Burnley 2-1 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2019
Result
Burnley 2-1 Fulham
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Burnley 2-1 Fulham: match report
Burnley defeated Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 January 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Andre Schürrle opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Burnley's goals came from Jeff Hendrick (20') and an own goal by Denis Odoi (23'). Fulham scored through Andre Schürrle (2').
Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burnley were 16th on 18 points from 21 and Fulham 19th on 14 points from 21. Burnley went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Fulham 19th with 26.
Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fulham in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jeff Hendrick of Burnley (7.7), level with Andre Schürrle (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 2 for Fulham.
Going into the match Burnley's last five read W-W-L-L-L and Fulham's L-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Andre Schürrle
- 20'Goal · Jeff Hendrick
- 23'Own goal · Denis Odoi
- 34'Yellow card · C. Chambers
- 65'Yellow card · Cyrus Christie
- 72'Yellow card · James Tarkowski
Head-to-head
Team news
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Tom Heaton, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Jeff Hendrick, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes
Fulham line-up (3-4-3)
Sergio Rico, Denis Odoi, Maxime Le Marchand, Tim Ream, Cyrus Christie, Calum Chambers, Jean Michaël Seri, Joe Bryan, Andre Schürrle, Aleksandar Mitrović, Ryan Sessegnon