Summary

  • Watford XI: Gomes, Nyom, Cathcart, Britos, Ake, Capoue, Watson, Abdi, Deeney, Anya, Ighalo.

  • West Ham XI: Adrian, Jenkinson, Collins, Tomkins, Cresswell, Noble, Kouyate, Lanzini, Payet, Moses, Carroll.

  1. 'Ighalo confidence'published at 16:10 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2015

    Watford 2-0 West Ham

    Trevor Sinclair
    Former England winger on Final Score

    "That's the confidence of a striker who has scored a goal in the first half. I looked at this game for West Ham and thought, sitting third in the table, they were expected to win it, but there has been a little bit of complacency."  

  2. Watford 2-0 West Hampublished at 53 mins

    Ikechi Anya is so rapid!

    He burns a path down the West Ham left, finds Odio Ighalo with a deep cross but West Ham recover in numbers. 

    They are rattled here, the Hammers. They need goals, they need to pour forward, but they know Anya is such a threat on the counter.

  3. CLOSE!published at 50 mins

    Watford 2-0 West Ham

    My, oh my, Watford are all over West Ham here!

    Troy Deeney with an abysmal finish though - the goal was at his mercy with the ball on the edge of the box. 

    What was that? Prodded, over? He just stumbled into the ball!

  4. CLOSE!published at 49 mins

    Watford 2-0 West Ham

    And Ighalo should have a third!

    Adrian saves down low as the Watford striker goes for a placed finish. 

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    GOAL - Watford 2-0 West Hampublished at 48 mins

    Odion Ighalo

    Erm, maybe not...

    No disputing this one! Odion Ighalo doubles Watford's lead right after the break!

    Lovely through ball from Troy Deeny to Ikechi Anya who squares for a simple finish.

    WatfordImage source, Getty Images
  6. Watford 1-0 West Hampublished at 46 mins

    Back under way at Vicarage Road then. There's been a double change for West Ham.

    Enner Valencia and Mauro Zarate are on, with Manuel Lanzini and Victor Moses off.

    A second-half turnaround?

  7. Watford 1-0 West Hampublished at 15:54

    Right then, I'm blaming a dodgy angle for this but it's Odion Igahlo's goal - the Watford striker got a touch.  

    His celebration might have been a tell-tale sign. Of the 'wheeled away in delight' variety. A striker wouldn't lie now, would they?

  8. HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:46

    Just the one minute added on ends with Watford pressing West Ham further back on the ropes. 

    The Hammers have their work to do.

  9. Watford 1-0 West Hampublished at 45 mins

    Well it seems like everybody apart from me has given that goal to Odion Ighalo. 

    I've seen a few replays since and it really did look like Aaron Cresswell turned it in sliding ahead of the Watford striker.

    Certainly worth another look to see if Ighalo got a touch - he'll not turn it down!

  10. 'What was he thinking?'published at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2015

    Watford 1-0 West Ham

    Chris Sutton
    Former Norwich striker on Final Score

    "I don't know what he was thinking? Just put your foot through it, get rid or put it out for a corner, anything. Ighalo was bright enough to anticipate it, but it's a dreadful mistake. I think he's tried a Cruyff turn in his own box, never do that."  

  11. Watford 1-0 West Hampublished at 43 mins

    Slaven Bilic is not going to be a happy man in that West Ham dressing room.

    His team haven't turned up and have gone a goal behind in highly ridiculous circumstances.

    The Hammers have got just a few minutes to cheer this man up before half-time...

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    GOAL - Watford 1-0 West Hampublished at 39 mins

    Odion Ighalo

    Well Watford deserve it but this is bizarre! 

    West Ham hit the self-destruct button as Odion Ighalo turns in a Nathan Ake cross. At first glance it looked like an Aaron Cresswell own goal, but after several replays, it's the big man's.

    Ake had nicked the ball off Andy Carroll dallying in his own penalty box. Silliness!

    Watford celebrateImage source, Getty Images
  13. Watford 0-0 West Hampublished at 38 mins

    Odio Ighalo with the skills! He slides past Carl Jenkinson with a lovely little feint and cuts back across goal... 

    Comes to nothing though, Almen Abdi fluffs his lines. In fairness the ball wasn't great.

  14. Watford 0-0 West Hampublished at 35 mins

    Watford with another penalty claim - they think James Collins handled, but either way it was outside the box. 

    Adrian then denies Odion Ighalo from a tight angle. Straight at him. But that's yet another shot to stop. West Ham haven't hit the target yet.

    By the way, Kouyate's been waved back on, he's fine.   

  15. Watford 0-0 West Hampublished at 32 mins

    Cheikhou Kouyate goes down after a challenge with Miguel Britos in the air. 

    Looks OK, but the West Ham physios are on taking a look. 

  16. Watford 0-0 West Hampublished at 30 mins

    Ikechi Anya's been the closest to West Ham's goal so far - his average position's pretty much been that of a striker judging by the graphic below. 

    The midfielder's been running through the lines, and looks a real threat playing off Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney.

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  17. Watford 0-0 West Hampublished at 29 mins

    Oooh! That should have been a lot closer. Miguel Britos hammers over with a header off a Ben Watson free kick. 

    He had loads of space, rose really well, but no dice.

  18. Watford 0-0 West Hampublished at 25 mins

    Victor Moses is always a threat with his pace though - played in by Andy Caroll, his only hope is to run it alone from a tight angle, two defenders covering. 

    He was probably running too fast - seemed to lose his balance as he let fly, his shot dribbles across goal. 

  19. Watford 0-0 West Hampublished at 21 mins

    West Ham fading a bit here. 

    Watford are finding spaces between the lines - Akechi Anya in particular with some brilliant dribbling through the middle just now. Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo yet to find that telling combination though.  

    Andy Carroll's been a bit isolated for the Hammers.   

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  20. Watford 0-0 West Hampublished at 18 mins

    The ball's mostly been with the away side so far, but it's Watford who've come closest to scoring through Nathan Ake's header.

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