Watford 3-2 Peterborough United 3-4-7 13 pts.

A wild & woolly first half yielded five goals, an exciting but more controlled second half offered up none in this three-point effort from the Hornets.

A slate of injuries, including a training injury that kept captain John Eustace off the pitch, found Watford with a set of new formations. Some worked well (Marvin Sordell/Prince Buaben), some did not (confusion between Nyron Nosworthy & Carl Dickenson in the defense).

Sordell was on fire today, setting up the first goal from Mark Yeates in minute 5. The aforementioned confusion in the backfield allowed an equalizer from Lee Frecklington ten minutes later, but a penalty on Buaben set up a Sordell penalty kick in the 31st minute.

Three minutes later, a challenge to Buaben lead to a Yeates free-kick and a failed offside trap by the Posh left three strikers open. The ball found Sordell who headed it in from six yards out.

Peterborough's Emile Sinclair drew it to within one five minutes later thanks to poor play from Dickenson, but the Hornets held on to net the three.

The next match is Tuesday, November 1 at Vicarage Road against new-to-the-Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion. With daylight savings time ending in the U.K., kickoff is 2:45pm St. Louis time.

Defender Nosworthy Taken On Loan through January

Nyron Nosworthy has been brought in on loan from Sunderland to plug the gap left by Martin Taylor who underwent collarbone surgery Monday.

Nosworthy's, 31, arrival spells bad news for the development of Watford's young defenders.

Defender Swap with Brentford

Adam Thompson has returned from his loan spell with League One side Brentford just in time to see Dale Bennett head to the Bees for a month.

Hull City 3-2 Watford 2-4-7 10 pts.

A nothing first half from Hull City and single goal from Watford exploded into an exciting match that saw four goals in the second half - unfortunately, three came from Hull.

Though Hull dominated possession in the first half, Scott Loach could have taken a seat in the stands for all the shots on goal they managed. Watford managed but one more, but that one eventually found its way into the goal, first a beautiful cross by Yeates to Troy Deeney who should have had credit for the goal, but it was ruled an own goal off of James Chester.

The Tigers perked up in the second half and equalized when Matt Fryatt beat John Eustace in minute 50.

Watford wasted no time regaining the lead when Chris Iwelumo nodded in a short header in the 56th minute with his first Watford goal. Again, the assist went to Yeates.

That lead only lasted ten minutes as Aaron Mclean found the back of the net from near in.

Watford's chances looked good as Yeates hit the bar and Eustace managed a chance late in the match, but a shocker from Robert Koren from 25 yards out with 30 seconds left in added time handed Watford their fourth straight loss and sunk them well into the relegation zone.

The next match finds Watford hosting Peterborough at Vicarage Road Saturday, October 30. Kick-off is 9:00 am St. Louis time.

Leicester City 2-0 Watford 2-4-6 10 pts.

First half goals from David Nugent & Jermain Beckford were all the scoring the Foxes needed to power past Watford.

David Mirfin started for the injured Martin Taylor and Prince Buaben made his first league appearance for Watford, subbing for Michael Kightly, but the Hornets had few chances to put one past Kasper Schmeichel.

The loss leaves Watford hovering just outside the drop zone.

The next match is Saturday, October 22 at Hull City. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time.

Taylor Out - May Need Surgery

A knock on Martin Taylor at this Saturday's Crystal Palace match has left him out of the lineup for at least two weeks with a collarbone injury and may result in surgery, a move likely to set him down until after Christmas.

Watford 0-2 Crystal Palace 2-4-5 10 pts.

I was on the road and missed this one (click headline for the BBC report). It saw the debut of Michael Kightly and the return of Scott Loach.

The next match is Wednesday at Leicester City. Kick off is 1:45 pm St. Louis time.

Help from the Prem

Watford has picked up the services of Michael Kightly, 25-year old winger from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a month. Kightly's stay will span six matches for the Hornets and bring some much-needed offense.

Southampton 4-0 Watford 2-4-4 10 pts.

A disputed penalty launched the first goal for Ricky Lambert and the Saints, a deserved one the second for both,and a collapse of the Hornets resulted in the last two.

Rene Gilmartin started again at goal and played a decent first half. He had no chance against the penalties. Watford started strong but faded as their spirit caved in after the second goal by the league leader.

The squad is struggling 3 points clear of the drop zone as the league goes into the international break. When they emerge, they will play Crystal Palace at Vicarage Road Saturday, October 15. Kickoff will be at 9:00 am St. Louis time.