Burnley and Watford will face off on Wednesday the 15th of December at 7:30 pm in the 17th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Burnley at the Turf Moor. The chosen referee is Martin Atkinson.

Burnley occupies the 18th position in the standings with 11 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won once, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Watford sits in the 17th position in the standings with 13 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 4 times, drawn once, and lost 11 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Burnley​

Line - Ups​
4-4-2
22 May
Burnley-Newcastle United
1-2
5-3-2
19 May
Aston Villa-Burnley
1-1
5-3-2
15 May
Tottenham Hotspur-Burnley
1-0
4-4-2
07 May
Burnley-Aston Villa
1-3
4-4-2
30 Apr
Watford-Burnley
1-2
4-4-2
24 Apr
Burnley-Wolverhampton Wanderers
1-0
4-4-2
21 Apr
Burnley-Southampton
2-0
4-4-2
17 Apr
West Ham United-Burnley
1-1
4-4-2
10 Apr
Norwich City-Burnley
2-0
4-4-2
06 Apr
Burnley-Everton
3-2
4-5-1
02 Apr
Burnley-Manchester City
0-2
4-4-2
12 Mar
Brentford-Burnley
2-0
4-4-2
05 Mar
Burnley-Chelsea
0-4
4-4-2
01 Mar
Burnley-Leicester City
0-2
4-4-2
26 Feb
Crystal Palace-Burnley
1-1
4-4-2
23 Feb
Burnley-Tottenham Hotspur
1-0
4-4-2
19 Feb
Brighton & Hove Albion-Burnley
0-3
4-4-2
13 Feb
Burnley-Liverpool
0-1
4-4-2
08 Feb
Burnley-Manchester United
1-1
4-4-2
05 Feb
Burnley-Watford
0-0
4-4-2
23 Jan
Arsenal-Burnley
0-0
4-4-2
02 Jan
Leeds United-Burnley
3-1
4-4-2
30 Dec
Manchester United-Burnley
3-1
4-4-2
12 Dec
Burnley-West Ham United
0-0
4-4-2
04 Dec
Newcastle United-Burnley
1-0
4-4-2
01 Dec
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Burnley
0-0
4-4-2
20 Nov
Burnley-Crystal Palace
3-3
4-4-2
06 Nov
Chelsea-Burnley
1-1
4-4-2
30 Oct
Burnley-Brentford
3-1
4-4-2
23 Oct
Southampton-Burnley
2-2
4-4-2
16 Oct
Manchester City-Burnley
2-0
4-4-2
02 Oct
Burnley-Norwich City
0-0
4-4-2
25 Sep
Leicester City-Burnley
2-2
4-4-2
18 Sep
Burnley-Arsenal
0-1
4-4-2
13 Sep
Everton-Burnley
3-1
4-4-2
29 Aug
Burnley-Leeds United
1-1
4-4-2
21 Aug
Liverpool-Burnley
2-0
4-4-2
14 Aug
Burnley-Brighton & Hove Albion
1-2

Burnley has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 93.33%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (14 times) and 4-5-1 (once).

Sean Dyche is expected to play against Watford with the following players: N. Pope, C. Taylor, J. Tarkowski, B. Mee, M. Lowton, D. McNeil, J. Brownhill, A. Westwood, J. Berg Guðmunds­son, M. Vydra and C. Wood.

In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Burnley would be 29.00.

Sean Dyche will probably not be able to employ W. Hennessey, C. Roberts and G. Cornet because of injury.

A. Barnes will definitely miss the match.

Watford​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
22 May
Chelsea-Watford
2-1
4-3-3
15 May
Watford-Leicester City
1-5
4-3-3
11 May
Watford-Everton
0-0
4-3-3
07 May
Crystal Palace-Watford
1-0
4-3-3
30 Apr
Watford-Burnley
1-2
4-3-3
23 Apr
Manchester City-Watford
5-1
4-3-3
16 Apr
Watford-Brentford
1-2
4-3-3
09 Apr
Watford-Leeds United
0-3
4-1-4-1
02 Apr
Liverpool-Watford
2-0
4-3-3
13 Mar
Southampton-Watford
1-2
4-3-3
10 Mar
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Watford
4-0
4-3-3
06 Mar
Watford-Arsenal
2-3
4-3-3
26 Feb
Manchester United-Watford
0-0
4-3-3
23 Feb
Watford-Crystal Palace
1-4
4-3-3
19 Feb
Aston Villa-Watford
0-1
4-4-2
12 Feb
Watford-Brighton & Hove Albion
0-2
4-4-2
08 Feb
West Ham United-Watford
1-0
4-4-2
05 Feb
Burnley-Watford
0-0
4-3-3
21 Jan
Watford-Norwich City
0-3
4-3-3
15 Jan
Newcastle United-Watford
1-1
4-4-2
01 Jan
Watford-Tottenham Hotspur
0-1
4-1-4-1
28 Dec
Watford-West Ham United
1-4
4-2-3-1
10 Dec
Brentford-Watford
2-1
4-1-4-1
04 Dec
Watford-Manchester City
1-3
4-1-4-1
01 Dec
Watford-Chelsea
1-2
4-1-4-1
28 Nov
Leicester City-Watford
4-2
4-1-4-1
20 Nov
Watford-Manchester United
4-1
4-1-4-1
07 Nov
Arsenal-Watford
1-0
4-4-1-1
30 Oct
Watford-Southampton
0-1
4-1-4-1
23 Oct
Everton-Watford
2-5
5-4-1
16 Oct
Watford-Liverpool
0-5
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
Leeds United-Watford
1-0
4-2-3-1
25 Sep
Watford-Newcastle United
1-1
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
Norwich City-Watford
1-3
4-1-4-1
11 Sep
Watford-Wolverhampton Wanderers
0-2
4-1-4-1
29 Aug
Tottenham Hotspur-Watford
1-0
4-1-4-1
21 Aug
Brighton & Hove Albion-Watford
2-0
4-1-4-1
14 Aug
Watford-Aston Villa
3-2

Watford has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 62.50%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).

Claudio Ranieri is expected to play against Burnley with the following players: D. Bachmann, J. Ngakia, W. Troost-Ekong, C. Cathcart, F. Femenía Far, I. Louza, M. Sissoko, T. Cleverley, J. Hernández Suárez, J. King and E. Dennis.

If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Watford would be 27.18.

Claudio Ranieri will probably not be able to employ A. Masina and F. Sierralta Carvallo because of injury.

B. Foster, C. Kabasele, O. Etebo, I. Sarr and K. Baah will definitely miss the match.