Burnley 3-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2016

Result

Burnley 3-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Burnley 3-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Burnley defeated Crystal Palace 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Sam Vokes opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Burnley's goals came from Sam Vokes (2'), Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (14') and A. Barnes (90+4'). Crystal Palace scored through Connor Wickham (60') and Christian Benteke (81', penalty).

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 14th on 11 points from 10 and Crystal Palace 13th on 11 points from 10. Burnley went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 41.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Vokes of Burnley (8.6), ahead of Johann Berg Guðmunds­son (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Burnley wins, 4 draws and 3 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Sam VokesBurnley · 1-0
  • 10'Yellow card · Dean MarneyBurnley
  • 14'Goal · Jóhann Berg GudmundssonBurnley · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 60'Goal · Connor WickhamCrystal Palace · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Damien DelaneyCrystal Palace
  • 81'Penalty goal · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace · 2-2
  • 90+4'Goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 3, draws 4, Crystal Palace 3.

Team news

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

Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Jon Flanagan, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Dean Marney, Steven Defour, Scott Arfield, Jeff Hendrick, Sam Vokes

Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steve Mandanda, Martin Kelly, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Joel Ward, James McArthur, Yohan Cabaye, Andros Townsend, Jason Puncheon, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke