12th August 2022- Championship, Watford 1 Burnley 0

https://www.watfordfc.com/post-match/watford-mens-team-burnley-first-team-2022-08-12

Attendance: 19,225

BBC: Tom Cleverley’s winner helped 10-man Watford extend their good start to the Championship season and end Burnley’s unbeaten start under Vincent Kompany.

The Guardian: Hassane Kamara was shown a straight red card for a professional foul nine minutes from time but the Clarets could not get the better of the home goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann and succumbed to their first defeat under Vincent Kompany.

Fran’s Watford Blog: It wasn’t a classic performance, but it was head and shoulders above what we saw at the Hawthorns on Monday.  The Hornets had the better of the first half and, while it was mostly one way traffic in the second, there were still some impressive signs from the home side.  Dan Bachmann was, again, my man of the match and I was delighted that he made the Burnley fans eat their words.  The defence was very well organised and there was a much better showing from the midfield.  I was very impressed with our new boy, Choudhury, who appears to be an excellent addition.  We didn’t get to see a lot from Bayo or Asprilla, but their time will come.