Half-Time Report: Watford, Nottingham Forest level at the break

Watford and Nottingham Forest are playing out a 1-1 draw in this evening's Championship clash at Vicarage Road.

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The hosts were quickest off the starting blocks, Fernando Forestieri testing Reds keeper Karl Darlow in the third minute with a 25-yard effort that was palmed away.

After a dominant period by the Hornets, it was Forest's turn to threaten, with David Vaughan's ultimately harmless free kick in the 19th minute needing the merest of touches by a teammate to give the visitors the lead.

The deadlock was broken by Watford when Odion Ighalo bundled the ball home from about six yards just before the half-hour mark.

However, Forest equalised within two minutes when Michail Antonio weaved through the Hornets' defence before poking home past Heurelho Gomes.