Burnley 0-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2018

Result

Burnley 0-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Burnley 0-2 Manchester United: match report

Burnley lost to Manchester United 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Burnley did not score. Manchester United scored through Romelu Lukaku (27') and Romelu Lukaku (44').

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Burnley were 19th on 1 point from 3 and Manchester United 14th on 3 points from 3. Burnley went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Manchester United 6th with 66.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Romelu Lukaku of Manchester United (8.7), ahead of Joe Hart (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 3 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · A. SánchezManchester United
  • 27'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 0-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Dwight McNeilBurnley
  • 69'Missed penalty · Paul PogbaManchester United
  • 71'Red card · Marcus RashfordManchester United
  • 71'Yellow card · Phil BardsleyBurnley
  • 74'Yellow card · Romelu LukakuManchester United
  • 74'Yellow card · Luke ShawManchester United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 3, Manchester United 4.

Team news

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

Joe Hart, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Aaron Lennon, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Jeff Hendrick, Chris Wood

Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelöf, Luke Shaw, Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Nemanja Matić, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sánchez