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Watford vs West Ham - as it happened: Andre Ayew's second half-strike salvages a point for the visitors

Re-love all the action from Saturday's Premier League fixtures

Sam Dymond
Saturday 25 February 2017 12:23 EST
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West Ham celebrate their equaliser at Vicarage Road
West Ham celebrate their equaliser at Vicarage Road (Getty)

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It's a return to normality after last weekend's round of FA Cup fixtures and while there may be a shortage of eye-catching clashes, there's still plenty to get stuck into.

With six of the bottom seven sides in action, today could prove to be a significant turning point as the battle for survival heats up.

Crystal Palace host fellow relegation rivals Middlesbrough in a crunch match for the two struggling sides. With three precious points up the grabs, expect fireworks.

Elsewhere, Sunderland travel to Goodison Park in an difficult fixture for David Moyes' men while Hull take on Burnley at the KCOM Stadium.

League leaders Chelsea welcome the resurgent Swans to Stamford Bridge, Bournemouth travel to West Brom and Watford round up proceedings at Vicarage Road as they go head-to-head with London rivals West Ham.

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Saturday's kick-off times:

Chelsea 15:00 Swansea

Crystal Palace 15:00 Middlesbrough

Everton 15:00 Sunderland

Hull 15:00 Burnley

West Brom 15:00 Bournemouth

Watford 17:30 West Ham

6 mins: Watford tails are up, and they sense a second. M'Baye Niang, on loan from AC Milan, burst forward from midfield and fizzed a 25-yard shot just over Darren Randolph's crossbar. Slaven Bilic's side need to pull themselves together.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 17:37

9 mins: Half a chance for the Hammers as Manuel Lanzini takes aim following Sofiane Feghouli's knock down. It's Daryl Janmaat's to Watford's rescue with a well-timed block.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 17:42

13 mins: It's settled down into an open end-to-end affair. After Miguel Britos was fortunate not to slice into his own-goal at one end, Watford broke forward with Holebas firing in a shot from outside the box that took a deflection and disappeared behind for the game's first corner.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 17:45

17 mins: A big chance for Robert Snodgrass! Feghouli got the better of a dawdling Holebas to cut in from the right before squaring for the former Hull winger. Space in the Watford box looked to have opened up at exactly the right time for Snodgrass to level, but somehow Younes Kaboul got across to block.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 17:50

21 mins: Mauro Zarate is down and in considerable discomfort, but only after the Argentine himself had committed a bad foul on Feghouli. The forward stepped across his opponent and brought studs down on his ankle, but seemed to twist his ankle in the process. After some treatment, Zarate heads off the pitch to immediately return.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 17:53

24 mins: The Hammers are huffing and puffing, but showing few signs of creativity in the final third. If they are to conjure anything, it's likely to be through the talent of Sofiane Feghouli, who seems to be settling into his role at West Ham even if nobody else is. A second corner for the visitors come to nothing.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 17:58

28 mins: This game may have peaked 105 seconds in. After the early excitement of that Watford penalty, it's all been terribly unexciting. Or excitedly terrible. Sigh. What time does The Voice start?

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 18:02

They're almost as frustrated as I am.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 18:04

33 mins: One shot on target so far - and it separates the two teams.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 18:07

36 mins: Michail Antonio, fighting a lone battle up front for the Hammers does wonderfully well to see of the challenge of Kaboul, only to be crudely upended by Janmaat. It brings the Dutchman the game's first yellow card. It's not his first, won't be his last.

Sam Dymond25 February 2017 18:09

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