Burnley 2-0 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 August 2010

Result

Burnley 2-0 Leicester City

Championship · Saturday 21 August 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Burnley · Leicester City · Championship predictions

Burnley 2-0 Leicester City: match report

Burnley won against Leicester City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 21 August 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ross Wallace opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Burnley's goals came from Ross Wallace (44'), Chris Iwelumo (62') and Graham Alexander (74', penalty). Leicester City did not score.

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 9th on 4 points from 2 and Leicester City 17th on 1 point from 2. Burnley went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Leicester City 8th with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 1 for Leicester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Dean MarneyBurnley
  • 41'Yellow card · Ross WallaceBurnley
  • 44'Goal · Ross WallaceBurnley · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Chris IwelumoBurnley · 2-0
  • 74'Penalty goal · Graham AlexanderBurnley · 3-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Burnley 4, draws 1, Leicester City 1.

Team news

Burnley expected line-up (4-4-2)

Brian Jensen, Tyrone Mears, Danny Fox, Clarke Carlisle, Leon Cort, Andre Bikey, K. McDonald, Steven Fletcher, Martin Paterson

Leicester City expected line-up

Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, Billy McKinlay, Matt Heath, James Scowcroft