Terriers exploit errors to beat Watford

Watford's Etienne Capoue (left) hacked a corner into his own goal

Huddersfield capitalised on first-half mistakes by former England goalkeeper Ben Foster and Etienne Capoue to beat Watford.

Foster was caught dallying on a backpass and saw his kick closed down by Isaac Mbenza, with the ball falling to Fraizer Campbell to roll in for the hosts.

James Garner, Tom Cleverley and Andre Gray all went close for Watford before midfielder Capoue shanked a clearance from a corner into his own goal to give them an uphill task.

Vladimir Ivic's visitors looked threatening in the second half, but found Terriers keeper Ryan Schofield in inspired form as he twice made fantastic saves to thwart Gray.

Watford have only scored four goals in 10 away league games and slip to fifth in the table, four points behind second-placed Bournemouth, while Huddersfield rise to 12th after a fourth straight home win.

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The away side's best chance came while they were 1-0 down, with Garner somehow failing to score from just a few yards out as Schofield made a crucial block to keep the Terriers in front.

Former Tottenham man Capoue was under little pressure when he inexplicably miscued Mbenza's corner past Foster, as Watford were uncharacteristically generous in defence - having only conceded four times in their previous nine Championship matches on the road.

The Hornets have never kept a clean sheet in a league fixture at Huddersfield, conceding 25 goals across their 15 visits, and Carlos Corberan's side were able to rely on 21-year-old Schofield for a fourth clean sheet in five as they chose defence over attack after the break.

Line-upsMatch StatsLive Text

Line-upsHuddersfield

31SchofieldBooked at 21mins2Ávila35Edmonds-Green23Sarr3Toffolo14EitingSubstituted forPritchardat 63'minutes6Hogg8O'Brien18MbenzaSubstituted forRoweat 81'minutes22Campbell7BacunaBooked at 87minsSubstituted forDiakhabyat 90'minutes

Substitutes

5Vallejo Mínguez10Pritchard11Diakhaby17Duhaney27Crichlow28Brown29Rowe41Jones44Castro Pereira

Watford

1Foster27Kabasele5Troost-EkongSubstituted forSierraltaat 30'minutes6WilmotBooked at 34minsSubstituted forMasinaat 77'minutes29CapoueSubstituted forPericaat 67'minutes3NgakiaSubstituted forNavarroat 77'minutes16Garner8Cleverley12Sema23Sarr18Gray

Substitutes

9Deeney11Masina14Chalobah25Perica26Bachmann31Sierralta32Navarro49Crichlow52Phillips

Referee:Leigh DoughtyMatch StatsHome TeamHuddersfieldAway TeamWatfordPossessionHome42%Away58%ShotsHome10Away21Shots on TargetHome3Away5CornersHome5Away7FoulsHome13Away11Live TextPost update

Match ends, Huddersfield Town 2, Watford 0.

90'+4'Full Time

Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 2, Watford 0.

90'+4'Post update

Christian Kabasele (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

90'+4'Post update

Foul by Fraizer Campbell (Huddersfield Town).

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Foul by Andre Gray (Watford).

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Pipa (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

90'+1'Post update

Attempt missed. Tom Cleverley (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

90'Substitution

Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Adama Diakhaby replaces Juninho Bacuna.

90'Post update

Attempt saved. Andre Gray (Watford) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Garner with a cross.

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Adam Masina (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

89'Post update

Foul by Aaron Rowe (Huddersfield Town).

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Foul by Christian Kabasele (Watford).

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Fraizer Campbell (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

87'Booking

Juninho Bacuna (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card.

86'Post update

Foul by Francisco Sierralta (Watford).

86'Post update

Fraizer Campbell (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

85'Post update

Attempt missed. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.

85'Post update

Attempt saved. Marc Navarro (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.

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Tom Cleverley (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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Foul by Alex Pritchard (Huddersfield Town).

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