And that is it - very impressive work from Watford, who stay eighth while Newcastle slip to 13th after a poor, insipid showing.

Three minutes of injury time are being added on. and Prodl gets a booking for a crude tackle on Mitrovic.

Tom Cleverley tries to get in on the act, shooting from just outside the area but his shot slips off the side of his foot and over the bar.

A lot of home fans have headed for home - their side are heading for a fourth straight defeat.

Mitrovic spins round in the area, but excellent work from Kabasele blocks the substitute's shot.

Peruvian Andre Carrillo replaces the impressive Will Hughes.

Gray spurns another chance, collecting a long diagonal ball nicely in the area, but totally mis-hitting his shot, which weakly rolls at Elliot. He could have had a hat-trick.

Perez moves the ball onto his left just inside the area, but his shot heads for row Z - prompting many fans to head for the exit.

Watford fans give a long spell on the ball the "olé" treatment, but Hughes ends it with a clattering challenge when the ball runs away from him. He looks sheepish, but does not get the booking he expected.

Newcastle's final replacement comes as Murphy makes way for Perez, but as it stands Watford are heading for a fourth win on the road this term - impressive stuff, and no wonder manager Marco Silva is so highly thought of.

Mitrovic times a run nicely into the left of the box and he pokes the ball across towards Gayle - but it's too near Gomes, who cuts out the danger.

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The Magpies' midfield has more purpose with Merino, but does he have time to turn things around?

Diame is off, replaced by Merino, and Joselu's pain is over with Aleksandar Mitrovic finally getting the nod.

The chant is "Mitro! Mitro!" as the fans plead for Rafa Benitez to bring Aleksandar Mitrovic on, seconds after Joselu pokes the ball on target only to see Gomes make a save down to his left.

Ritchie whips in a corner for Newcastle, but Gomes grabs it and then takes his time to clear. Watford's fans, high up in the corner, are loving it, absolutely loving it as a favourite son of this parish may say...

You can put this in the file marked 'bad day at the office' if you're a Newcastle fan, but there's still time for the unlikeliest of comebacks.

Watford deal with it easily, and they are up near the Newcastle area within seconds. Zeegelaar whips in a cross, but Gray cannot get on top of the header, which flies over the bar by some distance.

There's more purpose from Newcastle now, and Yedlin forces a corner - their first for an age, it seems.

The Magpies have hardly strung anything together since the break, but at least Yedlin gives it a go, swinging in a cross from the right that Murphy nods wide with a diving header.