth but Agyemang is unable to get on the end of it

15:00: Hodson again delivers and this time t is a better delivery. Graham is only able to glance the ball well wide but the striker was offside any way

12:00: Some patient build up sees Cleverley whip in an inviting ball but it is cleared before it reaches Ellington

10:00: Considering both of these sides like to play attractive football, it has been a scrappy start to the encounter

8:00: Harley this time crosses from the left and Cerny gathers

4:00: Cleverley breaks from deep but his pass sends Ellington wide and the striker's cross is headed clear

1:00: Lee Hodson sends in a deep cross but Cerny gathers

0:00: Henri Lansbury will join Heidar Helguson in the stands for Watford's game with QPR tonight after failing to recover from the hip injury he suffered at Arsenal. On loan QPR striker Helguson is ineligible as part of his loan deal but on loan Arsenal midfielder Lansbury's absence will come as a blow for Mackay. This means Jon Harley will start on the left of midfield, with Don Cowie playing in the middle and Nathan Ellington playing up front alongside Danny Graham. QPR have surprisingly responded to their 5-1 drumming at the hands of Middlesbrough by dropping his three leading scorers this season in Jay Simpson, Adel Taarabt and Akos Buzsaky. Watford: Loach; Hodson, Cathcart, DeMerit, Doyley; Cleverley, Cowie, Eustace, Harley; Ellington, Graham. Subs: Lee, Bennett, DeMerit, Sadler, Bryan, Severin, Henderson. QPR: Cerny; Ramage, Hall, Stewart, Barrowdale; Routledge, Watson, Leigertwood, Faurlin; Vine, Agyemang. Subs: Taylor, Gorkss, Pellicori, Williams, Taarabt, Buzsaky, Simpson.