Burnley 1-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 11 April 2021

Result

Burnley 1-2 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 11 April 2021, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burnley 1-2 Newcastle United: match report

Burnley lost to Newcastle United 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Burnley's goal came from M. Vydra (18'). Newcastle United scored through Jacob Murphy (59') and Allan Saint-Maximin (64').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 15th on 33 points from 30 and Newcastle United 17th on 29 points from 30. Burnley went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 45.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Allan Saint-Maximin of Newcastle United (8.2), ahead of James Tarkowski (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 4 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · M. VydraBurnley · 1-0
  • 59'Goal · Jacob MurphyNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Allan Saint-MaximinNewcastle United · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Josh BrownhillBurnley

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 4, Newcastle United 3.

Team news

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Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Erik Pieters, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Josh Brownhill, Dwight McNeil, Matej Vydra, Chris Wood

Newcastle United line-up (5-3-2)

Martin Dúbravka, Jacob Murphy, Federico Fernández, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Miguel Almirón, Jonjo Shelvey, Sean Longstaff, Joelinton, Dwight Gayle