Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2016
Result
Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Burnley defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Andre Gray of Burnley in the 80th minute.
Discipline: Burnley received 6 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burnley were 16th on 17 points from 17 and Middlesbrough 14th on 18 points from 17. Burnley went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 28.
Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gastón Ramírez of Middlesbrough (7.5), level with Calum Chambers (7.5).
Going into the match Burnley's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Middlesbrough's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Marten de Roon
- 21'Yellow card · George Boyd
- 31'Yellow card · G. Ramírez
- 42'Yellow card · Ben Mee
- 45+2'Yellow card · Barragán
- 53'Yellow card · Jon Flanagan
- 65'Yellow card · Stephen Ward
- 73'Yellow card · Andre Gray
- 80'Goal · Andre Gray
- 80'Yellow card · Fábio
- 85'Yellow card · Jeff Hendrick
- 90+4'Yellow card · Álvaro Negredo
Team news
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Tom Heaton, Jon Flanagan, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, George Boyd, Dean Marney, Jeff Hendrick, Scott Arfield, Andre Gray, Ashley Barnes
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Antonio Barragán, Calum Chambers, Ben Gibson, Fábio, Adam Forshaw, Adam Clayton, Marten de Roon, Cristhian Stuani, Álvaro Negredo, Gastón Ramírez