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Birmingham City maintained their impressive home record to down Watford and climb up to seventh in the Championship table on Monday night.

First half screamers from Paik Seung-ho and Demarai Gray put Blues on course for a sixth home win from nine.

Othmane Maamma set up a tense finale by reducing the arrears for Watford just after the hour mark but Blues hung on.

Christoph Klarer started this game on four yellow cards, meaning another would result in a ban, and it was obvious why his manager Chris Davies is eager for him to avoid that inside 10 minutes.

Marc Bola breached Blues’ right side and smashed the ball across goal in the direction of Luca Kjerrumgaard. The Watford striker was ready to tap in his sixth Championship goal of the season when Klarer intercepted.

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