Burnley 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 19 January 2020

Result

Burnley 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 19 January 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Burnley 2-1 Leicester City: match report

Burnley beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Harvey Barnes opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Burnley's goals came from C. Wood (56') and Ashley Westwood (79'). Leicester City scored through Harvey Barnes (33').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 15th on 24 points from 22 and Leicester City 3rd on 45 points from 22. Burnley went on to finish that season 10th with 54 points, and Leicester City 5th with 62.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Pope of Burnley (8.7), ahead of Harvey Barnes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 5 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Burnley's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Leicester City's L-W-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Harvey BarnesLeicester City · 0-1
  • 56'Goal · C. WoodBurnley · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Ben MeeBurnley
  • 68'Missed penalty · Jamie VardyLeicester City
  • 79'Goal · Ashley WestwoodBurnley · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 2, Leicester City 5.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Jeff Hendrick, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood, Jay Rodríguez

Leicester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Christian Fuchs, Nampalys Mendy, Ayoze Pérez, Dennis Praet, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy