Burnley vs Watford head-to-head
Burnley10-season win rate24.8%266 games 66W 70D 130Lthrough 2026.05.24
Watford10-season win rate25.7%152 games 39W 31D 82Lthrough 2022.05.22Burnley and Watford have met 13 times across all competitions between 2017-18 ~ 2026-27: Burnley 8 wins, 3 draws, Watford 2 wins. At Burnley's ground the home side is 3-2-1 (6 games); at Watford's it is 1-1-5 (7 games). The fixture averages 2.15 goals and both teams score in 46.2% of meetings (8 league, 5 second-tier).
Head-to-head8 · 3 · 2Burnley W · D · Watford W
Goals per game2.153+ goals 53.8%
Both teams score46.2%13 games
First goal31.8 mingoals from 76' 25.0%
Yellows per game3.46reds 4 · pens 1
Top scorerJ. Brownhill3 goals · since left
All results
- Watford0–4Burnley
- Watford1–2Burnley
- Burnley2–1Watford
- Burnley1–1Watford
- Watford1–0Burnley
- Watford1–2Burnley
- Burnley0–0Watford
- Burnley1–0Watford
- Watford0–3Burnley
- Watford0–0Burnley
- Burnley1–3Watford
- Watford1–2Burnley
- Burnley1–0Watford
top rows are fixtures still to be played (UK kick-off time) · green home win · red away win · league games since 2017-18 only · rows marked Preview open the pre-match data published for that game
Top scorers in this fixture
J. Brownhill 3 · J. Cork 2 · J. Tarkowski 2 · S. Arfield 1 · R. Pereyra 1
None of the players above are still at their club (squad as of 2026-09-21) — the list covers ten seasons. The records themselves are left as they are.
Compare by condition
Pick a condition and see how each club has done under it — kickoff time, weather, days of rest, formation. These are league records against everyone, not this head-to-head: Burnley 266 and Watford 152 matches since 2017-18. Every win rate is shown with its W-D-L.
League win rate Burnley 24.8% · Watford 25.7%
Home or away
- BurnleyWatford
- 26.3%133 games 35W 34D 64LLeague home30.3%76 games 23W 17D 36L
- 23.3%133 games 31W 36D 66LLeague away21.1%76 games 16W 14D 46L
At half time
- BurnleyWatford
- 68.5%54 games 37W 13D 4LLeading65.6%32 games 21W 4D 7L
- 23.3%103 games 24W 42D 37LLevel26.8%56 games 15W 19D 22L
- 4.6%109 games 5W 15D 89LTrailing4.7%64 games 3W 8D 53L
Possession
- BurnleyWatford
- 15.2%33 games 5W 5D 23LPossession 55%+20.0%25 games 5W 5D 15L
- 26.2%65 games 17W 17D 31LPossession 45–55%32.6%46 games 15W 12D 19L
- 26.2%168 games 44W 48D 76LPossession under 45%23.5%81 games 19W 14D 48L
Weather
- BurnleyWatford
- 18.8%32 games 6W 8D 18LClear13.3%15 games 2W 2D 11L
- 15.4%26 games 4W 7D 15LMostly clear23.5%17 games 4W 6D 7L
- 5.6%18 games 1W 7D 10LPartly cloudy37.5%8 games 3W 4D 1L · thin sample
- 29.1%103 games 30W 31D 42LOvercast29.3%75 games 22W 12D 41L
- 23.9%71 games 17W 13D 41LDrizzle25.0%28 games 7W 5D 16L
- 44.4%9 games 4W 3D 2L · thin sampleRain16.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sample
