Burnley 2-4 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 October 2019
Result
Burnley 2-4 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 26 October 2019, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Burnley 2-4 Chelsea: match report
Burnley lost to Chelsea 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 October 2019. The half-time score was 0-2.
Christian Pulisic opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Burnley's goals came from Jay Rodríguez (86') and Dwight McNeil (89'). Chelsea scored through Christian Pulisic (21'), Christian Pulisic (45'), Christian Pulisic (56') and Willian (58').
Discipline: Burnley received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burnley were 11th on 12 points from 9 and Chelsea 4th on 17 points from 9. Burnley went on to finish that season 10th with 54 points, and Chelsea 4th with 66.
Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Pulisic of Chelsea (9.5), ahead of Willian (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 3 draws and 6 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 45'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 53'Yellow card · Willian
- 56'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 58'Goal · Willian
- 65'Yellow card · Jeff Hendrick
- 67'Yellow card · Erik Pieters
- 77'Yellow card · Callum Hudson-Odoi
- 86'Goal · Jay Rodríguez
- 89'Goal · Dwight McNeil
- 90+2'Yellow card · Robbie Brady
Head-to-head
Team news
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Erik Pieters, Jeff Hendrick, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Jay Rodríguez, Ashley Barnes
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori, Marcos Alonso, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Willian, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic, Tammy Abraham