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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 6 (setup 1, season 18)
Watford
v.
Burnley
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Edwin VAN DER SAR17Craig GORDON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Laurent BONNART27Luke YOUNG
Sylvain DISTIN83Phil NEVILLE
Jan VERTONGHEN847Darren FLETCHER
Marcelo BORDON857Aaron HUGHES
Matteo BRIGHI76Phil JAGIELKA
Leon OSMAN77David BENTLEY
Ruslan ROTAN87Mark NOBLE
NUNO GOMES697Carlton COLE
Ryan BABEL6106Stephen IRELAND
Jefferson FARFÁN117Stewart DOWNING
Les TombsManagerKeigan Grady
Steve FINNAN12Steven TAYLOR
Hérita ILUNGA13Allan McGREGOR
Rubén BARAJA14Steve DAVIS
Pierre-Alain FRAU156Scott BROWN
HÉLDER Manuel POSTIGA166Aiden McGEADY

Watford 2 Burnley 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 23,949, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Martin ATKINSON 6½, TV: highlights)
74 Farfán, 85 FarfánScorers16 Downing
71 Nuno Gomes <=> FinnanSubstitutions85 Young <=> Brown, 86 Noble <=> McGeady
Sendings off
3 BabelBookings10 Ireland, 41 Noble
1Corners7
3Fouls14
5Offsides5
5Shots on7
11Shots off2
16Total shots9
2Shots saved6
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Marcelo BORDON
min=2, hf=1
3The ref yellow cards BABEL for a clinical foul.
min=3, hf=1
4A header by FLETCHER at the far post was easily collected by VAN DER SAR.
min=4, hf=1
5A shot from COLE was booted off the line by BONNART.
min=5, hf=1
6A great save prevented BABEL from scoring a lovely goal.
min=9, hf=1
10IRELAND booked by the ref for a late tackle.
min=15, hf=1
16GOAL!! A deep corner left VAN DER SAR struggling and DOWNING stabbed the ball over the line. (1-0 Burnley)
min=23, hf=1
24BENTLEY worked the ball to IRELAND, NEVILLE gathered his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of VAN DER SAR.
min=28, hf=1
29A shot from BABEL was smothered by the Burnley 'keeper.
min=39, hf=1
40A free-kick from FARFÁN raced wide.
min=40, hf=1
41NOBLE cautioned for a poor foul.
min=45, hf=1
45+1A fine ball from VERTONGHEN on the left was collected by BABEL who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
 
min=2, hf=2
48A pin-point pass bobbled toward DISTIN and his deadly shot floated narrowly over.
min=3, hf=2
49DOWNING's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
min=7, hf=2
53HUGHES ran onto a great ball from NOBLE but hit his shot wide.
min=9, hf=2
55A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing VAN DER SAR.
min=12, hf=2
58A corner found FARFÁN who turned an effort wide.
min=15, hf=2
61BRIGHI beat YOUNG and drove the ball to BABEL who blasted his shot wide.
min=19, hf=2
65The Burnley 'keeper stopped a clever strike from NUNO GOMES.
min=27, hf=2
73A weak strike from FARFÁN bounced agonisingly wide.
min=28, hf=2
74GOAL!! A long ball from ROTAN down the middle was collected by the lurking FARFÁN who blasted a right foot shot into the net. (1-1)
min=39, hf=2
85GOAL!! A long clearance by the Watford 'keeper beat the Burnley defence and FARFÁN stroked the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Watford)
min=43, hf=2
89BRIGHI was put clear by ROTAN and he raced past the Burnley 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.