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MARTIN KEOWN: Burnley and Watford know winner retains small chance of Premier League survival... with defeat in this game spelling disaster

Burnley and Watford face each other in a must-win game for both clubs on Saturday evening. They are both currently Championship-bound and if either of them is to have even the smallest chance of survival, victory is essential.

For a footballer, it means everything to be able to say you’re a Premier League player. For the club, the financial benefits are boundless. Defeat in this game would spell disaster for either of these clubs.

Burnley have stayed loyal to Sean Dyche since hiring him three months after Watford’s owners, the Pozzo family, made him their first sacking in 2012.