Burnley vs Watford

25 June 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jay Rodriguez 73’

Match summary

Burnley beat Watford 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Jay Rodriguez put Burnley ahead with a header in the 73rd minute, set up by Dwight McNeil.

The chances backed that up: Burnley created 1.06 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Watford's 0.50 from 10.

Match stats

Burnley Watford
9 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.96 xG 0.50
0.96 Non-penalty xG 0.50
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Burnley Watford
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Jay Rodriguez
Assist: Dwight McNeil1-0 (Burnley)
73’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Burnley
  • Dwight McNeil

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.06 0.50 73’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), 1-0 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.06 0.50 73’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), 1-0 Rodriguez 73’
Burnley 1.06 xGWatford 0.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Burnley attacking 
21’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.29 xG, blocked 21’ Matej Vydra (Burnley), open play, 0.25 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Matej Vydra (Burnley), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 73’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 90’ Adam Masina (Watford), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 61’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 19’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 67’ Troy Deeney (Watford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 6’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 7’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 32’ Craig Dawson (Watford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Will Hughes (Watford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 80’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Dwight McNeil (Burnley), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Craig Dawson (Watford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 4’ Craig Dawson (Watford), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Adam Masina (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.29 xG, blocked 21’ Matej Vydra (Burnley), open play, 0.25 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Matej Vydra (Burnley), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 90’ Adam Masina (Watford), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 73’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 61’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 19’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 67’ Troy Deeney (Watford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 6’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 7’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 67’ Will Hughes (Watford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 32’ Craig Dawson (Watford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 80’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Dwight McNeil (Burnley), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Craig Dawson (Watford), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 90+3’ Craig Dawson (Watford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Adam Masina (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Nick Pope GK900 0.000.000
Matthew Lowton DEF900 0.000.000
Ben Mee DEF900 0.000.251
James Tarkowski DEF900 0.000.021
Charlie Taylor DEF900 0.000.000
Josh Brownhill MID902 0.110.000
Jack Cork MID900 0.000.000
Ashley Westwood MID900 0.000.202
Dwight McNeil MID9011 0.020.182
Matej Vydra FWD902 0.400.071
Jay Rodriguez FWD8214 0.540.000
Erik Pieters Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 27% Avg odds 3.59
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.20
Watford win 43% Avg odds 2.22

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Burnley WWDDL
Watford DLWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Watford 0-3 Burnley, 23 Nov 19 Next meeting: Burnley 0-0 Watford, 05 Feb 22  All Burnley vs Watford meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.