Burnley 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2025
Result
Burnley 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Burnley 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Burnley beat Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 August 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
Josh Cullen opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Burnley's goals came from Josh Cullen (47') and Jaidon Anthony (88'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Burnley received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Burnley went on to finish that season 19th with 22 points, and Sunderland 7th with 54.
Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jaidon Anthony of Burnley (8.1), level with Josh Cullen (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Simon Adingra
- 47'Goal · Josh Cullen
- 88'Goal · Jaidon Anthony
Head-to-head
Team news
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Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Kyle Walker, Hjalmar Ekdal, Maxime Estève, Quilindschy Hartman, Lesley Ugochukwu, Josh Cullen, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Hannibal, Jaidon Anthony, Lyle Foster
Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)
Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava, Habib Diarra, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Chemsdine Talbi, Eliezer Mayenda Dossou, Simon Adingra