Watford 1-2 Burnley: result and report
Championship · Friday 18 April 2025
Result
Watford 1-2 Burnley
Championship · Friday 18 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 1-2 Burnley: match report
Watford lost to Burnley 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 18 April 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.
Mamadou Doumbia opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Watford's goal came from Mamadou Doumbia (8'). Burnley scored through Zian Flemming (43') and Josh Brownhill (58').
Discipline: Watford received 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Burnley received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 11th on 56 points from 42 and Burnley 2nd on 88 points from 42. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Burnley 2nd with 100.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jaidon Anthony of Burnley (8.0), ahead of Josh Cullen (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 3 draws and 5 for Burnley.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Burnley's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Mamadou Doumbia
- 43'Goal · Zian Flemming
- 58'Goal · Josh Brownhill
- 59'Yellow card · Moussa Sissoko
- 60'Second yellow · Moussa Sissoko
- 61'Yellow card · Zian Flemming
- 66'Yellow card · Josh Cullen
- 66'Yellow card · Edo Kayembe
- 69'Second yellow · Edo Kayembe
- 69'Yellow card · Imrân Louza
- 84'Yellow card · Vakoun Bayo
- 90+7'Yellow card · Ryan Andrews
- 90+7'Yellow card · Jeremy Sarmiento
- 90+8'Yellow card · James Trafford
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, Caleb Wiley, Pierre Dwomoh, Mattie Pollock, James Abankwah, Moussa Sissoko, Imrân Louza, Mamadou Doumbia, Edo Kayembe, Rocco Vata
Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)
James Trafford, Connor Roberts, Lucas Pires, Josh Cullen, CJ Egan-Riley, Maxime Estève, Marcus Edwards, Josh Brownhill, Zian Flemming, Hannibal, Jaidon Anthony