Arsenal 2-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 January 2017

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Burnley

Premier League · Sunday 22 January 2017, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-1 Burnley: match report

Arsenal won against Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 January 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Nurgzay Khayrulin opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Nurgzay Khayrulin (59') and A. Sánchez (90+8', penalty). Burnley scored through Andre Gray (90+3', penalty).

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 44 points from 21 and Burnley 13th on 26 points from 21. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Laurent Koscielny of Arsenal (8.3), ahead of Shkodran Mustafi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Burnley's W-L-W-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 58'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonBurnley
  • 59'Goal · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal · 1-0
  • 65'Red card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 74'Yellow card · Dean MarneyBurnley
  • 90+3'Penalty goal · Andre GrayBurnley · 1-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal
  • 90+7'Yellow card · A. BarnesBurnley
  • 90+8'Penalty goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 1, Burnley 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Gabriel Paulista, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Alex Iwobi, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Olivier Giroud

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, George Boyd, Dean Marney, Jeff Hendrick, Steven Defour, Andre Gray, Ashley Barnes