Burnley 3-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 27 December 2022

Result

Burnley 3-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 27 December 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Burnley 3-0 Birmingham City: match report

Burnley defeated Birmingham City 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 27 December 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Anass Zaroury opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Burnley's goals came from Anass Zaroury (1'), C. Roberts (44') and Nathan Tella (90+3'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 1st on 47 points from 23 and Birmingham City 15th on 32 points from 23. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 101 points, and Birmingham City 17th with 53.

Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Connor Roberts of Burnley (8.8), ahead of Josh Brownhill (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Burnley wins, 3 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Anass ZarouryBurnley · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Josh CullenBurnley
  • 35'Yellow card · Hannibal MejbriBirmingham City
  • 36'Yellow card · T. ChongBirmingham City
  • 44'Goal · C. RobertsBurnley · 2-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Troy DeeneyBirmingham City
  • 90+3'Goal · Nathan TellaBurnley · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 3, draws 3, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

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

Arijanet Murić, Connor Roberts, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jordan Beyer, Ian Maatsen, Jack Cork, Josh Cullen, Manuel Benson, Josh Brownhill, Anass Zaroury, Jay Rodríguez

Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)

John Ruddy, Dion Sanderson, M. Roberts, Auston Trusty, Krystian Bielik, Maxime Colin, Juninho Bacuna, Hannibal, Emmanuel Longelo, Troy Deeney, Tahith Chong