Watford 1-2 Burnley — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 18 Apr 2025

📅18/04/2025 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-0 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
23%
4.04
Draw
31%
3.35
Away
46%
1.77
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5 OUR CALL
61%
1.62
Over 2.5
39%
2.18
Both Teams to Score
Yes
39%
2.06
No
61%
1.68
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
35%
2.52
2-3 Goals
38%
1.77
4-5 Goals
20%
4.5
6+ Goals
7%
24.2
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
15%
7.87
1/2
8%
28.0
1/X
8%
16.85
X/1
4%
8.98
X/2
15%
4.12
X/X
19%
4.29
2/1
4%
35.0
2/2
23%
2.42
2/X
4%
15.2
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our call
Under 2.5 — 61%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our call is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
23%
Home Win
21%
+1.6pp
31%
Draw
26%
+4.7pp
46%
Away Win
52%
-6.3pp
61%
Under 2.5
58%
+3.2pp
39%
Over 2.5
42%
-3.2pp
39%
BTTS Yes
44%
-5.5pp
61%
BTTS No
56%
+5.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Watford EU Bookmakers 25%
Head to Head
AWAY Burnley EU Bookmakers 56%
+0% / +0% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -3% / -3%
1.05/1.66 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.53/0.79
+43% / +0% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +7% / +150%
42% Ball Possession 58%
9 Total Shots 14
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 6
254 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 421 · 84%
16.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 28.0
17.9 Crosses 20.9
2.6 Yellow Cards 0.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Watford
1W-2D-3L
AWAY Burnley
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
0.64 xG 1.22
42% Ball Possession 58%
9 Total Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 5
227 Passes 365
69% Pass Accuracy 76%
16 Box Touches 22
18 Crosses 18
1 Yellow Cards 2
21.12.2024 Burnley Burnley 2-1 HT 1-0 Watford Watford İNCL
14.02.2023 Burnley Burnley 1-1 HT 0-1 Watford Watford İNCL
12.08.2022 Watford Watford 1-0 HT 1-0 Burnley Burnley İNCL
30.04.2022 Watford Watford 1-2 HT 1-0 Burnley Burnley İNP
05.02.2022 Burnley Burnley 0-0 HT 0-0 Watford Watford İNP
25.06.2020 Burnley Burnley 1-0 HT 0-0 Watford Watford İNP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Watford
1-2
AWAY Burnley
1.06 xG 1.96
34% Ball Possession 66%
11 Total Shots 16
5 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 1
213 Passes 497
72% Pass Accuracy 88%
10 Box Touches 22
9 Crosses 12
5 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Watford vs Burnley
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Burnley squeezed past Watford 2-1 away from home. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Burnley as the likeliest winner at 46%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (61%), no to both teams scoring (61%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Watford had 34% of the ball to Burnley's 66%, shots finished 11-16, expected goals 1.06 to 1.96.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Burnley led the recent series with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Watford and 1.00 for Burnley.

What was the final score of Watford vs Burnley?

Watford 1-2 Burnley in the England - Championship on 18/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Watford vs Burnley?

Before kick-off our model rated an Burnley win the most likely single outcome at about 46%, with the full match-result split Watford 23%, draw 31%, Burnley 46%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Burnley) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Burnley) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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