Isaac Success and Stefano Okaka Chuka both came off the bench in the 73rd minute as Watford ended a six-match winless run in the Premier League but were made to sweat as Cardiff City mounted a late fightback in a 3-2 win at a sodden Vicarage Road on Saturday.
Isaac Success was a second half entrant for Ken Sema while Nigerian born forward also Stefano Okaka Chuka replaced Troy Deeney.
Javi Gracia’s side had managed only two draws in that run – both on the road at Southampton and Everton – but were in total control for 80 minutes against Cardiff and opened up a 3-0 lead through Gerard Deulofeu, Jose Holebas and Domingos Quina.
Deulofeu’s 16th-minute opener came after a determined solo run from the Spaniard, before Holebas and Quina stretched the lead with a pair of wonderful second-half strikes.
Junior Hoilett netted what appeared to be an 80th-minute consolation for the visitors – another stunning curler – and Bobby Reid set up a tense finish two minutes later, but Watford clung on for the win.
