Scott Arfield stepped out of the shadows to become Burnley's latest match-winner as the Clarets continued their eye-catching Premier League campaign with a 1-0 victory over 10-man Watford.

Billed as a battle of wits between Sean Dyche and Marco Silva, two over-performing coaches who were heavily linked with the Everton job recently, it was the former who enhanced his growing reputation.

Marvin Zeegelaar's 39th-minute red card for a studs-up challenge on Steven Defour played its part but it was Arfield, granted a first start since October 21 only because of Robbie Brady's injury, who provided the decisive finish on the stroke of half-time.

Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes both saw efforts ruled out for offside as Watford stayed in the game, though two weak penalty appeals were as close as they came to nicking a point.

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Sean Dyche is looking forward to seeing former Clarets striker Andre Gray - but hopes to make it a miserable Saturday for his former charge.

Gray joined Burnley after their relegation two and a half years ago, before shooting Dyche’s men to promotion.

He scored nine times as they stayed up last term, before joining the Hornets in an £18million move during the summer.

For Dyche such deals are the nature of the beast being in charge of the Lancashire side, and he revealed on Friday that he’s still close with the Hornets marksman.

“I still send Andre the odd text. Beyond this weekend I wish him well,” he said.

“He’s a terrific lad, he’ll be still finding his feet there, getting used to the players, but he was absolutely top class for us.”

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