Burnley too strong for Watford

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Jeff Hendrick and Michael Keane were on target as Burnley recorded a morale-boosting 2-0 win over Watford at Turf Moor on Monday night.

Both players scored their first-ever Premier League goals for the Clarets with headers from Steven Defour corners either side of half-time.

As a result, Burnley have moved up to 13th in the table, while Watford remain in 11th.

Sean Dyche made two changes from the side that lost 3-0 at Leicester City last time out, with Sam Vokes and Johann Berg Gudmundsson coming in for the suspended Andre Grey and Scott Arfield respectively.

Meanwhile, the visitors made one enforced alteration from the team that beat Man Utd 3-1 in their last Premier League game, with Nordin Amrabat replacing the injured Dary Janmaat at right back.

And in what was the first-ever top-flight meeting between the two, it was the Clarets who made the better start, with George Boyd being denied by a brilliant …

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