Burnley 1-3 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 5 December 2018

Result

Burnley 1-3 Liverpool

Premier League · Wednesday 5 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Burnley 1-3 Liverpool: match report

Burnley were beaten by Liverpool 1-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 5 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

J. Cork opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Burnley's goal came from J. Cork (54'). Liverpool scored through James Milner (62'), Roberto Firmino (69') and Xherdan Shaqiri (90+1').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 19th on 9 points from 14 and Liverpool 2nd on 36 points from 14. Burnley went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 97.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of James Milner (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 1 draw and 6 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 54'Goal · J. CorkBurnley · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · James MilnerLiverpool · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · M. VydraBurnley
  • 90+1'Goal · Xherdan ShaqiriLiverpool · 1-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 1, Liverpool 6.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Robbie Brady, Ashley Barnes, Chris Wood

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Alisson, Joe Gomez, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Alberto Moreno, Xherdan Shaqiri, Naby Keïta, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Divock Origi, Daniel Sturridge