Watford 1-2 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 April 2022

Result

Watford 1-2 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 30 April 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford 1-2 Burnley: match report

Watford lost to Burnley 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 April 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Watford's goal came from an own goal by James Tarkowski (8'). Burnley scored through Jack Cork (83') and Josh Brownhill (86').

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

Going into the game Watford were 19th on 22 points from 33 and Burnley 17th on 31 points from 33. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 23 points, and Burnley 18th with 35.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Taylor of Burnley (7.5), level with Josh Brownhill (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 2 draws and 5 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Own goal · James TarkowskiWatford · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · James TarkowskiBurnley
  • 83'Goal · Jack CorkBurnley · 1-1
  • 86'Goal · Josh BrownhillBurnley · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Juraj KuckaWatford
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Nathan CollinsBurnley

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Watford 2, draws 2, Burnley 5.

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Samir Caetano, Hassane Kamara, Moussa Sissoko, Imrân Louza, Juraj Kucka, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Emmanuel Dennis

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Connor Roberts, Nathan Collins, James Tarkowski, Charlie Taylor, Dwight McNeil, Jack Cork, Josh Brownhill, Aaron Lennon, Matej Vydra, Wout Weghorst