JOHANN Berg Gudmundsson is ready to take on the creative pressure for the Clarets in the absence of his fellow wing man Robbie Brady.

The Republic of Ireland international has been ruled out for the rest of the season after rupturing the patellar tendon in his left knee against Leicester City.

Brady was becoming an increasingly key creative presence in Sean Dyche's side, but his absence will see that mantle fall to Iceland winger Gudmundsson.

Between them Brady and Gudmundsson have provided six Premier League assists for Burnley this season, but it's Gudmundsson who tops that chart with four to his name.

And although he's keen to add more goals to his game, having scored just once for the Clarets in 40 games so far, he relishes the pressure to be the one to create chances for others.

"That’s what I’m here for," he said. "I want to score a few more goals but as long as I’m producing in the assists I’m happy, as long as we’re winning and playing well I’m happy.

"As a team we all want to contribute and I try to do that with assists, I try and get a lot of crosses in and that’s what the gaffer wants to me to do."

Both Brady and Gudmundsson have been hitting top form of late, and the Iceland man added: "Some games we have to defend quite a lot but when we get the ball we are the ones that have to create chances and we’ve done so.

"It’s a shame about Robbie, but somebody else has to step up. I know I’m in good form and I want to keep that going."

The next chance to maintain that level of form falls this weekend, with seventh placed Burnley welcoming eighth placed Watford to Turf Moor in a contest between two of the division's surprise packages this season.

"It’s going to be a tough game, they look really organised and they’re playing well," Gudmundsson said. "We’ve shown that we’re a good side and we’re not afraid of anybody so it should be a cracking game.

"This season we’ve done alright away. It doesn’t really matter at this stage. We know last season our away form wasn’t great but we’ve fixed that this season.

"Turf Moor is still a tough place to come, teams are showing us a lot more respect at home, but it’s good to be playing at home and playing in front of your own fans."