Manchester City 2-1 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Monday 2 January 2017
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Burnley
Premier League · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 2-1 Burnley: match report
Manchester City defeated Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gaël Clichy opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Gaël Clichy (58') and Sergio Agüero (62'). Burnley scored through Ben Mee (70').
Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 5th on 39 points from 19 and Burnley 11th on 23 points from 19. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolás Otamendi of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Ben Mee (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Burnley.
Key events
- 32'Red card · Fernandinho
- 38'Yellow card · Jeff Hendrick
- 41'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 58'Goal · Gaël Clichy
- 62'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 70'Goal · Ben Mee
- 71'Yellow card · Aleksandar Kolarov
- 71'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
- 80'Yellow card · Michael Keane
- 90+3'Yellow card · Andre Gray
- 90+6'Yellow card · David Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Bacary Sagna, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, Jesús Navas, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Kelechi Iheanacho
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, George Boyd, Scott Arfield, Jeff Hendrick, Johann Berg Guðmundsson, Andre Gray, Ashley Barnes