Watford 1-2 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2018

Result

Watford 1-2 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 1-2 Burnley: match report

Watford lost to Burnley 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Roberto Pereyra opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Watford's goal came from Roberto Pereyra (61'). Burnley scored through Sam Vokes (70') and J. Cork (73').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 11th on 37 points from 32 and Burnley 7th on 46 points from 31. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Burnley 7th with 54.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Long of Burnley (8.1), ahead of Ashley Westwood (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 0 draws and 2 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Georges-Kevin N'KoudouBurnley
  • 56'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 61'Goal · Roberto PereyraWatford · 1-0
  • 70'Goal · Sam VokesBurnley · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · J. CorkBurnley · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonBurnley
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Stefano OkakaWatford

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Watford 1, draws 0, Burnley 2.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Orestis Karnezis, Daryl Janmaat, Sebastian Prödl, Adrian Mariappa, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Kiko Femenía, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, Kevin Long, James Tarkowski, Stephen Ward, Aaron Lennon, Jack Cork, Ashley Westwood, Georges-Kevin N'Koudou, Ashley Barnes, Chris Wood