Just before that goal, Watford midfielder Tom Cleverley gave Jarrod Bowen a kick to the head and got booked.

As things stand West Ham are six points clear of the relegation zone with two games to go - but Watford remain just three above.

Now Michail Antonio is going to take a long throw-in. But youngster Ben Johnson takes a heavy touch will trying to control it and Watford take it away.

West Ham's Michail Antonio, coming into this game on the back of a four-goal haul, tries to skip past a couple of defenders but just runs it behind the line.

Almost a very early chance for Watford but Ismaila Sarr can't quite keep a long ball in play.

We are under way at London Stadium.

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The Black Lives Matter knee just before kick-off.

These two teams have both picked up seven points from six Premier League games since football restarted.

Nigel Pearson has lost three of his four league matches as a manager against West Ham.

If the Premier League started when Nigel Pearson took over at Watford in mid-December, they'd be 12th - above his former club Leicester City..

Watford can equal their longest Premier League winning streak of three matches.

They have won only one of their past 11 away league fixtures (D2, L8) and are on a four-game losing streak on the road, doing so by an aggregate score of 8-0.

Watford have recorded only eight league wins this term, with four of them coming against the current bottom three.

The Hornets are the only club not to have scored a Premier League goal from outside the penalty area this season.

West Ham have taken seven points from the past 12 available to them.

The Hammers are looking to record successive league wins for only the second time this term. On the previous occasion they beat Watford and Norwich, who they defeated last Saturday.

They are unbeaten against the four sides below them in the table this season, which includes Watford (W3 D2).

West Ham have dropped a league-high 24 points from a winning position.

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West Ham boss David Moyes wants the club to start "promising less but delivering more" if they retain their Premier League status.

The Hammers publicly targeted a top-six place when they moved into London Stadium in 2016. They finished 10th last season and are 16th this year.

"It's absolutely massive for us to stay in the league," Moyes said. "Anything but the Premier League won't be good.

"One of the things I heard in lockdown came from the Archbishop of York. He said 'promise less, deliver more'. That has to be a bit of West Ham.

"We can't keep promising that we are going to go so high."

Watford manager Nigel Pearson says "hopefully" he will be in the job next season but "now is not the time to be talking about me".

"I've been speaking to the club, we've got an agreement and that's fine by me, but now is not the time," he said earlier this week.

"We've got three games left and it's important we do everything we can to pick up as many points as possible.

"The future is not something I feel the need to talk about. I'm enjoying working here. I don't always enjoy being in a tough scrape, but it's been a good experience."

Watford

Watford boss Nigel Pearson talking to Sky Sports: "If the focus was on what is at stake the players would be under more pressure.

"We recognise this is an opportunity for ourselves. Players have to be able to perform. We have to keep our nerve and concentrate on ourselves. There is lots at stake but it's one game."