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Watford vs Tottenham - as it happened: Harry Kane and Dele Alli both see double as Spurs cruise to victory

Re-live all the action from Vicarage Road

George Cooper
Sunday 01 January 2017 11:39 GMT
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Kane celebrates his second
Kane celebrates his second (Getty)

Key information…

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

Troy Deeney celebrates scoring his 100th goal for Watford (Reuters)

Form guide…

Watford: LLWLLD

Tottenham: LWWLWW

Odds…

Watford to win: 19/4

Tottenham to win: 7/10

Draw: 11/4

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89 mins: Ward fouls Oxlade-Chamberlain and is booked. Arsenal have a free-kick on the right outside the area. Xhaka takes and it skims off a defender for a corner. Palace clear.

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90 mins: Into stoppage time go, three minutes of it.

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93 mins: Oxlade-Chamberlain draws a good save from Hennessey, the Palace keeper diving to his right to keep out the winger's shot.

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FULL-TIME

A forgettable game settled in-part by an unforgettable goal from Olivier Giroud. The Frenchman's stunning first-half strike put the Gunners on their way and Alex Iwobi's scruffy second put the seal on it. Arsenal move back above Spurs and City into third, three points behind Liverpool and six behind leaders Chelsea.

That's all for our live blog, thanks for joining us for today's games. Goodnight.

Samuel Lovett1 January 2017 17:49

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