Arsenal 3-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 3-1 Burnley: match report

Arsenal won against Burnley 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (14'), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (48') and Alex Iwobi (90+1'). Burnley scored through Ashley Barnes (63').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 34 points from 17 and Burnley 18th on 12 points from 17. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Burnley 15th with 40.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Burnley in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal (8.3), ahead of Ashley Barnes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Ashley BarnesBurnley
  • 41'Yellow card · SokratisArsenal
  • 47'Yellow card · Chris WoodBurnley
  • 48'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · M. GuendouziArsenal
  • 60'Yellow card · Jack CorkBurnley
  • 60'Yellow card · Ben MeeBurnley
  • 63'Goal · Ashley BarnesBurnley · 2-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Alex IwobiArsenal · 3-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ashley WestwoodBurnley

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 1, Burnley 0.

Team news

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

Bernd Leno, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Nacho Monreal, Sead Kolasinac, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Mattéo Guendouzi, Mesut Özil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette

Burnley line-up (5-3-2)

Joe Hart, Phil Bardsley, Kevin Long, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Jeff Hendrick, Ashley Barnes, Chris Wood