Liverpool 2-1 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 12 March 2017
Result
Liverpool 2-1 Burnley
Premier League · Sunday 12 March 2017, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Liverpool 2-1 Burnley: match report
Liverpool beat Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 12 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
A. Barnes opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Georginio Wijnaldum (45+1') and Emre Can (61'). Burnley scored through A. Barnes (7').
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 52 points from 27 and Burnley 12th on 31 points from 27. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthew Lowton of Burnley (8.1), ahead of Emre Can (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 1 for Burnley.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-L-W-L-D and Burnley's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · A. Barnes
- 37'Yellow card · Ben Mee
- 45+1'Goal · Georginio Wijnaldum
- 58'Yellow card · Joey Barton
- 61'Goal · Emre Can
- 63'Yellow card · Emre Can
- 87'Yellow card · Adam Lallana
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Ragnar Klavan, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Emre Can, Adam Lallana, Sadio Mané, Divock Origi, Philippe Coutinho
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, George Boyd, Joey Barton, Jeff Hendrick, Scott Arfield, Ashley Barnes, Andre Gray