Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna looked forward to some home comforts at Portman Road after his side ended a run of four away games with three points at Watford.
It would have been five on the road if the match at Portsmouth had not been postponed two weeks ago and the trip to Watford followed back-to-back defeats at Wrexham in the FA Cup and league.
"We've had a lot of travelling and it was important to get the performance tonight first and foremost - we were disappointed after Saturday (at Wrexham) so we need to come out and show the right ingredients," he told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"I thought it was a thoroughly deserved win and we're looking forward now to getting back to Portman Road on Saturday and it'll be great to do so after a win like that.
"Our intensity in duels was really good, and it's so important in away games, we won the 50-50s, the headers, the second balls and if you don't manage to do that in this division the momentum of the game is always going to be against you.
"When you do it, you get a chance to show the quality you have and we did that from the start of the game and that allowed us to impose ourselves on the ball and we created lots of pressure."
Ipswich have now lost only once in their last 10 midweek games and before trying to extend that run against Hull City, they will be at home to Swansea on Saturday.