Burnley

• This will be the first ever top-flight meeting between these sides.
• The Clarets are unbeaten in their last eight home league meetings with Watford (W4 D4), since a 2-3 defeat in April 2004.
• Sean Dyche's side have conceded just five goals in their last 16 home league games, and never more than once in a match in that time.
• Burnley have lost both of their Premier League games played on a Monday (vs Everton in December 2009 and Chelsea in August 2014), while Watford lost both of their Monday games 0-1 last season (vs Tottenham in December and Swansea in January).
• Burnley boss Sean Dyche managed Watford between June 2011 and July 2012, taking charge of 49 games in all competitions, winning 17 of these (34.7%).

Watford

• Five of the last six league meetings between these sides have ended level (Watford winning the other), including each of the last four.
• Watford have had the oldest starting XI on average in the opening five matchdays of the 2016-17 Premier League season (29y 281d).
• Watford have scored 3+ goals in consecutive Premier League games for the first time. The Hornets not done this in three successive league games since January 2011 (a run of four).
• Troy Deeney has scored in three of his last five games against Burnley, though all of these goals came at Vicarage Road.
• Deeney currently has 98 goals in all competitions for Watford. Only Luther Blissett, Tommy Barnett, Ross Jenkins and Cliff Holton have previously reached the century for the club.