West Ham host Watford tonight in a winner stays up Premier League clash.
The two sides are just above the drop zone and both on 34 points with the Hammers leading their rivals on goal difference.
They go head-to-head this evening in east London with the winner all but confirming their safety.
A defeat for either would leave them still fighting for their top-flight lives as we head into the final two games of the 2019/20 campaign.
West Ham smashed Norwich last time to relegate them and secure a timely win.
Watford are also in good form having won their last two outings against Newcastle and Norwich.
The Hammers beat the Hornets 3-1 in August with Sebastian Haller scoring a brace.
talkSPORT will be in attendance to find out who will come out on top in this mammoth tussle tonight.
West Ham vs Watford: How to listen
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West Ham vs Watford: Confirmed teams
West Ham: Fabianski, Johnson, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Noble, Fornals, Bowen, Antonio. Subs: Randolph, Masuaku, Balbuena, Wilshere, Coventry, Anderson, Lanzini, Yarmolenko, Haller
Watford: Foster, Masina, Dawson, Kabasele, Femenia, Hughes, Cleverley, Welbeck, Doucoure, Sarr, Deeney. Subs: Gomes, Mariappa, Chalobah, Cathcart, Joao Pedro, Gray, Quina, Pussetto, Pereyra.
West Ham vs Watford: Match stats
- West Ham have won three of their last four Premier League meetings with Watford (L1), as many as they had in their first nine such games against them (D2 L4).
- 60% of Watford’s Premier League wins against West Ham have been away from home (3/5) – their six visits to the Hammers in the PL have seen them alternate between a defeat and a victory each time, winning this fixture last season.
- West Ham are looking to pick up back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since August 2019 following their 4-0 win at Norwich last time out. Their consecutive victories back in August came against Watford and Norwich.
- Watford have won their last two Premier League games, despite conceding the first goal both times. Only three teams have ever won 3+ Premier League games in a row despite conceding first – Arsenal (4 in March 2012), Manchester United (3 in January 2003) and Leeds (3 in November 1997).
- Watford have lost their last four away league games by an aggregate score of 0-8. It’s their longest losing run on the road since May 2018, in a run of six straight defeats in which they also failed to score a single goal.
- Watford have won their last two Premier League games on Friday, beating Cardiff City in February 2019 (5-1) and Norwich City in November 2019 (2-0). West Ham have won just one of their last five Premier League games on Friday (W1 D1 L3).
- West Ham’s Mark Noble has scored three goals in his last two league games against Watford. In his league career, he’s netted five goals against the Hornets, versus no other side has he scored more.
- Michail Antonio has been involved in 78% of West Ham’s Premier League goals since the restart (7/9), scoring six and assisting one. He netted all four of their goals in their 4-0 win at Norwich last time out, doubling his Premier League tally for the season.
- Since the start of the 2015-16 campaign, only Luka Milivojevic (23) and Jamie Vardy (22) have taken more penalties in the Premier League than Watford’s Troy Deeney (21), with the striker converting 17 of those efforts from the spot.
- Troy Deeney has been directly involved in 23.8% of Watford’s 273 Premier League goals (45 goals, 20 assists). Of all teams with 200+ Premier League goals, only Josh King with Bournemouth (25.3%) and Les Ferdinand with QPR (24.2%) have had a hand in a higher share of their team’s goals in the competition’s history.
