Ten-man Watford continued their fine run of form under new manager Nigel Pearson with a 2-1 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday.
The win boosted their hopes of avoiding relegation from the 2019/2020 English Premier League.
Gerard Delofeu and Abdoulaye Doucoure fired Watford ahead before Pedro Neto pulled one back for Wolves.
The visitors though failed to capitalise on a numerical advantage in the last 20 minutes after defender Christian Kabasele was sent off for the hosts.
Deulofeu opened the scoring with a neat 30th minute finish when he beat goalkeeper Rui Patricio with a crisp low shot into the far corner after good work by Ismaila Sarr.
Doucoure made it 2-0 in the 49th minute when he cut inside from the left and found the top corner with a firm drive.
The shot clipped Wolves defender Conor Coady and left Patricio stranded.
Neto reduced the arrears on the hour with a heavily-deflected effort which sailed over Ben Foster.
Wolves then piled the pressure after Kabasele was shown a straight red card following a VAR review.
The centre-back was originally booked for hauling down Diogo Jota just outside the penalty area.
But Watford held on in the closing stages to celebrate their third league win coupled with one draw under Pearson.
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