Burnley 2-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

Burnley 2-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Burnley 2-0 Liverpool: match report

Burnley defeated Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 August 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Sam Vokes opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Burnley's goals came from Sam Vokes (2') and Andre Gray (37'). Liverpool did not score.

Discipline: Burnley received no yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.

Burnley went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Philippe Coutinho of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Jordan Henderson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burnley wins, 0 draws and 4 for Liverpool.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Sam VokesBurnley · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Andre GrayBurnley · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonLiverpool

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Burnley 0, draws 0, Liverpool 4.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, George Boyd, Dean Marney, Steven Defour, Scott Arfield, Andre Gray, Sam Vokes

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Ragnar Klavan, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Daniel Sturridge, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho