Deeney and Vydra net as Watford win at Brighton to seal promotion

Troy Deeney's neat finish after 28 minutes, his 21st league goal of the season, and a stoppage-time strike by Matej Vydra gave Watford breathing space at the head of the battle for promotion to the Premier League.

Watford, who have one game left, were four points ahead of Bournemouth and Middlesbrough and six clear of Norwich City who all had two matches to play.

But results later in the day mean Watford now can't be caught. They can only be denied the title if Bournemouth win their final two matches, but Middlesbrough's 4-3 loss at Fulham and Norwich's 1-1 draw at Rotherham - with both title hopefuls conceding later on - leaves both of those teams in the play-off spots.

Bournemouth, in second, host Bolton Wanderers on Monday. A win for them will see them virutally join Watford in the top flight. They would be three clear of Boro before visiting Charlton on Saturday, but they are already 16 goals better off on goal dfference.

The teams finishing first and second will be automatically promoted to the Premier League next season and the next four sides will go into playoffs for the last spot in the top flight.

In the other early kick-off match, Leeds won bragging rights against Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday with a 2-1 win in a hotly contested Yorkshire derby at Hillsborough.

The visitors had to come from behind to win after Chris Maguire's controversial first half penalty. However, second half goals from Charlie Taylor and Steve Morison ensured Leeds claimed their first win in six matches.

The visitors started the game well, with Morison capitalising on a loose ball on the edge of the box, only to drag his shot just short of the near post.

The match had all the hallmarks of a typical Yorkshire derby, with an early yellow card for Wednesday's Jeremy Helan (16) leaving Alex Mowatt to fire his free kick over from the edge of the area.

The breakthrough for the home side came in the 36th minute, after a clattering foul by Sam Byram on Lloyd Isgrove left referee Robert Madley with no choice but to award the penalty and Byram a yellow card. Maguire dispatched the spot-kick calmly to the bottom left of Stuart Taylor's goal to give the home side a 1-0 lead before half time.

The visitors nearly struck straight back thanks to Morison, however a strong tackle from centre-back Tom Lees prevented the forward from being through on goal on the brink of half time.

The Owls went close to extending their lead straight after the break, with Maguire's 30-yard free kick forcing a save from Taylor.

With the rain starting to fall at Hillsborough it was Leeds who found the equaliser. A poor free kick by Luke Murphy on the edge of the box found itself trickling through the Wednesday wall, with Taylor pouncing on the loose ball to fire home from six yards out.

The home side responded straight away, with Caolan Lavery's half-volley from a Marnick Vermijl throw-in heading just shy of the crossbar.

Wednesday head coach Stuart Gray brought on both Stevie May and Will Keane just after the hour-mark, with Isgrove and Jacques Maghoma making way.

Leeds took the lead against the run of play soon after, with Morison (72) timing his run to perfection to latch onto Murphy's through ball and break clear of the Wednesday back-four. Westwood did well to foil the initial shot; however Morison was on hand to fire home the rebound from close-range.

Leeds nearly finished the game off just minutes later, with Rodolph Austin's 35-yard rocket shot going inches over Westwood's goal.

Gray made his third and final substitution in the 86th minute, with Sergiu Bus coming to replace Helan as his team pushed for an equaliser in their last game of the season at Hillsborough.

The result leaves Sheffield Wednesday with just one win from their last five matches.

Elsewhere, A hat-trick from Lee Gregory in Millwall's 3-3 draw with Derby was not enough to lift the Lions out of the relegation zone.

Millwall looked on course to leapfrog Rotherham, who were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player on Friday, when they were 3-1 up after 50 minutes, but a 70th-minute penalty from Chris Martin and Jeff Hendrick's strike five minutes from time handed play-off hopefuls Derby a valuable point to keep Millwall in 22nd, one point behind the Millers.

Derby's late equaliser handed a lifeline to Wigan, who are three points adrift of safety after their 1-0 defeat to Wolves, which leaves Kenny Jackett's side eighth in the table, two points away from the play-off places.

Brentford are also two points behind sixth-placed Derby after seeing off Reading 2-0.

Middlesbrough's hopes of automatic promotion were dealt a blow by Ross McCormack, who scored three goals including a stoppage-time winner as Fulham won 4-3 at Craven Cottage.

Norwich's promotion hopes also took a hit as Rotherham scored a late equaliser in a rousing 1-1 draw.

Freddie Sears scored a priceless 83rd-minute winner as fifth-placed Ipswich remained in the play-off zone with an edgy 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest. Huddersfield and Blackburn played out a 2-2 draw, while Birmingham recorded a 1-0 victory over Charlton.

Cardiff beat basement club Blackpool 3-2.