Burnley 0-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 12 January 2021

Result

Burnley 0-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Tuesday 12 January 2021, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Burnley 0-1 Manchester United: match report

Burnley were beaten by Manchester United 0-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 12 January 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Paul Pogba of Manchester United in the 71st minute.

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 16th on 16 points from 15 and Manchester United 2nd on 33 points from 16. Burnley went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 74.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Pogba of Manchester United (8.7), ahead of Bruno Fernandes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 4 draws and 5 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Luke ShawManchester United
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Bruno FernandesManchester United
  • 62'Yellow card · Ashley WestwoodBurnley
  • 71'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 4, Manchester United 5.

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, Josh Brownhill, Robbie Brady, Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Martial, Edinson Cavani