Chelsea 2-0 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 31 January 2021
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Burnley
Premier League · Sunday 31 January 2021, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 2-0 Burnley: match report
Chelsea won against Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 January 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
César Azpilicueta opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Chelsea's goals came from César Azpilicueta (40') and Marcos Alonso (84'). Burnley did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 10th on 30 points from 20 and Burnley 15th on 22 points from 19. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Burnley 17th with 39.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mason Mount of Chelsea (8.2), ahead of Jorginho (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Burnley.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-L-W-L-D and Burnley's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 40'Goal · César Azpilicueta
- 60'Yellow card · Ashley Westwood
- 84'Goal · Marcos Alonso
Head-to-head
Team news
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Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Edouard Mendy, César Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Timo Werner, Tammy Abraham
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Erik Pieters, Robbie Brady, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Matej Vydra, Chris Wood