Watford vs Tottenham - as it happened: Harry Kane and Dele Alli both see double as Spurs cruise to victory
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KICK-OFF: 13:30, Sunday 1 January 2017
TV: Live on Sky Sports 1
Teams...
Watford (3-4-2-1): Gomes; Kaboul, Prödl, Cathcart; Zúñiga, Capoue, Guedioura, Holebas; Amrabat, Doucouré; Deeney.
Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Trippier, Alderweireld, Wimmer, Rose; Dier, Wanyama; Son, Alli, Eriksen; Kane.
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It’s a big game for…
Younes Kaboul. The Frenchman plied his trade for Sunday’s visitors for five years and will want to get one up on his old club. Watford haven’t kept a clean sheet since their 1-0 win against Hull back in October, and Kaboul would love to end that streak here today.
Best stat…
29. The last time Watford triumphed against Tottenham was 29 years ago back in the 1986/87 season, when the Hornets secured a 1-0 home win. Despite seeming like a long while, it’s only ten games without a win. Only.
Remember when…
A Kieran Trippier goal just after the hour helped Spurs claim a 1-0 win in their last meeting.
Player to watch…
Troy Deeney. The Watford striker racked up his 100th goal for the Hornets in the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace and will be keen to build on it. That was his first goal since October and now he needs to spearhead the Watford attack by picking up some momentum by way of goalscoring.
Past three meetings…
Tottenham 1 (Trippier) Watford 0, Premier League, February 2016
Watford 1 (Ighalo) Tottenham 2 (Lamela, Son Heung-Min), Premier League, December 2015
Watford 0 Tottenham 1 (Van der Vaart), FA Cup, January 2012
Form guide…
Watford: LLWLLD
Tottenham: LWWLWW
Odds…
Watford to win: 19/4
Tottenham to win: 7/10
Draw: 11/4
69 mins: More good football from the Gunners as Monreal crosses and the ball pings behind off a defender. Goal-kick given, however, as the referee thinks it went out off Giroud.
71 mins: Sanchez has got behind the Palace defence so often this afternoon, it really is poor from the visitors. This time the marauding Chilean pulls the ball back from the byline for Xhaka, who shoots but his effort is blocked.
72 mins: With the game all-but safe Wenger makes two changes as Elneny comes off for Coquelin and Ramsey replaces Perez.Sadly for Palace, Sanchez is still on the pitch...
77 mins: Iwobi, scorer of Arsenal's second goal, goes off and is replaced by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for the final 13 minutes.
79 mins: Almost 3-0 as Sanchez crosses, Giroud misses it and Hennessey has to stick out an arm to prevent the ball ending up in the bottom corner.
81 mins: Oxlade-Chamberlain burns past his man and delivers a low cross that Kelly scrapes away.
At the other end Monreal hauls down Zaha in full flight and is booked for his troubles.
83 mins: Arsenal look in total control as the game drifts into the final five minutes. Palace had a brief spell where they looked dangerous - how different the game could have been if Benteke had scored that header.
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