Sunderland 0-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

Sunderland 0-0 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 0-0 Burnley: match report

Sunderland drew with Burnley 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 19 points from 27 and Burnley 12th on 31 points from 28. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Heaton of Burnley (7.8), level with Scott Arfield (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 2 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Joey BartonBurnley
  • 58'Yellow card · Darron GibsonSunderland
  • 81'Yellow card · Fabio BoriniSunderland
  • 86'Yellow card · Billy JonesSunderland

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 1, Burnley 2.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)

Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, Jason Denayer, John O'Shea, Bryan Oviedo, Darron Gibson, Jack Rodwell, Sebastian Larsson, Adnan Januzaj, Jermain Defoe, Fabio Borini

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, George Boyd, Joey Barton, Jeff Hendrick, Scott Arfield, Ashley Barnes, Andre Gray