Middlesbrough 1-2 Burnley: result and report

Championship · Friday 7 April 2023

Result

Middlesbrough 1-2 Burnley

Championship · Friday 7 April 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 1-2 Burnley: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Burnley 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 7 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

A. Barnes opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Chuba Akpom (48', penalty). Burnley scored through A. Barnes (12') and C. Roberts (66').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 67 points from 39 and Burnley 1st on 84 points from 38. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Burnley 1st with 101.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Barnes of Burnley (8.1), ahead of Connor Roberts (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 3 for Burnley.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Burnley's D-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · H. HackneyMiddlesbrough
  • 48'Penalty goal · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · C. RobertsBurnley · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Michael ObafemiBurnley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 3, Burnley 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Paddy McNair, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Riley McGree, Hayden Hackney, Jonathan Howson, Aaron Ramsey, Chuba Akpom, Cameron Archer

Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Arijanet Murić, Connor Roberts, Ameen Al-Dakhil, Jordan Beyer, Ian Maatsen, Josh Cullen, Josh Brownhill, Nathan Tella, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Anass Zaroury, Ashley Barnes