Burnley 2-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Monday 26 September 2016

Result

Burnley 2-0 Watford

Premier League · Monday 26 September 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Burnley · Watford · Premier League predictions

Burnley 2-0 Watford: match report

Burnley won against Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday 26 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jeff Hendrick opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Burnley's goals came from Jeff Hendrick (38') and Michael Keane (50'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Watford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 17th on 4 points from 5 and Watford 11th on 7 points from 5. Burnley went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Watford 17th with 40.

Burnley lined up in a 4-5-1 and Watford in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Steven Defour of Burnley (8.5), ahead of Matthew Lowton (8.2).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Roberto PereyraWatford
  • 37'Yellow card · José HolebasWatford
  • 38'Goal · Jeff HendrickBurnley · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonBurnley
  • 50'Goal · Michael KeaneBurnley · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Isaac SuccessWatford

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-5-1)

Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Jeff Hendrick, Dean Marney, Steven Defour, George Boyd, Sam Vokes

Watford line-up (5-3-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Nordin Amrabat, Craig Cathcart, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, José Holebas, Brian Gartland, Valon Behrami, Étienne Capoue, Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney