On-loan Ben Watson went close for the home side when he fired a long-range effort that flew just over, and it was the Hornets who looked the most likely to break the deadlock in the opening exchanges
Browsing: Odion Ighalo
The Nigerian international had to wait two months before being allowed to grasp the chance he has taken with both hands and feet
The Hornets had a great chance to take an early lead when Ighalo’s ball found Troy Deeney, but the striker could only see his goal-bound shot blocked on the line
“It’s a good win for us. The Boxing Day game was not good enough, for our fans, for everybody, and we knew before we came here to Cardiff that we were going to make it right,” Ighalo told Hornets Player, speaking after the final whistle
The Nigerian led Watford to inflict another home defeat on Cardiff after coming from one goal down to win at the Cardiff City Stadium
Ighalo tapped home after the Golden Boys broke from the edge of their own penalty area against the Owls
The forward, who switched to Vicarage Road initially on a season-long loan from Udinese in July, has now signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Hornet
Beppe Sannino, Oscar Garcia and Billy McKinlay have all departed, while Slavisa Jokanovic’s reign got off to a winning start at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday
Trailing to Odion Ighalo’s first-half opener, the Bees hit back 12 minutes after the break when a fine move culminated in Jonathan Douglas latching on to Alan Judge’s lovely pass and firing home
The loan-man played his first 90 minutes at The Vic in the defeat, and afterwards urged his new teammates not to let the performance affect their league form
The 25-year-old striker, who completed his move to the Hornets on Tuesday, has spent most of the past five years with Spanish side, Granada, helping them rise from the third division to La Liga in successive seasons between 2009 and 2011 and is owned by Italian outfit, Udinese
The 25-year-old striker arrives in England having been on loan at Granada, from parent club, Udinese, since signing for the Little Zebras in 2008
Ighalo found the net 17 times in his first season in Spain and added five in the second, as both seasons saw the Rojiblancos win promotion
Ighalo headed in Fran Rico’s free kick to open the scoring on the half-hour mark and the Nigerian striker added a second goal in the 81st minute after expertly wrong-footing his marker on the break
“I think both players gave me a lot of inspiration and I hope to attain their height in football and that is by winning more laurels for my fatherland