Wolves thrash woeful Watford

Wolves returned to form with a comfortable 4-0 win over Watford at Molineux that leaves Roy Hodgson’s side deep in relegation trouble.

Three of the goals came in the space of eight first-half minutes with Raul Jimenez and Daniel Podence finding the net either side of Cucho Hernandez's own goal.

Ruben Neves added a late fourth with the goal of the night, deftly wedging the ball over Ben Foster on the angle to add another special strike to his Molineux collection.

The victory moves Bruno Lage's side to within two points of West Ham in sixth, while Watford are still three points adrift of Everton having now played three games more.

It had been a quiet opening period with Wolves understandably nervy given their recent form but they soon capitalised on the lack of quality in the Watford defence.

Hee-Chan Hwang somehow found enough space in the box to reach a loose ball and square it for Jimenez to slot home with his left foot for a sixth Premier League goal of the season.

The second followed soon after when Rayan Ait-Nouri's volleyed centre ricocheted off Cucho and the ball was diverted agonisingly beyond Foster from close range.

The goalkeeper could have no complaints about the third, his poor clearance finding only Podence before the diminutive forward fired past him from distance with his left foot.

It was miserable spell from a Watford team scrambling to stay up and though the returning Josh King should have beaten Jose Sa at the other end, even that chance was spurned.

Wolves enjoyed themselves in the second half with Neves capping the evening for the fans with a glorious lob over the head of the stranded Foster. Watford just had no answer.

This was much more like it from Wolves after an insipid display against Crystal