Summary

  • West Ham looking to win five straight league games for first time since 2006

  • Watford's win over Cardiff last week was their first in seven league games

  1. Goodbyepublished at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2018

    West Ham 0-2 Watford

    Right that's me done for this afternoon.

    But if you want to stay ahead of the game and follow all the Premier League reaction, you can do so here.

  2. FULL-TIMEpublished at 90+4

    West Ham 0-2 Watford

    And that is that.

    Watford celebrateImage source, Reuters
  3. YELLOW CARDpublished at 90+3

    West Ham 0-2 Watford

    Issa Diop goes into the book for West Ham for a foul on Isaac Success.

  4. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 90+1 mins

    West Ham 0-2 Watford

    Adrian Mariappa comes on for Gerard Deulofeu for Watford.

  5. goal

    GOAL West Ham 0-1 Watfordpublished at 88 mins

    Gerard Deulofeu

    Game over. Lovely finish from Gerard Deulofeu, who protects the ball and then strokes a right foot shot into the bottom right corner from 12 yards or so.

    Gerard Deulofeu scoresImage source, Reuters
    Gerard Deulofeu celebratesImage source, Reuters
  6. HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 85 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    Watford survive. How I don't know but Michail Antonio hits the cross bar from about three yards out after Ben Foster had saved an earlier effort.

    Michail Antonio missesImage source, Reuters
  7. Postpublished at 82 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    West Ham have got form for second half goals. 12 of their last 15 have come in the second period. They've got about 10 minutes to grab one here.

  8. Postpublished at 80 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    That's two outstanding chances passed-up by the visitors. Will Watford come to regret them?

  9. Postpublished at 79 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    That should be it. It's not though.

    Lukasz Fabianski to the rescue again for West Ham, with Troy Deeney clean in on goal.

  10. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 75 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    Tom Cleverley replaces Ken Sema for Watford and Grady Diangana replaces Javier Hernandez for West Ham.

  11. CLOSE!published at 73 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    West Ham go straight down the other end with Javier Hernandez twisting and turning before the ball is nipped off his toes eight yards out, trickling just wide of the Watford goal.

  12. GREAT SAVE!published at 71 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    Watford should have this won. And they might but for Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski who brilliantly tips Abdoulaye Doucoure's shot over from eight yards.

    Good cut back from Gerard Deulofeu, with no West Ham defenders at home.

    Lukasz Fabianski savesImage source, Reuters
  13. Postpublished at 67 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    Big big chance for West Ham. Felipe Anderson gets down the left and cuts the ball back into Javier Hernandez's pass.

    The Mexican is six yards out but he snatches at his shot, barely making contact with the ball. Very uncharacteristic.

    Javier Hernandez missesImage source, Getty Images
  14. Postpublished at 63 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    Very uncomfortable moment for the West Ham keeper Lukasz Fabianski. But he gets a touch lucky after spilling Roberto Pereyra's shot.

    The ball just evades Watford goalscorer Tory Deeney. That would've been a tap-in andpossibly game over.

  15. Postpublished at 62 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini is out in his technical area. 'Relax' he appears to be telling his players. At the moment they are just trying to force things.

  16. YELLOW CARDpublished at 59 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    Watford's Jose Holebas can have no complaints. He goes straight through Javier Hernandez.

    Jose HolebasImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 57 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    Belatedly Felipe Anderson steps forward from the free-kick for West Ham but that's into the Watford wall. The danger passes for the Hornets.

  18. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 56 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    Manuel Pellegrini has seen enough. On comes forward Andy Carroll to mix things up for West Ham. Mark Noble makes way.

    Andy Carroll comes onImage source, Getty Images
  19. YELLOW CARDpublished at 55 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    That looks soft. Robert Snodgrass goes sprawling under a challenge from Christian Kabasele and that's a free-kick to the Hammers about 20 yards out.

    And out comes the yellow for the Watford defender.

  20. CLOSE!published at 50 mins

    West Ham 0-1 Watford

    West Ham literally couldn't go any closer to an equaliser.

    Robert Snodgrass' inswinging delivery comes in from the right and Michail Antonio rises to flick the ball on but the ball comes back off the left post.

    Michail Antonio headerImage source, Reuters