Young sends another corner to the back post and this time Joseph Yobo clears with a header.

King breaks through the Everton defence but is pulled back for offside.

Francis tries to grab a lifeline for Watford by drilling a shot from the corner of the Everton penalty area but he finds row Z.

Everton pass the ball around well and get a cross into the box and the referee spots a handball by Chris Powell and points to the spot.

King tries to work Howard with a left-footed shot from 18-yards but the Everton keeper parries the shot.

Beattie finds himself behind the Watford defence with a clear run at goal before the liensman pulls him back for offside.

Young shoots from the right flank around 20-yards from goal, trying to curl the ball into the top corner but Howard catches the ball before booting it up the field.

Another corner from Young and again he looks to find a team-mate at the back post but Beattie clears with a header.

The game has become scrappy now and neither side look like creating many chances.

Damien Francis receives a pass on the left side of the penalty area and hits a hopeful shot which he sends wide of the left post.

Aidy Bothroyd is urging his team on from the sideline as he knows this is a good spell from his side as young attacks down the left flank.

Watford are on top in this second-half and they have silenced the home crowd but still they have not given Howard a major problem.

Everton break forward in the shape of Andy Johnson and he finds Beattie with a pass who drills a shot from 12-yards but it sails wide.

Watford win a corner which is taken by Young who aims for the back post but he could not find a yellow shirt and Everton clear their lines.

Watford are enjoying a good spell of football here and are boxing Everton in their own half but a poor throw-in by Lloyd Doyley grants the home side a goal-kick and a chance to re-group.

King looks fresh as he tries to wriggle through the Everton defence but is stopped in his tracks by Nuno Valente.

Henderson uses his height to win a header just outside the six-yard box but heads the ball down rather than at goal and Howard gathers the ball with ease.

Neville clips the ball forward and finds Johnson who turns on the ball and crosses the ball first time hoping Beattie is in the box, but his strike partner is nowhere to be seen.

Damien Francis brings the ball forward and links up well with his fellow midfielders and then strikes a shot from range, but it is a fairly regulation save for Howard.

Slack defending from Watford and they have left Cahill wide open in the box. He is picked out with a cross and heads the ball towards goal but again, the midfielder is denied by the woodwork.

Tim Cahill takes the resulting free-kick and curls it over the wall but is denied by the crossbar.

The ball boucnces arund in the Everton penalty box and King finds space for a volley, but his shot flies high over the bar.

Everton are having problems with the height of Everton front-man Henderson who is flicking the ball on convincingly but King has not been able to latch onto his passes.

King gives chase to Foster's long clearance but Yobo manages to poke the ball behind for a corner which is taken by Young, but comes to nothing.

Johnson twists and turns on the edge of the Watford penalty area and then cuts inside but appears to be knocked off his feet by Shittu, but it is only the goal scorer who appeals for the penalty and the referee tells him to get on his feet.

Watford are finding their feet a little now and are attacking at Everton. Shittu puts a cross into the box looking for Young but his cross is too high and bounces out for an Everton goal-kick.

King tries to find a way through the Everton back-line on the right flank and does so. He picks out Young in the area who turns on the ball but the linesman spotted a handball by the winger and Everton win a free-kick.

Howard boots the ball up the pitch and picks out Beattie who flicks the ball on and is then pushed over again by Shittu and again, the referee waves play on as the ball rolls harmlessly into the arms of Foster.

Gavin Mahon crosses the ball causing problems in the Everton penalty area but Nuno Valente kept his head and heads the ball back to Howard.

Neville plays a lovely through ball for Beattie who is bundled over by Shittu before he can reach the ball. 30,000 people think it was a free-kick but the referee waves away the protests.

Andy Johnson breaks away down the left wing and manages to get to the byline before getting a cross through to the front post but Beattie is beaten to it by Ben Foster.

Everton centre-half Alan Stubbs dives in on King on the edge of the area giving away a needless free-kick and probably should be given a yellow card, but referee P Walton lets him off with a warning.

Watford striker Darius Henderson finds the ball at his feet on the edge of the box and tries his luck from 20-yards but Tim Howard beats the ball away.

Everton skipper Neville has started brightly and plays another good ball forwards looking for Johnson but Danny Shittu relieves danger for Watford and heads the ball out for an Everton throw-in.

Simon Davies gets behind the Watford defence on the right wing after a good pass from Phil Neville but he could not pick out James Beattie or Andy Johnson with his cross.

Ashley Young whips a free-kick into the penalty area from the left wing but Marlon King could not get his head to it and eventually Everton clear their lines.