The glass has been half empty for Burnley so far, and you could say the same about Watford. The bottom dwellers have a chance to get some vital points here.
- Burnley have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Watford is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Watford could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Newcastle United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Watford.
Burnley form and stats
Burnley's results here at Turf Moor in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Burnley.
The Burnley crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Huddersfield Town here at Turf Moor in a FA Cup match.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Leeds United.This is expected to be a close game, with Burnley perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Burnley as a small favourite), we find seven games. Burnley has won three of these, drawn two and lost two.
Burnley are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Burnley's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Burnley has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Watford form and stats
Watford have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-1-6 (9 played).
Watford has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Newcastle United for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). Kayembe got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Kayembe hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 46 successful passes (of 56 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Leicester City's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Watford in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Watford, one draw and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Watford are hosting Norwich City in the Premier League only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Watford have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. Watford struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Burnley victories, three draws and two Watford wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Dennis 8 goals |   G. Cornet 6 goals |  I. Sarr 5 goals |
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| Burnley | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 12 | 23 |
| 27 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 37 |
| 82% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 74% |
| 47% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 44% | 53% |
| 41% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 42% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 22% | 32% |
| 59% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 56% | 58% |
| 18% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 44% | 42% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 6.9 | 5.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 13.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 29% |
| 16.9 | 13.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
- Burnley have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Watford have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Watford have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
- Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Watford is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 41 | 56 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 34 | 42 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Southampton | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 24 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Brentford | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Everton | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 17 | Watford | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
| 18 | Norwich City | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -35 | 13 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 12 |
| 20 | Burnley | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 11 |
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