DEENEY HAILS DOUBLE ACT

TROY DEENEY attracted the headlines, as well as the venom of Aston Villa fans, but Watford team-mate Odion Ighalo was equally instrumental in piling on the misery for the Premier League’s bottom club. They scored one each and had a hand in the other, an unfortunate own-goal by Alan Hutton. ‘It’s quite funny because when I wasn’t scoring he (Ighalo) was the star and I was Championship fodder,’ said Deeney, who has a Birmingham City tattoo on his calf and was booked for his celebration.

SUPER STAT: No player has scored more league goals in the top four tiers than Odion Ighalo in 2015 (24, level with Harry Kane). .

ASTON VILLA (4-3-3): Guzan 5; Hutton 5, Richards 6.5, Clark 5, Richardson 5; Veretout 6, Sanchez 5, Gueye 6 (Gestede 82min); Gil 6.5 (Traore 68, 6.5), Ayew 7, Sinclair 5.5. Subs not used: Bunn, Okore, Bacuna, Westwood, Lescott. Scorers: Richards 41, Ayew 89. Booked: Clark. WATFORD (4-2-3-1): Gomes 6 (Arlauskis 67, 5.5); Nyom 6, Cathcart 5, Britos 5.5, Ake 6; Capoue 6, Watson 6; Paredes 5 (Anya 67, 6.5), Deeney 7, Abdi 6 (Guedioura 81); Ighalo 7.5. Subs

not used: Jurado, Ibarbo, Berghuis, Diamanti.

Scorers: Ighalo 17, Hutton 69 og, Deeney 85. Booked: Watson, Capoue, Deeney.

Man of the match: Odion Ighalo. Referee: Lee Mason 7.