Burnley 1-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2017

Result

Burnley 1-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burnley 1-0 Watford: match report

Burnley beat Watford 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Scott Arfield of Burnley in the 45th minute.

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Watford received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Burnley were 7th on 25 points from 15 and Watford 8th on 22 points from 15. Burnley went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Watford 14th with 41.

Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Johann Berg Guðmunds­son of Burnley (8.0), ahead of Kevin Long (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Red card · Marvin ZeegelaarWatford
  • 45'Goal · Scott ArfieldBurnley · 1-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Phil BardsleyBurnley

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Nick Pope, Phil Bardsley, Kevin Long, James Tarkowski, Stephen Ward, Steven Defour, Jack Cork, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Jeff Hendrick, Scott Arfield, Chris Wood

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

Heurelho Gomes, Daryl Janmaat, Adrian Mariappa, Christian Kabasele, Marvin Zeegelaar, Tom Cleverley, Abdoulaye Doucouré, André Carrillo, Brian Gartland, Richarlison, Troy Deeney