MARTIN KEOWN: Defeat spells disaster for loser of Burnley vs Watford

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. Ten years and 15 head coaches later, the trigger-happy Pozzos have turned to Roy Hodgson in the hope he can keep them up.

Hodgson is the sixth manager to take charge of Watford since they last kept a Premier League clean sheet — a remarkable statistic and it is a weakness Dyche will target at Turf Moor.

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On Saturday, the front of Dyche’s 4-4-2 could be led by Maxwel Cornet, the rapid forward who’s back from the Africa Cup of Nations, and new signing Wout Weghorst — the 6ft 6in Holland striker who is a real danger in the penalty box and