Rocco Vata was on the scoresheet, once again, however, the Ireland Under-21 international’s late strike was not enough to spark a fightback as Watford lost 2-1 to Preston North End.
The Hornets missed out on a chance to move into the Championship play-off places as Milutin Osmajic’s brace helped Preston to victory.
Ireland centre-half Mark McGuinness was also on target, but also on the losing side, as struggling Luton came out the wrong side of a five-goal thriller, losing to Oxford.
Oxford’s impressive unbeaten run under Gary Rowett stretched to seven matches after the 3-2 win as Tom Krauss’ opener for the Hatters was cancelled out by Michal Helik before McGuinness put Luton back in front in the 26th…