Brazil have spent four years trying to atone for its last World Cup match, the calamitous 7-1 defeat as hosts by Germany.

John Terry scored for a 17th successive Premier League season as champions Chelsea beat Watford 4-3 courtesy of Cesc Fabregas’ late strike.

The clock may be ticking at Everton for Ross Barkley but the midfielder's timely intervention ensured a winning end to their season at Goodison Park with a 1-0 victory over Watford.

Watford 1 Arsenal 3: Typical Arsene Wenger, stubbornly turning logic on its head.

France 0 Switzerland 0: France topped Group A despite being held to a 0-0 draw by Switzerland — who also qualified for the last 16 — in Lille.

West Ham 3 Watford 1: Andy Carroll and Mark Noble were on target as West Ham kept their chances of a top-four finish alive with a 3-1 win over Watford.

Watford 1 Everton 1: Heurelho Gomes lauded a “great result” for Watford after they ended their run of four successive Barclays Premier League defeats with a 1-1 draw against Everton at Vicarage Road.

Watford 1 Leeds United 0: Defeated Leeds manager Steve Evans has hailed cup counterpart Quique Sanchez Flores as a “fantastic addition” to the Barclays Premier League.

Tottenham 1 Watford 0: Erik Lamela believes Tottenham have momentum in the title race after this deserved win lifted them to second spot.

Watford 2 Newcastle 1

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

Watford 1 Manchester City 2: Manuel Pellegrini expects Sergio Aguero to launch another goalscoring run as Manchester City step up their hunt for the quadruple.

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is happy with his side’s positioning halfway through the title race. City are third in the Premier League after 19 games, three points behind leaders Arsenal.

Watford 1 Tottenham 2: If Tottenham have ambitions to do more than simply finish in the top four, they will need more performances like this, where they showed character and resilience to grind out a somewhat fortuitous victory against a Watford side reduced to 10 men for the final half-hour.

Arsene Wenger faced an angry supporter at last week’s shareholder Annual General Meeting when he was accused of overseeing an ‘embarrassing’ run of recent results in the Champions League.

Watford 1 Swansea 0: Captain Troy Deeney feared Watford would be made to rue a host of missed chances before Odion Ighalo scored a second-half winner against Swansea.

Wayne Rooney smashed Bobby Charlton’s record and became England’s greatest ever goalscorer with a fine penalty in the 2-0 win over Switzerland at Wembley last night.

Man City 2 Watford 0: For Manchester City, the club records are being countered with caution; they may look unstoppable in both the Premier League and the transfer market as August closes, but no one at the Etihad Stadium expects this to be a trouble-free season. Friday’s Champions League draw gave notice of the difficulties that lie ahead.

Watford 0 Southampton 0: Southampton manager Ronald Koeman was keen to take the positives out of a scrappy stalemate that left both sides still searching for their first Barclays Premier League wins of the season.

Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores has backed Troy Deeney to open his Premier League goal account soon.

EVERTON 2 WATFORD 2:

Euro 2016 Group E Qualifier

Switzerland 2 France 5

Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1

Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1

Fiorentina winger Valon Behrami hopes to see Alberto Aquilani join the Serie A outfit this summer.

Fiorentina have not given up hope of signing Valon Behrami from West Ham.

Carlton Cole looks set to return to the West Ham team for tomorrow’s Carling Cup semi-final, first leg against Birmingham.

West Ham manager Avram Grant is set to reshuffle his team for tomorrow’s FA Cup third-round tie.

LEON BEST reminded Alan Pardew there is more than one striker on Tyneside as Newcastle dumped woeful West Ham deep into relegation mire.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew went into tonight’s Barclays Premier League with former club West Ham without both of his first-choice strikers.

West Ham will check on Lars Jacobsen and Valon Behrami ahead of the Barclays Premier League trip to Newcastle.

Valon Behrami could return for West Ham’s Barclays Premier League relegation six-pointer against Wolves tomorrow after a month out with a hip injury.

Goalkeeper Robert Green could be back after recovering from a minor hip operation to give West Ham a boost for the St Stephen's Day trip to Fulham.

Robert Green, Victor Obinna and Valon Behrami are all expected to return to the West Ham squad for their crunch December 26 game at Fulham.

West Ham will give fitness tests to midfielder Valon Behrami (hip) and defender Lars Jacobsen (heel) ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League match at Blackburn.

West Ham will give a fitness test to Valon Behrami before deciding whether the midfielder will play any part in tomorrow’s Premier League match against Manchester City.

West Ham 3 Wigan 1

Carlton Cole has been relegated to the bench by West Ham manager Avram Grant for this afternoon’s crunch Premier League clash against fellow strugglers Wigan at Upton Park.

West Ham will check on the fitness of influential midfielder Scott Parker ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash against Wigan at Upton Park.

Scott Parker is a major doubt ahead of West Ham’s Barclays Premier League trip to Liverpool.

West Ham midfielder Mark Noble will miss tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Blackpool as he continues his comeback after having his appendix removed.

Midfielder Mark Noble will miss tomorrow's visit of West Brom despite returning to light fitness work this week after having his appendix removed.

Birmingham 2 West Ham 2

England defender Matthew Upson could return to West Ham’s starting line-up for their trip to Birmingham tomorrow.

Theo Walcott has to be content with a place on the bench for Arsenal’s Premier League clash with bottom club West Ham.