- 57.1%7 games 4W 1D 2L · thin sampleSnow0.0%3 games 0W 0D 3L · thin sample
Temperature
- BurnleyWatford
- 25.4%138 games 35W 34D 69LUnder 10°C26.1%69 games 18W 14D 37L
- 24.6%114 games 28W 31D 55L10–20°C23.9%67 games 16W 14D 37L
- 21.4%14 games 3W 5D 6LOver 20°C31.2%16 games 5W 3D 8L
Stadium size
- BurnleyWatford
- 28.7%167 games 48W 40D 79LUnder 30,00032.0%97 games 31W 22D 44L
- 20.4%49 games 10W 17D 22L30–50,00023.1%26 games 6W 4D 16L
- 11.6%43 games 5W 10D 28LOver 50,0004.2%24 games 1W 2D 21L
Days of rest
- BurnleyWatford
- 24.0%50 games 12W 14D 24L3 days21.1%19 games 4W 5D 10L
- 20.0%40 games 8W 13D 19L4 days15.4%26 games 4W 8D 14L
- 21.4%14 games 3W 0D 11L5 days44.4%9 games 4W 0D 5L · thin sample
- 25.0%16 games 4W 7D 5L6 days30.8%13 games 4W 2D 7L
- 29.7%74 games 22W 19D 33L7 days23.4%47 games 11W 10D 26L
- 24.5%49 games 12W 14D 23L8–14 days34.6%26 games 9W 2D 15L
- 15.8%19 games 3W 3D 13L15+ days20.0%10 games 2W 3D 5L
Previous match
- BurnleyWatford
- 25.9%232 games 60W 59D 113LAfter a league game26.0%131 games 34W 24D 73L
- 15.2%33 games 5W 11D 17LAfter a cup or European tie25.0%20 games 5W 6D 9L
Kickoff time
- BurnleyWatford
- 20.0%25 games 5W 6D 14LEarly afternoon33.3%12 games 4W 4D 4L
- 23.2%164 games 38W 46D 80LAfternoon27.4%95 games 26W 20D 49L
- 38.7%31 games 12W 10D 9LEvening30.0%20 games 6W 4D 10L
- 23.9%46 games 11W 8D 27LNight12.0%25 games 3W 3D 19L
Day of week
- BurnleyWatford
- 31.2%16 games 5W 3D 8LMon25.0%4 games 1W 1D 2L · thin sample
- 20.0%15 games 3W 4D 8LTue25.0%12 games 3W 1D 8L
- 36.4%22 games 8W 6D 8LWed10.0%10 games 1W 3D 6L
- 37.5%8 games 3W 2D 3L · thin sampleThu0.0%3 games 0W 1D 2L · thin sample
- 0.0%5 games 0W 2D 3L · thin sampleFri40.0%5 games 2W 0D 3L · thin sample
- 25.9%147 games 38W 40D 69LSat25.3%95 games 24W 24D 47L
- 17.0%53 games 9W 13D 31LSun34.8%23 games 8W 1D 14L
Month
- BurnleyWatford
- 24.0%25 games 6W 8D 11LJanuary20.0%15 games 3W 6D 6L
- 25.0%32 games 8W 13D 11LFebruary35.3%17 games 6W 4D 7L
- 28.6%21 games 6W 6D 9LMarch27.3%11 games 3W 1D 7L
- 35.7%28 games 10W 7D 11LApril14.3%14 games 2W 2D 10L
- 5.0%20 games 1W 3D 16LMay12.5%8 games 1W 1D 6L · thin sample
- 33.3%6 games 2W 3D 1L · thin sampleJuly33.3%6 games 2W 0D 4L · thin sample
- 16.7%18 games 3W 4D 11LAugust38.5%13 games 5W 3D 5L
- 18.2%22 games 4W 7D 11LSeptember28.6%14 games 4W 4D 6L
- 28.0%25 games 7W 5D 13LOctober30.8%13 games 4W 3D 6L
- 26.1%23 games 6W 4D 13LNovember28.6%14 games 4W 1D 9L
- 25.6%43 games 11W 10D 22LDecember20.8%24 games 5W 5D 14L
Own back line
- BurnleyWatford
- 10.0%10 games 1W 5D 4LBack 330.8%13 games 4W 2D 7L
- 27.0%241 games 65W 63D 113LBack 426.0%131 games 34W 26D 71L
- 0.0%15 games 0W 2D 13LBack 512.5%8 games 1W 3D 4L · thin sample
Own formation
- BurnleyWatford
- 28.0%168 games 47W 49D 72L4-4-212.5%8 games 1W 2D 5L · thin sample
