Southampton 3-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2016

Result

Southampton 3-1 Burnley

Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Southampton 3-1 Burnley: match report

Southampton beat Burnley 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 October 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Charlie Austin opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Southampton's goals came from Charlie Austin (52'), Nathan Redmond (60') and Charlie Austin (66', penalty). Burnley scored through Sam Vokes (72', penalty).

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 12th on 9 points from 7 and Burnley 14th on 7 points from 7. Southampton went on to finish that season 8th with 46 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Burnley in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathan Redmond of Southampton (8.5), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 0 draws and 1 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Steven DefourBurnley
  • 49'Yellow card · Dusan TadićSouthampton
  • 52'Goal · Charlie AustinSouthampton · 1-0
  • 60'Goal · Nathan RedmondSouthampton · 2-0
  • 66'Penalty goal · Charlie AustinSouthampton · 3-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Dean MarneyBurnley
  • 72'Penalty goal · Sam VokesBurnley · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Southampton 1, draws 0, Burnley 1.

Team news

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

Fraser Forster, Cuco Martina, José Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Matt Targett, Jordy Clasie, Oriol Romeu, Steven Davis, Dusan Tadic, Charlie Austin, Nathan Redmond

Burnley line-up (4-5-1)

Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Jeff Hendrick, Dean Marney, Steven Defour, George Boyd, Sam Vokes