Burnley 4-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Burnley 4-2 Crystal Palace

Championship · Wednesday 11 March 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Burnley beat Crystal Palace 4-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 11 March 2009. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Shefki Kuqi opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Burnley's goals came from Clarke Carlisle (39'), Graham Alexander (83', penalty), Steven Thompson (88') and Jay Rodríguez (90'). Crystal Palace scored through Shefki Kuqi (26') and an own goal by Clarke Carlisle (35').

Discipline: Burnley received no yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 9th on 55 points from 36 and Crystal Palace 14th on 47 points from 35. Burnley went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 57.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burnley wins, 5 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.

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