Burnley 3-2 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2008

Result

Burnley 3-2 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Burnley 3-2 Southampton: match report

Burnley beat Southampton 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 December 2008. The half-time score was 3-0.

Burnley's goals came from an own goal by Chris Perry (4'), Jóhannes Guðjónsson (7') and Jóhannes Guðjónsson (11'). Southampton scored through Rudolf Skacel (49') and Andrew Surman (61').

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 4th on 37 points from 22 and Southampton 21st on 22 points from 22. Burnley went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Southampton 23rd with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 3 draws and 2 for Southampton.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Own goal · Chris PerryBurnley · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · Jóhannes GuðjónssonBurnley · 2-0
  • 11'Goal · Jóhannes GuðjónssonBurnley · 3-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Clarke CarlisleBurnley
  • 39'Yellow card · L. JamesSouthampton
  • 49'Goal · Rudolf SkacelSouthampton · 3-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Alex PearceSouthampton
  • 61'Goal · Andrew SurmanSouthampton · 3-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Steven ThompsonBurnley
  • 83'Yellow card · Rudolf SkacelSouthampton

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 3, Southampton 2.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap