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Watford v Burnley : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 18th Apr, 15:00 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Burnley, led by manager Scott Parker, visit Tom Cleverley and his Watford side at the Vicarage Road on Friday afternoon in the Championship. We've got bespoke stats for every major market, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Watford
17%
--
Draw
30%
--
Burnley
53%
--
Burnley 1-0
20%
--
Draw 0-0
16%
--
Burnley 2-0
13%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Watford 1-0
9%
--
Burnley 2-1
7%
--
Burnley 3-0
5%
--
Watford 2-1
3%
--
Burnley 3-1
3%
--
Watford 2-0
3%
--
Draw 2-2
2%
--
Burnley 4-0
2%
--
Burnley 4-1
1%
--
Burnley 3-2
1%
--
Watford 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
27%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
73%
--
Home 1st Goal
33%
--
Away 1st Goal
55%
--
No 1st Goal
12%
--
BTTS - Yes
31%
--
BTTS - No
69%
--
BTTS - Home Win
4%
--
BTTS - Draw
14%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
47%
--
Away/draw
83%
--
Home/away
70%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
46%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
1%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
99%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
84%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
16%
--
Home DNB
38%
--
Away DNB
74%
--
Watford win to nil
12%
--
Burnley win to nil
40%
--
Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 2 and won 6. Watford have conceded 25 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Watford have played 21 games at home, winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 25 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Burnley lay in 2nd place on 85 points in the Championship league table having played 41 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 39 games against teams below them in the table, winning 22, drawing 15 and losing 2 games. They have scored 54 goals and kept 27 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Burnley have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 13 matches.

Away league performance

Burnley have played 21 away games, winning 12, drawing 7 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Watford
Burnley
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds41241345285 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
2
Burnley Away41231624385 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
-
-
3
Sheff Utd4126782583 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 21
w
 
0-2F
4
Sunderland41211372076 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
5
Bristol C41161510963 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
6
M'Boro41179151160 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
7
Coventry4017815459 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
8
West Brom411318101157 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
9
Millwall41151214-157 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
2-3F
May 3
l
 
1-0A
10
Watford Home4116817-456 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
Apr 18
11
Norwich41131414653 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
Apr 11
w
 
1-2A
12
Blackburn4115818-153 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
13
Sheff Wed41141116-753 
May 3
w
 
2-6F
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-2F
14
Preston41101912-749 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
15
Swansea4013918-1048 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
16
QPR40111316-846 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
17
Portsmouth4012919-1545 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
18
Oxford Utd40111217-1645 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
19
Hull41111119-944 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
20
Stoke41101417-1244 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
21
Derby4111921-1042 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
22
Cardiff4191517-2042 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
5-0F
w
 
1-2F
23
Luton41101021-2540 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-4F
24
Plymouth4081319-3637 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-5F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
14
Burnley have not lost in 14 consecutive away league games
Watford 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
Burnley 2ND
20 league games
Away
14
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
6
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
6 / 20
Clean sheets
14 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
11
Draw
7
L
2
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
4
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
4 / 20
Clean sheets
16 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
12
Draw
8
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Watford since 2001
Watford
Burnley
Goals: Scored
24
26
Games: Scored
14 / 18
15 / 18
Clean sheets
3 / 18
4 / 18
WAT
6
D
4
BRN
8
League games at Burnley since 2001
Burnley
Watford
Goals: Scored
35
26
Games: Scored
17 / 19
12 / 19
Clean sheets
7 / 19
2 / 19
WAT
3
D
6
BRN
10
Goal Statistics

A truly dismal PG of just 0.6 should cause concerns for Watford fans, as should a 6 Championship matches run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

Watford 10th Burnley 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
57%
1
32%
2
3
4+
There is a 57% probability that Watford will fail to score
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
4+
There is a 65% probability that Burnley will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-23
Watford have scored 23% fewer goals at home than predicted
-4
Burnley’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
0.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Watford
PG (predicted goals)
Burnley
0.6
1.3
Attack rating
WAT
BRN
7%
better
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Games scored30
27
Failed to score10
13
Scored first14
21
Goals scored48
55
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
16
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
WAT
BRN
61%
better
view stats
Games conceded29
12
Clean sheets11
28
Conceded first23
8
Goals conceded53
12
Avg. goals conceded1.3
0.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
21
Conversion rate against14%
5%
Avg. XG against1.4
0.9
KickOff rating
+61%

Watford v Burnley Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
371069
M PollockV BayoG ChakvetadzeF Carvallo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Pollock DEF3914
6
-
G Chakvetadze MID3926
7
-
E Kayembe MID3981
7
-
Y Larouci DEF382
2
-
M Sissoko MID3631
4
-
V Bayo FWD3610
4
1
R Andrews DEF3432
3
-
F Carvallo DEF28
9
-
T Ince FWD2811
-
I Louza  MID2722
8
-
R Vata FWD2733
-
K Baah FWD2743
5
2
J Ngakia DEF231
6
-
D Bachmann GLK22
1
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID224
-
J Morris DEF16
2
-
J Abankwah DEF13
2
1
M. Doumbia FWD131
1
-
E Selvik GLK10
2
-
J Bond GLK9
-
A Ogbonna DEF6
-
C Wiley DEF4
-
K Keben DEF4
-
P Dwomoh MID4
-
Burnley Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4013610
M EstèveJ Brownhill J AnthonyJ Cullen
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Estève DEF401
3
-
J Trafford GLK39
8
-
J Cullen MID3812
10
-
J Anthony FWD3766
5
-
J Laurent MID3622
5
-
J Brownhill  MID36134
4
-
C Egan-Riley DEF351
7
1
C Roberts DEF3523
4
-
H Mejbri MID312
7
1
Z Flemming MID3093
2
-
J Sarmiento  MID302
3
-
L Pires DEF282
6
-
L Koleosho FWD272
3
-
L Foster FWD2625
3
-
B Humphreys DEF2512
2
1
M Edwards FWD911
-
J Worrall DEF71
1
-
A Barnes FWD71
1
-
E Agyei FWD3
-
B Hedilazio FWD31
1
-
O Sonne DEF2
-
J Shelvey MID2
-
V Hladky GLK1
-
S Sambo DEF1
-
N Redmond MID1
-