Burnley 1-3 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 19 August 2018

Result

Burnley 1-3 Watford

Premier League · Sunday 19 August 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Burnley 1-3 Watford: match report

Burnley lost to Watford 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Andre Gray opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Burnley's goal came from James Tarkowski (6'). Watford scored through Andre Gray (3'), Troy Deeney (48') and W. Hughes (51').

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

Burnley went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Watford 11th with 50.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Watford in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.1), ahead of Will Hughes (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Burnley wins, 0 draws and 1 for Watford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Andre GrayWatford · 0-1
  • 6'Goal · James TarkowskiBurnley · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · W. HughesWatford
  • 48'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-2
  • 51'Goal · W. HughesWatford · 1-3
  • 53'Yellow card · Stephen WardBurnley
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Daryl JanmaatWatford

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Joe Hart, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Aaron Lennon, Jack Cork, Ashley Westwood, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Jeff Hendrick, Chris Wood

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

Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney, Andre Gray