Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2016

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Burnley

Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Tottenham Hotspur · Burnley · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Burnley: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 December 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

A. Barnes opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Dele Alli (27') and Danny Rose (71'). Burnley scored through A. Barnes (21').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 30 points from 16 and Burnley 16th on 17 points from 16. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jan Vertonghen of Tottenham Hotspur (8.1), level with Dele Alli (8.1).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 28'Yellow card · A. BarnesBurnley
  • 70'Yellow card · Moussa SissokoTottenham Hotspur
  • 71'Goal · Danny RoseTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonBurnley

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 1, Burnley 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-3-2-1)

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Eric Dier, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Harry Winks, Victor Wanyama, Mousa Dembélé, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Harry Kane

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

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