Watford 3-2 Burnley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 March 2012

Result

Watford 3-2 Burnley

Championship · Saturday 3 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 3-2 Burnley: match report

Watford won against Burnley 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 3 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jay Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Watford's goals came from Nyron Nosworthy (54'), A. Kačaniklić (72') and Troy Deeney (75'). Burnley scored through Jay Rodríguez (41') and an own goal by Nyron Nosworthy (50').

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

Going into the game Watford were 17th on 40 points from 33 and Burnley 11th on 47 points from 33. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Burnley 13th with 62.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 2 draws and 5 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Jay RodríguezBurnley · 0-1
  • 50'Own goal · Nyron NosworthyBurnley · 0-2
  • 54'Goal · Nyron NosworthyWatford · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · A. KačaniklićWatford · 2-2
  • 75'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 3-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Troy DeeneyWatford
  • 82'Yellow card · Ross WallaceBurnley

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Watford 2, draws 2, Burnley 5.

Team news

Watford line-up

Tomasz Kuszczak, Lee Hodson, Adrian Mariappa, Lloyd Doyley, Nyron Nosworthy, Prince Bauben, Sean Murray, Jonathan Hogg, Troy Deeney, Joe Garner, John Mark Eustace

Burnley line-up

Kieran Trippier, David Edgar, Ben Mee, Chris McCann, Ross Wallace, Dean Marney, Jay Rodríguez, Josh McQuoid, Charlie Austin, Lee Grant, Michael Duff