Summary

  • Result: Watford 3-2 West Brom

  • Ken Sema gave the Hornets the lead with their first shot of the game

  • Conor Townsend hooked in second-half equaliser from a corner

  • Ismaila Sarr restored Watford's lead after earlier hitting a post

  • Jed Wallace brought Albion level for the second time

  • Sema's shot deflected in off Erik Pieters for his second goal

  • Slaven Bilic's Hornets climb to fifth in Championship

  • West Brom remain 10th, four points outside play-off places

  1. Postpublished at 41 mins

    Watford 1-0 West Brom

    Keinan Davis looks frustrated as another chance for Watford goes wide.

    They really should be further ahead.

  2. CLOSE!published at 38 mins

    Watford 1-0 West Brom

    Huge chance! Dara O'Shea is among the guilty parties as West Brom play to-me, to-you with all the conviction of toddlers playing in quicksand just outside their own penalty area.

    Ismaila Sarr snaps up the ball and supplies Keinan Davis, who's clear inside the box and sees his low diagonal shot loop up off the advancing Josh Griffiths' legs. Good save!

  3. Postpublished at 35 mins

    Watford 1-0 West Brom

    Darnell Furlong turns a corner behind for another one with Wesley Hoedt and Ryan Porteous up and lurking inside the penalty area for Watford.

    West Brom are clearly keen to keep those two at bay, with the amount of tussling inside the penalty area noticeable whenever deliveries go in.

  4. Postpublished at 32 mins

    Watford 1-0 West Brom

    Ismaila Sarr and Keinan Davis combine to win Watford a throw-in deep in West Brom territory on their left.

    Joao Pedro releases Ken Sema with a low ball inside the penalty, winning a corner after Dara O'Shea diverts his attempted cross behind.

  5. Postpublished at 30 mins

    West Brom 1-0 Watford

    Jed Wallace scampers away down the right for West Brom and finds John Swift in space inside the penalty area, who lofts a shot comfortably over the crossbar.

    Then play is pulled back and Wesley Hoedt is booked for a foul.

  6. Postpublished at 28 mins

    Watford 1-0 West Brom

    That goal has really invigorated Watford.

    Joao Pedro produces a lovely piece of skill to warn space on the left, setting in motion an attack that moves from one side to the other and culminates in a corner for his side on that flank.

    West Brom partially clear, then Ryan Porteous goes for the acrobatic as a cross comes back in, arcing his attempt just wide from inside the penalty area on the left.

  7. Postpublished at 25 mins

    Watford 1-0 West Brom

    Ismaila Sarr has a sight of goal as Watford seize the momentum afforded to them by that goal.

    He wastes the opportunity - but the volume levels, as you might expect, have risen considerably with that goal, which has put the hosts on course for the time six for the time bing.

  8. Postpublished at 24 mins

    Watford 1-0 West Brom

    Tony Brown
    West Brom's all-time record goalscorer on BBC Radio WM

    It's amazing what a goal does, now Watford are playing with a swagger and it's important Albion don't let a second go in.

  9. goal

    GOAL: Watford 1-0 West Brompublished at 23 mins

    Ken Sema

    Ken Sema scoresImage source, Rex Features

    Watford are ahead with their first major chance!

    Hamza Choudhury plays the sort of direct forward pass Watford have been missing from the inside-right channel approaching the penalty area, locating the run of Keinan Davis, whose turn and shot causes chaos among the West Brom defence.

    Darnell Furlong gets half a block in on the effort but it bounces through to Sema at the far post, who blasts in from point-blank range!

  10. CLOSE!published at 21 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    Best chance so far! Marc Albrighton is the creator again, finding space on an overlap on the right and locating Brandon Thomas-Asante with a cross to the near post, who nods well wide.

    Should do better!

  11. Postpublished at 18 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    Watford v West BromImage source, Getty Images

    Marc Albrighton makes another promising run down the right and angles a delivery towards the intended target of Jed Wallace, against whom an offside flag is up.

    That goes some way towards summarising West Brom's attacks so far, while Watford have worked the ball around in the middle third of the pitch without producing much that you could describe as incisive.

  12. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16 mins

    Tweet using #bbcefl or Text 81111 (UK standard rates apply)

    It's a little subdued and tense here at Vicarage Road, as you might expect with play-off places up for grabs tonight.

    What do you make of it? Are you fearing the worst or expecting your team to pick up points during this week's fixtures? We want to know...

    Hamza Choudhury and Brandon Thomas-AsanteImage source, PA Media
  13. Postpublished at 14 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    Tony Brown
    West Brom's all-time record goalscorer on BBC Radio WM

    Both sides are matching each other in the early stages. Once or twice both teams have given silly passes away and lost possession.

    You can tell there's a lot at stake this evening.

  14. Postpublished at 13 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    Not for the first time tonight, Joao Pedro tries to combine with Keinan Davis on the right channel.

    Davis then swings a cross-field pass out of play.

  15. Postpublished at 12 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    Daniel Bachmann has to be off his line sharply to deal with a ball that lands dangerously on the edge of his penalty area.

    That will have given the home fans a moment of anxiety, although their goalkeeper showed solid footing and cleared confidently.

  16. Postpublished at 10 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    Ryan Porteous has to see the danger away deep in Watford territory on their left after a brilliant bit of skill by Jed Wallace to nutmeg Wesley Hoedt on the touchline.

    Darrell Furlong then slings a dangerous cross into the penalty area from the same flank, but Brandon Thomas-Asante looks a little isolated in there and the danger fizzles out.

  17. Postpublished at 7 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    Slaven Bilic shared a hug and a few words of wisdom with opposite number Carlos Corberan before the off here.

    This is the first time the Watford Manager will face a side he’s previously managed in an EFL fixture – in his five previous league meetings with West Brom as West Ham manager, he lost three and drew one.

  18. Postpublished at 4 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    Watford's Ken SemaImage source, PA Media

    West Brom eventually clear their lines from the corner from Watford's right.

    The hosts have started on the front foot and are playing passes around inside their opponents' half.

  19. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    The game has settled down since that early attack by Marc Albrighton, but now West Brom have a first set-piece to defend.

    Keinan Davis is fouled by Nathaniel Chalobah, and the visitors head the resulting free-kick from a central position just outside the box behind.

  20. Postpublished at 1 min

    Watford 0-0 West Brom

    West Brom start well - and directly. Marc Albrighton has plenty of space on the right after a ball is launched to him almost directly from kick-off, and he fizzes in a cross that Daniel Bachmann gathers comfortably enough after it loops up off Ryan Porteous's attempt to intervene.