Newcastle United 2-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 26 February 2019

Result

Newcastle United 2-0 Burnley

Premier League · Tuesday 26 February 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Newcastle United 2-0 Burnley: match report

Newcastle United defeated Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 February 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

F. Schär opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from F. Schär (24') and Sean Longstaff (38'). Burnley did not score.

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 28 points from 27 and Burnley 14th on 30 points from 27. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Burnley 15th with 40.

Newcastle United lined up in a 5-4-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Fabian Schär of Newcastle United (8.0), level with Jamaal Lascelles (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 3 draws and 1 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Sean LongstaffNewcastle United
  • 24'Goal · F. SchärNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Sean LongstaffNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Ben MeeBurnley
  • 60'Yellow card · Jeff HendrickBurnley
  • 88'Yellow card · Peter CrouchBurnley

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Newcastle United 1, draws 3, Burnley 1.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)

Martin Dúbravka, Javier Manquillo, Fabian Schär, Jamaal Lascelles, Florian Lejeune, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Isaac Hayden, Sean Longstaff, Miguel Almirón, Salomón Rondón

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Tom Heaton, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Jeff Hendrick, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes