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.
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