Burnley 0-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 3 February 2021

Result

Burnley 0-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Wednesday 3 February 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Burnley 0-2 Manchester City: match report

Burnley were beaten by Manchester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 3 February 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Burnley did not score. Manchester City scored through Gabriel Jesus (3') and Raheem Sterling (38').

Discipline: Burnley received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burnley were 15th on 22 points from 20 and Manchester City 1st on 44 points from 20. Burnley went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Manchester City 1st with 86.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to İlkay Gündoğan of Manchester City (8.2), ahead of Aymeric Laporte (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 1 draw and 8 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Burnley's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Manchester City's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Gabriel JesusManchester City · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 0-2
  • 76'Yellow card · EdersonManchester City
  • 83'Yellow card · Dale StephensBurnley
  • 83'Yellow card · Dale StephensBurnley
  • 87'Yellow card · Joel MumbongoBurnley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 1, Manchester City 8.

Team news

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Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Erik Pieters, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Jay Rodríguez, Matej Vydra

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, João Cancelo, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling