Burnley 1-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Monday 1 January 2018

Result

Burnley 1-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Monday 1 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Burnley · Liverpool · Premier League predictions

Burnley 1-2 Liverpool: match report

Burnley were beaten by Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 1 January 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Burnley's goal came from Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (87'). Liverpool scored through Sadio Mané (61') and R. Klavan (90+4').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Burnley were 7th on 34 points from 21 and Liverpool 4th on 41 points from 21. Burnley went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Liverpool 4th with 75.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ragnar Klavan of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 1 draw and 5 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 61'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 0-1
  • 87'Goal · Jóhann Berg GudmundssonBurnley · 1-1
  • 90+4'Goal · R. KlavanLiverpool · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 1, Liverpool 5.

Team news

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

Nick Pope, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Jack Cork, Steven Defour, Scott Arfield, Jeff Hendrick, Ashley Barnes

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

Simon Mignolet, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Ragnar Klavan, Joe Gomez, Emre Can, Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mané, Adam Lallana, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Dominic Solanke