Watford 2-1 Burnley: result and report

Watford 2-1 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Watford won against Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 February 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (10') and M'Baye Niang (45+2'). Burnley scored through A. Barnes (78', penalty).

Discipline: Watford received 5 yellow cards; Burnley received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Watford were 13th on 27 points from 23 and Burnley 10th on 29 points from 23. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to M'Baye Niang of Watford (8.6), ahead of Heurelho Gomes (7.8).

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

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