Goal

List of goalscorers

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End of match

End of match

  • 93'
    FT: Watford 1 - 0 Everton. A frantic last ten minutes was the only exciting period of the game, as Everton finally showed some intent to attack in numbers, but they couldn't do enough to level the game after Troy Deeney's 79th minute goal
  • 93'
    Blimey! Everton win a corner, and the keeper comes up. Pickford wins the header and nods down, Calvert-Lewin gets a shot away, which ricochets around before being caught by Karnezis.
  • 91'
    We begin the first of three minutes of added time.
  • 89'
    Watford staying on the front foot here, as they try and pin Everton in their own half.
  • 86'
    Watford take advantage of Everton's more attacking approach. Holebas wins the ball on the right and passes it onto Okaka, who turns his man and hits a powerful finish at Pickford. The keeper palms away and screams at his defenders for allowing the Watford player through.
  • 81'
    Allardyce shuffles his pack as he is forced to play more attacking football in the last 10 minutes in the search for an equaliser. Wayne Rooney and Gylfi Sigurdsson come off in favour of Bolasie and Calvert-Lewin.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Watford en el 79'
  • 79'
    GOAL! WATFORD! DEENEY! Okaka picks the ball up from Femenia, gets his head up and picks out Deeney in the Everton box. The Watford captain smashes the ball into the roof of the net to put the home side ahead.
  • 76'
    Nothing to shout about in the past 10 minutes. Capoue takes another pop from outside the box, but once again it is over the bar.
  • 67'
    Wayne Rooney hits an acrobatic volley from outside the box, but it goes high of the Watford goal.
Card

Yellow card

a Everton
  • 64'
    Idrissa Gueye is shown yellow after bringing down Okaka.
  • 61'
    Deulofeu comes back onto the pitch after waiting on the sidelines, but has to go back off as his injury is too bad to continue playing. He hurt his ankle in a challenge with Cenk Tosun. Andre Carrillo is his replacement.
  • 57'
    Allardyce makes his first change, bringing Turkish striker Cenk Tosun on as a replacement for Niasse. Like for like.
  • 55'
    Richarlison and Peyrera come off, with Kiko Femenia and Stefano Okaka coming on. A positive pair of substitutions.
  • 54'
    Watford counter-attack after a Karnezis catch leads to a near-miss for Everton. Troy Deeney latches onto the end of Peyrera's cross but the delivery doesn't have enough power and the header is caught.
  • 52'
    Capoue sees yellow after a stretched challenge catches Theo Walcott in the Everton half.
  • 51'
    Michael Keane's header from Idrissa Gueye's lofted cross goes just past the post. Has to do better.
  • 49'
    Tom Davies nearly makes it in on goal after Walcott knocked it down for the midfielder. Mariappa dealt with the danger and the subsequent corner comes to nothing.
  • 46'
    Watford start on the front foot, as Deulofeu's pass into the box is cleared by Kenny for a corner. Prodl's header is off target, however.
  • 46'
    Watford get us underway for the second half!
  • 45'
    The stats pretty much sum it up. 7 shots, 1 on target. Neither side dominant, but neither showing any real quality. The previous fixture finished 3-2 to Everton, so we're going to need a big second half to live up to that.
  • 45'
    A rather dull first half is called to an end by the referee. Watford probably had the better of it, but neither side have come close to scoring, with attacks from both sides coming to nothing due to a lack of accuracy and intensity.
  • 36'
    The Everton physio charges on after a challenge from Janmaat causes Niasse to take a knock to the head. As is the protocol, Niasse walks off with the club doctor.
  • 35'
    A series of challenges ends with the whistle being blown after Gueye slides through Richarlison. The free-kick doesn't come to anything.
  • 33'
    A series of attacks and counter attacks between the two sides ends with a loose shot from Capoue that sails over the bar.
  • 27'
    Nasty challenge by Michael Keane, who crunches Doucoure with a late tackle. A bit of commotion ensues but no foul is given. Odd decision.
  • 25'
    Martina fouls ex-Everton man Deulofeu in the Watford half. Bit of a soft one.
  • 23'
    A moment of excitement as Theo Walcott speeds down the right, and his cross ends up being cleared for a corner. Nothing comes of it however.
  • 20'
    Jonjoe Kenny charges into the back of Richarlison, giving away a foul.
  • 17'
    Tom Davies dives in late on Mariappa just outside the Watford box, but no card is shown.
  • 14'
    Rooney turns past a few players before laying off Sigurdsson, who puts a shot on goal, but it's not powerful enough to challenge Karnezis.
  • 13'
    Everton seem very content to let Watford keep the ball in their own half here. When the Watford defensive players are passing between each other the men in blue are not leaving their own half to press.
  • 11'
    Close. Niasse drives down the left side of the box before putting a low ball across the face of goal, but the deflection is booted out for a corner. The set piece comes to nothing.
  • 9'
    Niasse hits Prodl in the face with an elbow. Free kick to the hornets, but there was no malice from the Everton striker and no card is shown.
  • 7'
    Deulofeu is looking bright for Watford here, beating his man a few times down the right hand side on a few occasions. The Barcelona loanee spent two spells at Everton before the Catalan club used a buyback clause to get him back from Merseyside.
  • 3'
    Sigurdsson puts a cross in from the free kick, but Niasse fails to latch onto it.
  • 3'
    Not a huge amount of urgency from either side here, Walcott picks the ball up in the Watford half and Prodl pulls him down. Free kick
  • 1'
    Everton tee off and we're off at Vicarage Road!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    Watford have some bad blood with Everton here. The Hertfordshire club fired their highly rated manager Marco Silva, due to them believing that the Portuguese manager's head had been turned by an approach by Everton.
  • PRVW
    It's a landmark performance for home-grow Everton player Tom Davies. The 19-year-old makes his 50th appearance for the 'Toffees' today,
  • PRVW
    Watford will be looking to move past their recent away defeat to West Ham, and will aim for a repeat of their last home performance today. Last time they played at Vicarage Road they smashed through Chelsea 4-1.
  • PRVW
    And here's Everton's lineup: Pickford (GK); Kenny, Keane, Williams, Martina; Davies, Gueye, Rooney (C), Sigurdsson, Walcott; Niasse
  • PRVW
    Here's how the home side line up today: Karnezis (GK); Janmaat, Mariappa, Prödl, Holebas; Doucouré, Capoue; Deulofeu, Pereyra, Richarlison; Deeney (C).
Info

Pre-match

24 February 2018, 18:30

Referee: Anthony Taylor

Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium

  • PRVW
    Good afternoon and welcome! 11th placed Watford host 9th placed Everton in the late kick-off today, in a mid-table clash where Watford will look to continue their recent strong home form.