Burnley 1-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 September 2012
Result
Burnley 1-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
Championship · Saturday 1 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Burnley 1-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Burnley lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 1 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.
C. Mackail-Smith opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Burnley's goal came from an own goal by Gordon Greer (60'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through C. Mackail-Smith (18'), C. Mackail-Smith (77') and Gordon Greer (88').
Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burnley were 19th on 3 points from 3 and Brighton & Hove Albion 11th on 4 points from 3. Burnley went on to finish that season 11th with 61 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 5th with 76.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Going into the match Burnley's last five read L-L-W and Brighton & Hove Albion's W-D-L.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 18'Goal · C. Mackail-Smith
- 50'Yellow card · Will Buckley
- 60'Own goal · Gordon Greer
- 64'Yellow card · Ross Wallace
- 67'Yellow card · C. McCann
- 77'Goal · C. Mackail-Smith
- 84'Yellow card · Tomasz Kuszczak
- 88'Goal · Gordon Greer
- 90+3'Yellow card · A. Barnes
Head-to-head
Team news
Burnley line-up
Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, David Edgar, Chris McCann, Dean Marney, Cameron Stewart, Marvin Bartley, Junior Stanislas, Charlie Austin, Lee Grant, Joseph Mills
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up
Tomasz Kuszczak, Bruno Saltor, Gordon Greer, Adam El-Abd, Wayne Bridge, Andrew Crofts, G. Dicker, Liam Bridcutt, Ashley Barnes, Craig Mackail-Smith, Kazenga LuaLua