Burnley 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2018

Result

Burnley 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Burnley · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Burnley 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Burnley defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from James Tarkowski of Burnley in the 40th minute.

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 19th on 9 points from 15 and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th on 21 points from 15. Burnley went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 17th with 36.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to S. March of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.1), ahead of James Tarkowski (7.8).

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

Going into the match Burnley's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Brighton & Hove Albion's W-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · James TarkowskiBurnley · 1-0
  • 86'Yellow card · James TarkowskiBurnley
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Phil BardsleyBurnley

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Burnley 0, draws 2, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Robbie Brady, Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-3-3)

Mathew Ryan, Bruno Saltor, Leon Balogun, Lewis Dunk, Bernardo, Pascal Groß, Davy Pröpper, Yves Bissouma, Anthony Knockaert, Florin Andone, S. March