Hull suffers blow in promotion chase
Hull City failed to make up ground in the race for promotion to the Premier League as a goalless draw with Watford left them four points off the Championship's top two.
The Tigers knew a victory would lift them within two points of leader Coventry City and second-placed Middlesbrough, but they were arguably fortunate to even earn a draw against their manager-less visitor.
Watford, which saw Javi Gracia call time on his second stint at the club on Tuesday, saw Giorgi Chakvetadze force a good save out of Ivor Pandur in the first half, while Egil Selvik denied Charlie Hughes at the other end.
Imran Louza then went close on two occasions for the Hornets in the second half, as they attempted 16 shots to Hull's six.
The Hornets remain eighth in the table, three points off the play-off places, while Hull is three points above fourth-placed Ipswich Town – which has a game in hand after its trip to Portsmouth was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
Elsewhere, Blackburn Rovers escaped the relegation zone – with West Brom replacing them in the bottom three – with a 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.
Blackburn, also managerless after Valerien Ismael's exit on Tuesday, had to navigate a nervy second half after Eiran Cashin scored his first goal for the club 12 minutes in.
Murphy Cooper made a couple of big saves in the Sheffield Wednesday goal, and the Owls almost equalised in the second half, when Jamal Lowe's header was cleared off the line and then struck the crossbar.
Wednesday's rival, Sheffield United, defeated Oxford United – also mired in the drop zone – 3-1 in the day's final match, with Andre Brooks continuing his good run of goalscoring form and Sydie Peck and Chiedozie Ogbene also on target.
