This defeat extended Watford's run of games without a victory to their last four games in the Championship and EFL Cup. The team had entered August having won five successive matches, but this was their worst defeat so far this season when they were thrashed 4-1 by Norwich City on September 21.

On the back of their first defeat of the 2024-25 season, Newcastle United seek to right the wrongs of the weekend in Tuesday's EFL Cup third-round clash with AFC Wimbledon.