- 21.1%19 games 4W 4D 11L4-2-3-128.6%42 games 12W 10D 20L
- 30.2%43 games 13W 8D 22L4-4-1-10.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample
- —No record4-2-2-236.8%38 games 14W 8D 16L
- 14.3%7 games 1W 0D 6L · thin sample4-3-317.4%23 games 4W 6D 13L
- 0.0%1 games 0W 1D 0L · thin sample4-1-4-121.4%14 games 3W 0D 11L
- 12.5%8 games 1W 4D 3L · thin sample3-4-2-142.9%7 games 3W 2D 2L · thin sample
- 0.0%11 games 0W 1D 10L5-4-10.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample
- 0.0%4 games 0W 1D 3L · thin sample5-3-216.7%6 games 1W 3D 2L · thin sample
Opponent back line
- BurnleyWatford
- 31.6%57 games 18W 16D 23LOpponent back 331.0%29 games 9W 4D 16L
- 23.1%199 games 46W 52D 101LOpponent back 425.0%120 games 30W 24D 66L
- 20.0%10 games 2W 2D 6LOpponent back 50.0%3 games 0W 3D 0L · thin sample
Opponent formation
- BurnleyWatford
- 19.5%82 games 16W 29D 37L4-2-3-123.7%38 games 9W 8D 21L
- 21.4%56 games 12W 8D 36L4-3-320.6%34 games 7W 5D 22L
- 38.1%21 games 8W 5D 8L4-4-222.7%22 games 5W 5D 12L
- 32.0%25 games 8W 5D 12L3-4-2-127.3%11 games 3W 2D 6L
- 33.3%12 games 4W 4D 4L4-4-1-153.3%15 games 8W 2D 5L
- 7.7%13 games 1W 4D 8L4-1-4-114.3%7 games 1W 2D 4L · thin sample
- 20.0%10 games 2W 4D 4L3-4-340.0%10 games 4W 0D 6L
- 45.5%11 games 5W 3D 3L3-5-216.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sample
- 16.7%6 games 1W 0D 5L · thin sample5-4-10.0%3 games 0W 3D 0L · thin sample
- 33.3%6 games 2W 1D 3L · thin sample4-2-2-20.0%1 games 0W 0D 1L · thin sample
- 40.0%5 games 2W 0D 3L · thin sample4-5-10.0%1 games 0W 1D 0L · thin sample
- 33.3%6 games 2W 2D 2L · thin sample3-4-1-2—No record
Referee
- BurnleyWatford
- 42.1%19 games 8W 6D 5LMike Dean30.8%13 games 4W 3D 6L
- 15.8%19 games 3W 3D 13LMichael Oliver9.1%11 games 1W 3D 7L
- 18.8%16 games 3W 3D 10LPaul Tierney27.3%11 games 3W 1D 7L
- 20.0%15 games 3W 5D 7LAnthony Taylor27.3%11 games 3W 2D 6L
- 26.7%15 games 4W 4D 7LJonathan Moss30.0%10 games 3W 1D 6L
- 50.0%14 games 7W 2D 5LMartin Atkinson0.0%10 games 0W 3D 7L
- 22.2%18 games 4W 7D 7LChris Kavanagh33.3%6 games 2W 2D 2L · thin sample
- 18.2%11 games 2W 4D 5LCraig Pawson9.1%11 games 1W 2D 8L
- 40.0%10 games 4W 2D 4LGraham Scott20.0%10 games 2W 2D 6L
- 30.8%13 games 4W 2D 7LKevin Friend0.0%6 games 0W 3D 3L · thin sample
- 0.0%10 games 0W 2D 8LAndre Marriner37.5%8 games 3W 1D 4L · thin sample
- 28.6%7 games 2W 2D 3L · thin sampleLee Mason50.0%8 games 4W 0D 4L · thin sample
- 28.6%7 games 2W 4D 1L · thin sampleSimon Hooper25.0%8 games 2W 2D 4L · thin sample
- 16.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sampleRoger East66.7%6 games 4W 2D 0L · thin sample
League matches only, from 2017-18. Each row is that club's own record under the condition, not a head-to-head split. A dimmed figure sits on fewer than 10 matches.