Burnley 4-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016

Result

Burnley 4-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Burnley · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Burnley 4-1 Sunderland: match report

Burnley defeated Sunderland 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Andre Gray opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Burnley's goals came from Andre Gray (31'), Andre Gray (51'), Andre Gray (53') and A. Barnes (67', penalty). Sunderland scored through Jermain Defoe (71').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burnley were 14th on 20 points from 18 and Sunderland 18th on 14 points from 18. Burnley went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andre Gray of Burnley (9.3), ahead of Ashley Barnes (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 2 draws and 3 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Andre GrayBurnley · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Billy JonesSunderland
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Dean MarneyBurnley
  • 51'Goal · Andre GrayBurnley · 2-0
  • 53'Goal · Andre GrayBurnley · 3-0
  • 67'Penalty goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 4-0
  • 71'Goal · Jermain DefoeSunderland · 4-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 2, Sunderland 3.

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, Ashley Barnes, Andre Gray

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vito Mannone, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, Papy Djilobodji, Patrick van Aanholt, John O'Shea, Sebastian Larsson, Adnan Januzaj, Fabio Borini, Victor Anichebe, Jermain Defoe