Watford vs Tottenham LIVE: Score Updates (0-1)

Conte's men struggled to get their first win of the year.
Final score: Watford 0-1 Tottenham.

Match ends.

Tottenham's goal! Sanchez headed in to give Spurs the lead. 

Eight minutes are added.

The match is paused due to a problem in the stands.

Pedro arrived alone in front of Lloris but the goalkeeper came out to steal the ball.

Son shoots powerfully inside the box but the ball goes into the stands.

Son shoots in front of the goalkeeper but he deflects it for a corner kick.

Teams begin to take more risks near the end.

King shoots from outside the area but Lloris prevents the goal.

Kane shoots powerfully and the opposing goalkeeper clears with his fists.

Watford gets corner kick.

The second half begins.

Watford change:
In: Pedro
Out: Dennis
 

Reguilon is the center back on the left but the ball is denied by the Watford defense.

The match is stopped due to a clash between players from both teams.

Kane takes advantage of a mistake at the start and shoots but the ball passes very close to the post.  

Hojbjerg shoots from outside the box but the ball goes wide.

Tottenham begin to dominate the match.

Dennis arrived on the right and shot without danger for Lloris.

The match between Watford and Tottenham kicks off.

This is how the visiting team takes the field:
Lloris, Royal, Sanchez, Dier, Davis, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Lucas, Son, Kane.

This is how the home team takes the field:
Bachmann, Masina, Sierralta, Troost-Ekong, Cathcart, Kucka, Louza, Sissoko, Sema, King, Dennis.

"We know very well that it won't be easy. Watford will want to do the same but we have to think about ourselves to try to keep improving game by game and be better. To be better in many aspects that we are working on".

"Every game in the Premier League is difficult and I hope we can stay together, defend together and try to play our game. Against big teams we have shown good performances and I am sure that tomorrow we will show a very good performance for our fans."

That's how Conte's team arrived:

📍 Vicarage Road. 👋 pic.twitter.com/ALHzkjBSm7

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 1, 2022

This is how the home team arrived for today's duel:

In the house! 🏠#WATTOT pic.twitter.com/m3PrOlF7Us

— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) January 1, 2022

Emmanuel Dennis has been directly involved in 10 goals in his last eight Premier League games for Watford (six goals, four assists), playing a part in 67 percent of the goals the Hornets have scored.

Watford are unbeaten in their last three Premier League home games against Spurs (W1 D2), but Spurs' last win at Vicarage Road came on New Year's Day in 2017.

In Premier League history, no player has scored more goals on New Year's Day than Harry Kane, with five. He also has three assists in such matches, so he could add to that streak today.

Antonio Conte is unbeaten in five Premier League matches against other Italian managers (4 wins and 1 draw), including two 3-0 wins against Claudio Ranieri in 2016/17. Meanwhile, Watford head coach Ranieri has lost each of his last four Premier League meetings with other Italians.

In a few moments we will share with you the starting rosters for Watford vs Tottenham live, as well as the latest information from Vicarage Road. Keep an eye on the action with VAVEL's minute-by-minute online coverage.

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Son Heung-Min, player from South Korea, is one of the main stars of his team, his fast style of play gives his team the offensive variants, his contributions are assists and goals, being this season the leader of goals in his team, in the last match against Crystal Palace he managed to score reaching eight goals this season. 

Emmanuel Dennis, Nigerian center forward, with 24 years old is being an important part of the eleven led by Ranieri, this season has played 13 games and has converted 6 goals with 5 assists, with his goals he has scored almost a third of the total scored by the team, no doubt he is the player Watford needs to get out of the bottom of the table, in the month of November he was nominated for player of the month for his excellent performances scoring two goals and assisting on three occasions, if these performances become a habit, the team will forget the relegation quickly.

The duels between Watford and Tottenham in recent years have been very disputed since in the last 5 games played Tottenham has two wins followed by two draws and a victory for Watford, the game played in August 21 was in favor of Tottenham with victory by the minimum and about a year ago they tied without scores, now we can see that the Watford team is complicated to the London team.

Referee: Robert Jones. Assistants: Richard West, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Craig Pawson.

The Spurs team started the season with very bad results which resulted in the dismissal of their coach and the arrival of Conte to the bench, the team has not only suffered with bad results on the pitch, the Covid attacked the squad which led to the suspension of their games and in the Conference League their elimination, the Londoners have been improving after the bad news, even recently they got their pass to the semifinals by eliminating West Ham from the Carabao Cup, although the Premier League title looks complicated, as the leader Manchester City already surpasses them by 20 points, Tottenham is in seventh place and if they get the victory they will be jumping up to 5th place as long as West Ham does not get the three points, the last ticket to the Champions League is only 5 points away, so in this second round of the league the duels in search of a place in the top European competition will be more than entertaining, Tottenham comes to the duel against Watford with 3 wins in the last 5 games, so if they go out motivated to the field they will have no problem in getting the three points.

Watford this season has surprised by getting a victory against Manchester United in a scandalous score of 4-1, however that victory was of little or nothing for them as they are currently located in the seventeenth position of the table just two points behind their closest pursuer Burnley, after 17 games played Ranieri's team has accumulated 12 defeats and only 4 wins, although it is the team that has won the most games of the last four teams, it is also the second team with the most defeats this season, With the second half of the tournament to be played and the winter market open, the team will have to think very well how to reverse the situation since Newcastle is fighting relegation and with its new owners in action, the team will seek to reinforce in a great way to avoid losing the category, so Watford must get on track with victories and reinforcing in key areas to leave the relegation issue behind, Watford has 5 consecutive games with defeat, so it will apparently suffer against Tottenham.

This Saturday's duel will have repercussions for both the winner and the loser, on the Watford side if they win they would move away from the bottom three, but if they lose they could enter the relegation places, on the Tottenham side it would put them in fifth position, otherwise they would remain in seventh place but away from the fight for European places, so the start of the year in the Premier League will be more than interesting.

Good afternoon to all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the blog commentary of the match Watford vs Tottenham, corresponding to the Premier League. The match will take place at Vicarage Road, at 9:00.