Manchester City 3-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2017

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 3-0 Burnley: match report

Manchester City beat Burnley 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (30', penalty), Nicolás Otamendi (73') and Leroy Sané (75'). Burnley did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 22 points from 8 and Burnley 7th on 13 points from 8. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Burnley 7th with 54.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leroy Sané of Manchester City (8.4), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Burnley.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Leroy SanéManchester City
  • 29'Yellow card · James TarkowskiBurnley
  • 30'Penalty goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 52'Yellow card · J. CorkBurnley
  • 57'Yellow card · A. BarnesBurnley
  • 73'Goal · Nicolás OtamendiManchester City · 2-0
  • 75'Goal · Leroy SanéManchester City · 3-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 2, Burnley 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané

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

Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Robbie Brady, Steven Defour, Jack Cork, Scott Arfield, Jeff Hendrick, Chris Wood