Liverpool 2-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 2-0 Burnley: match report

Liverpool beat Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 August 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Diogo Jota (18') and Sadio Mané (69'). Burnley did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Burnley 18th with 35.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.6), ahead of Alisson (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 2 for Burnley.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Diogo JotaLiverpool · 1-0
  • 69'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 2, Burnley 2.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Harvey Elliott, Jordan Henderson, Naby Keïta, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mané

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Josh Brownhill, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes