Burnley 3-1 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2021

Result

Burnley 3-1 Brentford

Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Burnley 3-1 Brentford: match report

Burnley beat Brentford 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 October 2021. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Chris Wood opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Burnley's goals came from Chris Wood (4'), Matthew Lowton (32') and Maxwel Cornet (36'). Brentford scored through Saman Ghoddos (79').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Brentford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burnley were 18th on 4 points from 9 and Brentford 12th on 12 points from 9. Burnley went on to finish that season 18th with 35 points, and Brentford 13th with 46.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brentford in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthew Lowton of Burnley (8.1), ahead of Dwight McNeil (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Chris WoodBurnley · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Matthew LowtonBurnley · 2-0
  • 36'Goal · Maxwel CornetBurnley · 3-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Saman GhoddosBrentford
  • 79'Goal · Saman GhoddosBrentford · 3-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Dwight McNeilBurnley

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 0, Brentford 0.

Team news

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Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Josh Brownhill, Dwight McNeil, Maxwel Cornet, Chris Wood

Brentford line-up (3-5-2)

Álvaro Ferllo, Zanka, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Sergi Canós, Frank Onyeka, Christian Nørgaard, Mathias Jensen, Rico Henry, Marcus Forss, Ivan Toney