Watford × West Ham · Championship

Watford and West Ham drew 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 August at 15:00 BST. Amin Nabizada put the hosts in front on 19 minutes, and the visitors were level eight minutes later when Watford defender Mattie Pollock turned the ball into his own net on 27. Both goals came before the interval, and the scoreline never moved again.

Watford's lead lasted only those eight minutes, and the goal that wiped it out came off a home shirt rather than a West Ham boot, which is the quirk the scoreline hides: both goals in this match were put away by Watford players, one at each end. Nothing changed after the break, so a first half that produced everything gave way to a second that produced nothing.