What a match, with Burnley at 1st and Watford at 5th. Here's a full preview!
- Burnley have the most scored goals (58) in Championship
- Burnley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Watford have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Burnley and Watford.
Burnley form and stats
37 points is a decent return from 15 Championship games here at Turf Moor for Burnley. The data says 11 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. days ago.
The Burnley goalkeeper Arijanet Muric is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 263 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.
Burnley's last game was hosting Preston North End (placed 11th) and winning 3-0. What a game it was for Tella when beating Preston North End, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Midfielder Tella was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.81 (out of ten) in that game. Tella scored three goals.
Preceding that match, a home win hosting Ipswich Town in the FA Cup. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Burnley's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 11 of the 13 most recent league games with this club has contained three goals or more.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Burnley as they are travelling to their away game against Luton Town in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The Burnley manager Kompany has got the team scoring with 32 from 15 home games in the league. Burnley are not conceding a lot of goals here at Turf Moor in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Watford form and stats
Playing away, Watford have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season.
Watford played 1-1 against Blackburn Rovers in their previous match. The attacker Pedro got a match rating of 7.6 in that game. Pedro hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Reading that ended 2-2.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Watford when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 0 and winning 3 games.
A tale of few goals? 11 of this side's latest 13 league rounds have contained two goals or less.
Watford have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived history involving both these squads is the Watford - Burnley 1-0 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Burnley victories, two draws and three Watford wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodriguez 15 goals |
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Watford missing players
| Burnley | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 20 | 12 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 61 | 35 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 37 |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 90% |
| 80% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 74% |
| 53% | 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 39% |
| 23% | 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 57% | 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 42% |
| 40% | 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 38% | 29% |
| 5.8 | 7.1 | 8.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 14.1 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 43% | 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 28% | 30% |
| 8.9 | 7.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4 |
- Burnley have not yet lost a game at home.
- Burnley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burnley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Burnley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Watford have scored away.
- Burnley have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Burnley have the most points (37) at home in Championship
- Burnley have the most points from losing position (17) in Championship
- Burnley have the most scored goals (32) at home in Championship
- Burnley have the most scored goals (58) in Championship
- Burnley have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Championship
- Burnley have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Championship
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Championship
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+32) in Championship
- Burnley have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Burnley is in the best form (6-0-0) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 32 | 65 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 58 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 48 |
| 4 | Luton Town | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Watford | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 45 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 44 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -4 | 44 |
| 8 | Millwall | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 43 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 42 |
| 10 | Norwich City | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 42 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | -6 | 40 |
| 12 | Hull City | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -7 | 40 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 39 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 39 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 38 |
| 17 | Reading | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 36 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 33 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -7 | 32 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 29 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -15 | 27 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -22 | 26 |
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