Callum O'Hare struck again for Chris Wilder's side as Sheffield United claimed a vital 1-0 victory over Watford at Bramall Lane, securing their first home win of the season and moving off the bottom of the Championship. The attacking midfielder tapped into an empty net just before the hour mark to settle a tense contest, lifting the Blades above city rivals Sheffield Wednesday on goal difference and ruining Javi Gracia's return to the Hornets dugout.
Having scored the solitary goal at Oxford to deliver United's only previous win of the campaign in Wilder's second game back in charge, O'Hare again provided the decisive touch in a match short on quality but high on tension. Sheffield United created the clearer chances across a scrappy afternoon, yet Watford still came close to snatching a point when Imran Louza hit the bar late on and Kevin Keben dragged a final-kick opportunity wide in stoppage time.
O'Hare strikes again on a landmark afternoon
O'Hare's winner arrived on 59 minutes at the culmination of Sheffield United's most incisive move of the game. Tyrese Campbell drove a low shot that Egil Selvik could only parry into danger, Andre Brooks reacted quickest to recycle the loose ball and rolled a pass across the six-yard box, where O'Hare had ghosted into space to poke home from almost on the goal-line.