Match ends, Watford 3, Coventry City 0.

Club record signing Ismaila Sarr marked his first Watford start with a goal to help the Premier League's bottom club overcome League One Coventry in the Carabao Cup second round.
Senegal winger Sarr, who joined the Hornets for a reported fee of more than £25m from Ligue 1 club Rennes, slotted home after Isaac Success' pass.
Daryl Janmaat's first goal since February 2018 doubled the lead, the Dutchman beating Ben Wilson with an arrowed finish.
Venezuelan forward Adalberto Penaranda sealed victory with his first Hornets goal, a spectacular effort from outside the penalty area.
Coventry, who are fifth in the third tier, went close through Callum O'Hare's shot when the tie was goalless.
The Sky Blues were backed by around 3,500 travelling fans at Vicarage Road but they could not replicate their league form which has brought them three wins and two draws from the first five games.
While Coventry are left to reflect on a first defeat of the campaign, Watford's first win of the season eases the pressure on Hornets boss Javi Gracia, who made 11 changes to the side that started the 3-1 defeat to West Ham last Saturday.
His side have failed to register a point in the league but last season's FA Cup finalists produced a professional performance to end a seven-match losing run in all competitions.
Watford boss Javi Gracia: "It is important to have a game like tonight, to compete well and feel a good connection. Now we prepare for a new challenge."
Coventry City boss Mark Robins: "Watford were really good. They freshened it up and made 11 changes from the weekend. We had bodies that probably could have done with a freshen up.
"We tried, we plugged away, but with a little more belief and bravery we could have given them a few more problems."
Line-ups
Watford
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Gomes
- 2Janmaat
- 6Mariappa
- 27Kabasele
- 36Foulquier
- 23SarrSubstituted forDele-Bashiruat 72'minutes
- 20Quina
- 14Chalobah
- 22Success
- 37PereyraSubstituted forPeñarandaat 64'minutes
- 10Welbeck
Substitutes
- 5Prödl
- 7Deulofeu
- 8Cleverley
- 17Peñaranda
- 21Femenía
- 24Dele-Bashiru
- 35Bachmann
Coventry
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Wilson
- 23DaboBooked at 75mins
- 4Rose
- 15Hyam
- 3MasonSubstituted forMcCallumat 46'minutes
- 38EcclesSubstituted forShipleyat 64'minutes
- 6Kelly
- 17O'Hare
- 33KastaneerSubstituted forGoddenat 61'minutes
- 21Bakayoko
- 11Hiwula-Mayifuila
Substitutes
- 1Marosi
- 5McFadzean
- 10Jobello
- 24Godden
- 25Westbrooke
- 26Shipley
- 31McCallum
- Referee:
- Gavin Ward
- Attendance:
- 12,257
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home59%
- Away41%
- Shots
- Home17
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away0
- Corners
- Home5
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away7
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Watford 3, Coventry City 0.
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Domingos Quina (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jordan Shipley (Coventry City).
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Attempt missed. Michael Rose (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Shipley with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Domingos Quina.
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Foul by Dimitri Foulquier (Watford).
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Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Watford. Conceded by Dominic Hyam.
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Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Adrian Mariappa.
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Attempt blocked. Callum O'Hare (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Adalberto Peñaranda.
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Attempt missed. Adalberto Peñaranda (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
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Attempt saved. Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Booking
Fankaty Dabo (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Isaac Success (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Fankaty Dabo (Coventry City).
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Attempt missed. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Isaac Success with a through ball.
Substitution
Substitution, Watford. Tom Dele-Bashiru replaces Ismaila Sarr.
Goal!
Goal! Watford 3, Coventry City 0. Adalberto Peñaranda (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Christian Kabasele with a headed pass.
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Excellent vocal support from the Coventry fans .
Good luck to Coventry for the rest of the season.
You must be joking. Watford changed 11 players from Saturday and even then the gulf in class was extraordinary. The Coventry fans were magnificent though, and provided superb support even when 0-3 and being battered - respect.
I can't really think of anyone in the "first" eleven that I have much positive to say about, unless it's in the context of credit for previous seasons.
Still, a good win and more importantly a dominant one.
Quina missed his chance to shine, success had two good passes one of which was slide-rule for Sarr to finish well. Gomes punched a cross that Maradona would have caught
Coventry were lively in first half with great fans
Sad news on Bury...
Janmaat needs to start against his old team.
Doucoure is trying too hard to be everything to get a big move and he's forgetting to do the basics.
Kabasele is either amazing or rubbish, often in the same match but we have 2 big lumps with no pace, and he has.
Give the kids a go.
Hard times since you left HR for the soulless RICO but luckily for us we didn’t move. Hope you make it back properly without sh•tbag SISU eventually
Quina worked well apart from skyed efforts on goal. I liked his and Peñaranda‘s energy. Would’ve loved to see Welbeck score, but his positional nouse and hunger were exciting.
Cov fans complaining about the ground made me laugh. Once a force, not now. Could’ve been us.
WHOLE SEASON NOW.
CCFC died at 4pm on Friday 14 December 2007. R.I.P. N.O.P.M.
Only to be expected:
Watford 3 Sisu City of Birmingham 0
Dream on, buddy. Coventry had zero threat going forward, so unless you get points for excellent vocal support rather than wins in League One you might have to wait a while for promotion....