Watford v Posh, Sat Oct 29: Championship.

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Can Posh bounce back after defeat in the 10 men v 12 men Leeds match:

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Watford v Peterborough

Npower Championship: Venue: Vicarage Road: Saturday, 29 October: Kick-off: 1500 BST

TEAM NEWS

Watford will give fitness testss to Michael Kightly (hamstring) and Lloyd Doyley (thigh) ahead of the match.

Striker Craig Beattie is set to make his Hornets debut following his arrival on loan from Swansea.

Peterborough are without the suspended Lee Tomlin, who will miss three games after being sent off against Leeds - his second dismissal of the season.

Full-back Craig Alcock picked up a knock in the Leeds game but should be passed fit.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Peterborough have won 15 of 30 competitive meetings against Watford, drawing six, and losing nine.

• Posh are targeting a fourth successive victory over the Hornets.

Watford

• Third-bottom Watford have lost four games in a row. Another defeat would make it their worst run since five successive losses in November 2008.

• The Hornets have lost five games against current top-half clubs, and are yet to beat a side in the top 12.

• Malky Mackay's side have failed to score in seven Championship games; more than any other club.

Peterborough United

• Peterborough are looking for a fifth win in eight Championship matches.

• Among their 13 games, Posh have recorded five one-goal wins, and suffered five one-goal defeats.

• Darren Ferguson's side is the only club not to have kept a clean sheet in the Championship this season, and also the only one to have won as many as three matches from losing positions.

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[Milo (not Mylo!!)]

Another disappointing result from Posh who's leakey defence costs them dear again. So from looking at 2nd place (albeit for a short while) last Saturday Posh slip to 12th in a season which could still go either way imo

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Marvin Sordell's first-half double helped lift Watford out of the Championship relegation zone.

Mark Yeates' drilled strike put Watford ahead before Peterborough drew level thanks to Lee Frecklington's fine finish into the top corner.

However Sordell's penalty restored Watford's lead after Grant McCann tugged Prince Buaben's shirt.

Sordell then flicked a header over Paul Jones and into the net, before Emile Sinclair's stroked the ball home.

All five of those goals came in the first half, but there were very few chances in the second period as Watford ended a run of four successive defeats.

Peterborough have yet to record a clean sheet this season and the visitors were behind after just four minutes.

A poor clearance from the Peterborough defence landed at Yeates' feet on the edge of the penalty area and he fired a first-time effort past Jones.

Peterborough equalised 10 minutes later after Frecklington beat Carl Dickinson by quickly switching the ball from his left foot to his right, before rifling the ball into the top corner.

Minutes later McCann's free-kick struck a post after the dangerous Frecklington had been felled by Craig Forsyth.

But it was McCann that conceded the set-pieces which provided Watford with their second and third goals.

First Sordell dispatched a penalty after the Peterborough captain tugged pulled on Buaben's shirt in the area.

And McCann needlessly brought down Buaben again two minutes later and from a Yeates set-piece, Sordell headed home.

Paul Taylor then beat three men with a meandering run before squaring for Sinclair, who stroked the ball into the far corner from just inside the area.

After the interval Yeates repeated McCann's feat of hitting the woodwork with a free-kick and Jones reacted instinctively to deny Sordell from the rebound.

At the other end, Sinclair managed to round Watford goalkeeper Scott Loach but lost control of the ball and a late deflection diverted Taylor's strike just past the post.

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