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Watford 1-2 Burnley · Championship

Watford lost to Burnley 1-2 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Watford and Burnley met in the Championship at Vicarage Road in Watford on Friday, 18 April 2025.

Goalscorers

Watford: M. Doumbia 8'. Burnley: Z. Flemming 43'; J. Brownhill 58'.

How the match went

The referee showed 11 yellow cards (7 for Watford, 4 for Burnley).

Line-ups

Watford started in a 4-2-3-1: Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, Matthew Pollock, James Abankwah, Caleb Wiley, Imrân Louza, Pierre Dwomoh, Moussa Sissoko, Edo Kayembe, Rocco Vata, Mamadou Doumbia.

Burnley started in a 4-2-3-1: James Trafford, Connor Roberts, CJ Egan-Riley, Maxime Estève, Lucas Pires, Josh Brownhill, Josh Cullen, Marcus Edwards, Hannibal Mejbri, Jaidon Anthony, Zian Flemming.

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Minute by minute

  1. 8'Goal! Watford 1-0 Burnley. M. Doumbia (Watford) scores, assisted by R. Vata.
  2. 43'Goal! Watford 1-1 Burnley. Z. Flemming (Burnley) scores, assisted by J. Anthony.
  3. 45'Half-time. Watford 1-1 Burnley.
  4. 58'Goal! Watford 1-2 Burnley. J. Brownhill (Burnley) scores, assisted by H. Mejbri.
  5. 60'Second yellow card for M. Sissoko (Watford), who is sent off.
  6. 69'Second yellow card for E. Kayembe (Watford), who is sent off.
  7. 90'Full-time. Watford 1-2 Burnley.
Full commentary (52 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Watford vs Burnley.
  2. 8'Goal! Watford 1-0 Burnley. M. Doumbia (Watford) scores, assisted by R. Vata.
  3. 12'Attempt missed. Z. Flemming (Burnley), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  4. 13'Attempt blocked. I. Louza (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  5. 15'Attempt blocked. J. Cullen (Burnley), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  6. 15'Attempt saved. Z. Flemming (Burnley), right-footed shot. xG 0.25.
  7. 22'Attempt missed. E. Kayembe (Watford), header. xG 0.15.
  8. 26'Attempt missed. E. Kayembe (Watford), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.01.
  9. 26'Attempt blocked. J. Anthony (Burnley), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  10. 29'Attempt missed. J. Brownhill (Burnley), header. xG 0.19.
  11. 39'Attempt blocked. Z. Flemming (Burnley), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.10.
  12. 41'Attempt saved. M. Edwards (Burnley), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  13. 43'Goal! Watford 1-1 Burnley. Z. Flemming (Burnley) scores, assisted by J. Anthony.
  14. 43'Attempt missed. M. Doumbia (Watford), header. xG 0.28.
  15. 43'Attempt saved. E. Kayembe (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  16. 44'Attempt saved. J. Anthony (Burnley), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.06.
  17. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  18. 45+2'Attempt saved. E. Kayembe (Watford), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.17.
  19. 45'Half-time. Watford 1-1 Burnley.
  20. 46'The second half is under way.
  21. 48'Attempt saved. R. Vata (Watford), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  22. 53'Attempt blocked. C. Roberts (Burnley), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  23. 58'Goal! Watford 1-2 Burnley. J. Brownhill (Burnley) scores, assisted by H. Mejbri.
  24. 59'Yellow card for M. Sissoko (Watford) for argument.
  25. 60'Second yellow card for M. Sissoko (Watford), who is sent off.
  26. 61'Yellow card for Z. Flemming (Burnley) for argument.
  27. 66'Yellow card for E. Kayembe (Watford) for argument.
  28. 66'Yellow card for J. Cullen (Burnley) for foul.
  29. 69'Yellow card for I. Louza (Watford) for argument.
  30. 69'Second yellow card for E. Kayembe (Watford), who is sent off.
  31. 72'Substitution, Burnley: J. Laurent comes on for M. Edwards.
  32. 75'Substitution, Watford: T. Ince comes on for R. Vata.
  33. 75'Substitution, Watford: V. Bayo comes on for M. Doumbia.
  34. 75'Substitution, Watford: R. Andrews comes on for J. Ngakia.
  35. 81'Attempt missed. J. Anthony (Burnley), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  36. 81'Attempt saved. C. Roberts (Burnley), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  37. 84'Yellow card for V. Bayo (Watford) for foul.
  38. 85'Substitution, Watford: F. Sierralta comes on for J. Abankwah.
  39. 85'Substitution, Watford: T. Dele-Bashiru comes on for I. Louza.
  40. 86'Attempt missed. Z. Flemming (Burnley), header. xG 0.12.
  41. 86'Attempt saved. J. Brownhill (Burnley), left-footed shot. xG 0.14.
  42. 88'Substitution, Burnley: A. Barnes comes on for Z. Flemming.
  43. 89'Attempt blocked. V. Bayo (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  44. 90'Attempt blocked. J. Anthony (Burnley), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  45. 90'7 minutes of added time.
  46. 90+4'Attempt saved. R. Andrews (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  47. 90+5'Attempt missed. M. Pollock (Watford), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  48. 90+7'Yellow card for R. Andrews (Watford) for argument.
  49. 90+7'Yellow card for J. Sarmiento (Burnley) for time wasting.
  50. 90+7'Substitution, Burnley: J. Sarmiento comes on for J. Brownhill.
  51. 90+8'Yellow card for J. Trafford (Burnley) for time wasting.
  52. 90'Full-time. Watford 1-2 Burnley.
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