Burnley 3-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Burnley 3-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 10 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Burnley 3-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Burnley won against AFC Bournemouth 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jeff Hendrick opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Burnley's goals came from Jeff Hendrick (13'), Stephen Ward (16') and George Boyd (75'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Benik Afobe (45+2') and C. Daniels (90+1').

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 15th on 14 points from 14 and AFC Bournemouth 11th on 18 points from 14. Burnley went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and AFC Bournemouth 9th with 46.

Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephen Ward of Burnley (7.8), level with Jeff Hendrick (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 0 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Jeff HendrickBurnley · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Stephen WardBurnley · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Harry ArterAFC Bournemouth
  • 45+2'Goal · Benik AfobeAFC Bournemouth · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Scott ArfieldBurnley
  • 60'Yellow card · Dan GoslingAFC Bournemouth
  • 68'Yellow card · George BoydBurnley
  • 75'Goal · George BoydBurnley · 3-1
  • 90+1'Goal · C. DanielsAFC Bournemouth · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Burnley 0, draws 2, AFC Bournemouth 0.

Team news

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

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

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-4-2)

Artur Boruc, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Charlie Daniels, Adam Smith, Dan Gosling, Harry Arter, Ryan Fraser, Benik Afobe, Callum Wilson