Manchester United 2-2 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2017
Result
Manchester United 2-2 Burnley
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Manchester United 2-2 Burnley: match report
Manchester United drew with Burnley 2-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.
A. Barnes opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Jesse Lingard (53') and Jesse Lingard (90+1'). Burnley scored through A. Barnes (3') and Steven Defour (36').
Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 42 points from 19 and Burnley 7th on 32 points from 19. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Burnley 7th with 54.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jesse Lingard of Manchester United (8.4), ahead of Ashley Young (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Burnley.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Marcos Rojo
- 3'Goal · A. Barnes
- 4'Yellow card · A. Barnes
- 34'Yellow card · Charlie Taylor
- 36'Goal · Steven Defour
- 52'Yellow card · Luke Shaw
- 53'Goal · Jesse Lingard
- 59'Yellow card · Henrikh Mkhitaryan
- 65'Yellow card · Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
- 69'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 71'Yellow card · Nick Pope
- 79'Yellow card · Sam Vokes
- 90'Yellow card · J. Cork
- 90+1'Goal · Jesse Lingard
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Ashley Young, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku
Burnley line-up (4-1-4-1)
Nick Pope, Phil Bardsley, Kevin Long, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Jack Cork, Johann Berg Guðmundsson, Jeff Hendrick, Steven Defour, Scott Arfield, Ashley Barnes