Burnley 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 September 2015

Result

Burnley 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 12 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Burnley 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Burnley beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 September 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.

David Jones opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Burnley's goals came from David Jones (7'), Matthew Taylor (78') and Andre Gray (90+1'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Atdhe Nuhiu (20').

Discipline: Burnley received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 4th on 10 points from 5 and Sheffield Wednesday 17th on 5 points from 5. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 6th with 78.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Burnley wins, 5 draws and 2 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Going into the match Burnley's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Sheffield Wednesday's L-D-D-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · David JonesBurnley · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Atdhe NuhiuSheffield Wednesday · 1-1
  • 78'Goal · Matthew TaylorBurnley · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Barry BannanSheffield Wednesday
  • 89'Yellow card · Sam HutchinsonSheffield Wednesday
  • 90+1'Goal · Andre GrayBurnley · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 3, draws 5, Sheffield Wednesday 2.

Team news

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

Tom Heaton, Michael Duff, Ben Mee, Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, Scott Arfield, David Jones, George Boyd, Danny Ings, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Sheffield Wednesday expected line-up (4-4-2)

Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Glenn Loovens, Tom Lees, José Semedo, Jacques Maghoma, Jeremy Helan, Stevie May, Giles Coke