Too early to say if Watford have started their 2019-20 version of "The Great Escape"? Probably, but at least now they have hope where a month ago they had almost none.

I'm off to see how McQueen, Garner, Coburn et al did it, but take a look at the match report if you like.

Thanks for looking in.

It's all over and Watford are off the foot of the table after a gutsy draw!

Will Hughes' free kick from the right drifts over the area and goes out behind the United goal.

Four minutes to come, and Watford will look to run down the clock for a valuable point.

Nathaniel Chalobah strolls off and is booking for taking his time, with Craig Dawson replacing him.

Chris Basham slides in at the far post and cannot connect, and then Adrian Mariappa gets his head to the ball from John Egan's header in the area!

United piling on the pressure!

Gerard Deulofeu clips it goalward from the edge of the 'D', and the ball drifts inches past the post with Dean Henderson static!

Watford have a chance with a free kick, given away by Jack O'Connell, on the edge of the United box...

Andre Gray replaces Troy Deeney for Watford.

An irritated Gerard Deulofeu talks himself into David Coote's book during a series of United corners.

Will Hughes swings in a free kick into the area, and it bounces off Craig Cathcart in an uncontrolled manner to fly behind for a goal kick.

Chances for Watford in this half have been rarer than sightings of Santa on the day after Christmas...

John Lundstram is down for a long period of treatment, but eventually continues, albeit a big gingerly.

Mousset is involved straight away, sending in a fine cross from the right that John Fleck stretches to inside the six yard box.

But Ben Foster, sliding across the face of goal, gets just enough on the ball to deflect the ball past his left-hand post!

Lys Mousset replaces Oliver McBurnie.

Troy Deeney is just short of a low cross from Gerard Deulofeu, but he earns Watford's first corner.

They can make nothing from it, and United make a change to try to break the deadlock...

David McGoldrick gets a chance for his first of the season, and he sees his shot from inside the left-hand side of the area hit the base of the post!

But - the flag is up for offside and it would not have counted.

Now John Fleck takes aim on Foster's goal, sliding a low, long-range effort that skips past the left-hand post harmlessly.

United still in control, but nothing to show for it yet.

Confident stuff from Etienne Capoue - he chests the ball down inside his own area, and Foster runs onto it to snuff the chance out.

A deflection falls nicely for John Lundstram on the edge of the Watford box, but he skies his volley over Ben Foster's bar.

Fleck and Jack O'Connell try to combine by the far corner flag, but the final ball is overhit and runs out. But, the Blades are having the better of it so far since we resumed.