Burnley 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2026

Result

Burnley 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Burnley 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Burnley lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Mats Wieffer opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Burnley did not score. Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Mats Wieffer (43') and Mats Wieffer (89').

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

Going into the game Burnley were 19th on 20 points from 31 and Brighton & Hove Albion 11th on 43 points from 31. Burnley went on to finish that season 19th with 22 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.

Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mats Wieffer of Brighton & Hove Albion (9.2), ahead of Bart Verbruggen (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 5 draws and 3 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Maxime EstèveBurnley
  • 43'Goal · Mats WiefferBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Jan Paul van HeckeBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 60'Yellow card · FlorentinoBurnley
  • 89'Goal · Mats WiefferBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 5, Brighton & Hove Albion 3.

Team news

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

Martin Dúbravka, Bashir Humphreys, Hjalmar Ekdal, Maxime Estève, Quilindschy Hartman, James Ward-Prowse, Florentino, Marcus Edwards, Lesley Ugochukwu, Jaidon Anthony, Zian Flemming

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Olivier Boscagli, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Yasin Ayari, Pascal Groß, Diego Gómez, Jack Hinshelwood, Yankuba Minteh, Danny Welbeck