Chelsea 2-3 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 August 2017

Result

Chelsea 2-3 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 12 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Chelsea 2-3 Burnley: match report

Chelsea lost to Burnley 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-3.

Sam Vokes opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Álvaro Morata (69') and David Luiz (88'). Burnley scored through Sam Vokes (24'), Stephen Ward (39') and Sam Vokes (43').

Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.

Chelsea went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Burnley 7th with 54.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Vokes of Burnley (8.6), ahead of Álvaro Morata (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 0 for Burnley.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Marcos AlonsoChelsea
  • 16'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasChelsea
  • 24'Goal · Sam VokesBurnley · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Stephen WardBurnley · 0-2
  • 43'Goal · Sam VokesBurnley · 0-3
  • 60'Yellow card · Robbie BradyBurnley
  • 63'Yellow card · Ben MeeBurnley
  • 69'Goal · Álvaro MorataChelsea · 1-3
  • 77'Yellow card · Scott ArfieldBurnley
  • 77'Yellow card · David LuizChelsea
  • 88'Goal · David LuizChelsea · 2-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Antonio RüdigerChelsea

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 2, Burnley 0.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Thibaut Courtois, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, N'Golo Kanté, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Jérémie Boga, Michy Batshuayi

Burnley line-up (4-4-1-1)

Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Steven Defour, Jack Cork, Robbie Brady, Jeff Hendrick, Sam Vokes