Burnley 4-0 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2018

Result

Burnley 4-0 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Burnley 4-0 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Burnley beat AFC Bournemouth 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 September 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Burnley's goals came from M. Vydra (39'), Aaron Lennon (41'), A. Barnes (83') and A. Barnes (88'). AFC Bournemouth did not score.

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 20th on 1 point from 5 and AFC Bournemouth 5th on 10 points from 5. Burnley went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and AFC Bournemouth 14th with 45.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Barnes of Burnley (8.8), ahead of Aaron Lennon (8.6).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonBurnley
  • 39'Goal · M. VydraBurnley · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Aaron LennonBurnley · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Ashley WestwoodBurnley
  • 83'Goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 3-0
  • 88'Goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 4-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Joe Hart, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Aaron Lennon, Matej Vydra, Sam Vokes

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

Asmir Begović, Adam Smith, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Diego Rico, David Brooks, Jefferson Lerma, Andrew Surman, Ryan Fraser, Callum Wilson, Joshua King