Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2021

Result

Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Burnley lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

James Tarkowski opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Burnley's goal came from James Tarkowski (2'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Neal Maupay (73') and Alexis Mac Allister (78').

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Burnley went on to finish that season 18th with 35 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 9th with 51.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shane Duffy of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.0), ahead of James Tarkowski (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 5 draws and 1 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · James TarkowskiBurnley · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · Johann Berg Guðmunds­sonBurnley
  • 13'Yellow card · James TarkowskiBurnley
  • 26'Yellow card · Neal MaupayBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 73'Goal · Neal MaupayBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 78'Goal · Alexis Mac AllisterBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 5, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

Team news

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Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood, Jay Rodríguez

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-1-4-1)

Robert Sánchez, Adam Webster, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Pascal Groß, Steven Alzate, S. March, E. Mwepu, Yves Bissouma, Leandro Trossard, Neal Maupay