Watford v Chelsea live in the Premier League

Summary

Hazard rounds keeper and puts Blues ahead
Pereyra scores a superb equaliser, two mins after Hazard's goal
Hazard restores Blues' lead from penalty spot after being fouled by Foster
Belgian passes 100 goals for the club

Live Reporting

Shamoon Hafez

KICK-OFFpublished at 1 min
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The final Premier League match of 26 December is under way.
View from the gantrypublished at 19:28 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018
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Simon Brotherton
MOTD commentator
Watford head coach Javi Gracia has happy memories of playing Chelsea at home - he'll be hopeful that Boxing Day delivers another bumper victory over the Blues.
Something tells me it's unlikely to be 4-1 again this time round though, with Maurizio Sarri's side no doubt smarting from their defeat against Leicester on Saturday.
Sarri stopped short of cancelling Christmas following the defeat against the Foxes but he made perfectly clear where his priorities lie over the next few days - and it's not the turkey.
"I am interested in the 26th, not the 25th," the Italian said in his pre-match press conference. He means business.
Postpublished at 19:28 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018
The last word before kick-off, as ever, goes to our MOTD man...
Closing in on a centurypublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018
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Eden Hazard needs one goal to become the 10th player to reach 100 for Chelsea.
Shoe shine pleasepublished at 19:20 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018
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Goals galorepublished at 19:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018
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2-1, 4-3, 4-2, 4-1 is the sequences of results for this fixture.
Let's hope for more of the same this evening.
Festive funpublished at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018
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Watford forward Roberto Pereyra is getting in the festive spirit...
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TEAM NEWSpublished at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018
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Both Javi Gracia and Maurizio Sarri name unchanged teams from their last matches.
Watford name the exact 11 and same seven substitutes from their 2-0 win at West Ham on Saturday.
Watford XI: Foster, Femenia, Cathcart, Kabasele, Holebas, Capoue, Doucoure, Sema, Pereyra, Deeney, Deulofeu.
Substitutes: Gomes, Mariappa, Cleverley, Success, Masina, Quina, Okaka.
For Chelsea, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who came off the bench against Leicester on Saturday, is not included in the 18-man matchday squad, with 18-year-old Callum Hudson-Odoi among the substitutes.
Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Willian, Hazard, Pedro.
Substitutes: Fabregas, Barkley, Caballero, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Cahill, Emerson Palmieri.
Bonanzapublished at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018
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The Boxing Day bonanza continues with Chelsea's trip to Watford.
And this is a fixture which has seen plenty of goals in recent times.
Bring it on.