Burnley came from a goal down to win at nine-man Watford and take a big step towards sealing automatic promotion back to the Premier League.
Strikes either side of half-time from striker Zian Flemming and captain Josh Brownhill saw Burnley recover after Mamadou Doumbia gave Watford an early lead.
Victory sent Scott Parker’s Burnley side three points clear at the top of the Championship, before Leed United’s trip to Oxford United tonight, and equalled the club’s record unbeaten league run of 30 games.
The Clarets are just the second team in Championship history to go 30 consecutive, non play-off games without losing after Reading.
And Burnley can now rubber stamp their top-flight return as early as Monday when they host third-placed Sheffield United.
Mid-table Watford, who dropped a place to 12th following this defeat, ended the game with nine men after they had both their captain Moussa Sissoko and then Edo Kayembe sent off.