The dregs of Storm Eunice provide the back-drop to Watford's Villa Park visit. It should presage a sound drubbing for the second-from-bottom Hornets but instead the plucky boys in claret and blue find themselves mired between the serried and resilient ranks of Watford defenders.
You have to hand it to Hodgson. Whilst Roy's team may not have star-studded, scintillating genius a-plenty he does at least get them well-organised.
An early penalty shout is denied by VAR. There's lots of possession but precious little end-product in the final third of the pitch. It therefore comes as no surprise when late in the game a well-taken header by Emmanuel Dennis consigns Villa to yet another home loss.
Rather like Storm Eunice, Villa's latest performance proves full of wind.
