The centrepiece of the next matchday will be played at Burnley, where the local club of the same name will face Watford. The hosts are in a solid third position before the 22nd round, one point behind Leeds United and one point ahead of Sunderland. The ambitions of the "maroon" in the current season are quite obvious - the team aims to return to the Premier League. Burnley's results so far emphasise these intentions. Watford did not realise such goals in the season before last, when after the departure from the elite division took eleventh place in the Championship. Now the Hornets, who have a match in reserve, are on the border of the top-6, which emphasises the prospects of soon taking a place in the play-off zone. Analysts do not really believe in the prospects of Tom Cleverley's team, prophesying them a final eighth place. Bookmakers have identified the home team as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.71 on their victory.

Burnley before the next round is the leader of the division in terms of goals conceded. According to the results of the 21st match "maroon" scored only eight goals. Not once has the team conceded more than one goal, and in meetings with West Bromwich Albion and Leeds United, it kept the goal intact. Considering that Burnley have a lot of injured players, the team's current streak of eight matches without defeat is worthy of special respect. Still, the players play two matches a week. In the current season "maroon" lost only two matches in the championship. Both took place away and ended with the same score 0:1.

Watford started the new season with five consecutive wins in the Championship and English League Cup, but from the first match of September fell into such a crisis that it seemed that the Hornets will not see the playoffs. The real scourge of the club was the game away, where almost always Cleverley players lost. Since mid-November, this weakness of the Hornets has been eliminated, and defeats have been replaced by draws. Another thing is that competing with Watford at their stadiums during this period were rather weak Hull City and Plymouth. Burnley are not from this series of teams. "Bordeaux" will take control of the game and achieve victory.