Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020

Result

Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Burnley · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Burnley lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 July 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Yves Bissouma opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Burnley's goal came from C. Wood (44'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Yves Bissouma (20') and A. Connolly (50').

Discipline: Burnley received 3 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 9th on 54 points from 37 and Brighton & Hove Albion 16th on 38 points from 37. Burnley went on to finish that season 10th with 54 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th with 41.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Wood of Burnley (7.8), level with Dwight McNeil (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 3 draws and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Josh BrownhillBurnley
  • 20'Goal · Yves BissoumaBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · C. WoodBurnley · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · A. ConnollyBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Phil BardsleyBurnley
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Erik PietersBurnley

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 3, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Phil Bardsley, Kevin Long, James Tarkowski, Erik Pieters, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Ashley Westwood, Josh Brownhill, Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood, Jay Rodríguez

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)

Mathew Ryan, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Dan Burn, Tariq Lamptey, Yves Bissouma, Dale Stephens, S. March, Alexis Mac Allister, Aaron Connolly, Neal Maupay