Burnley 3-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 30 September 2008

Result

Burnley 3-2 Watford

Championship · Tuesday 30 September 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Burnley 3-2 Watford: match report

Burnley beat Watford 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 September 2008. It was 1-2 at half-time.

W. Hoskins opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Burnley's goals came from Graham Alexander (25', penalty), Martin Paterson (46') and Wade Elliott (69'). Watford scored through W. Hoskins (6') and W. Hoskins (44').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Burnley were 8th on 12 points from 8 and Watford 19th on 8 points from 8. Burnley went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Watford 13th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 1 for Watford.

Going into the match Burnley's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Watford's L-D-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · W. HoskinsWatford · 0-1
  • 25'Penalty goal · Graham AlexanderBurnley · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · W. HoskinsWatford · 1-2
  • 46'Goal · Martin PatersonBurnley · 2-2
  • 69'Goal · Wade ElliottBurnley · 3-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 1, Watford 1.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King