Watford 1-0 Burnley: result and report

Championship · Friday 12 August 2022

Result

Watford 1-0 Burnley

Championship · Friday 12 August 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford 1-0 Burnley: match report

Watford defeated Burnley 1-0 in the Championship on Friday 12 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Tom Cleverley of Watford in the 45th minute.

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Burnley 4th on 4 points from 2. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Burnley 1st with 101.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Burnley in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Bachmann of Watford (8.1), ahead of Francisco Sierralta (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 2 draws and 6 for Burnley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+2'Goal · Tom CleverleyWatford · 1-0
  • 81'Red card · Hassane KamaraWatford
  • 85'Yellow card · Josh BrownhillBurnley
  • 88'Yellow card · Yaser AsprillaWatford
  • 88'Yellow card · Yaser AsprillaWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 2, draws 2, Burnley 6.

Team news

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Watford line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Bachmann, Mario Gaspar, Francisco Sierralta, Craig Cathcart, Hassane Kamara, Edo Kayembe, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Ismaïla Sarr, Tom Cleverley, Ken Sema, João Pedro

Burnley line-up (4-3-3)

Arijanet Murić, Connor Roberts, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Charlie Taylor, Ian Maatsen, Josh Cullen, Josh Brownhill, Samuel Bastien, Manuel Benson, Ashley Barnes, Dara Costelloe