Burnley 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Burnley 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Burnley 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Burnley were beaten by Tottenham Hotspur 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Harry Kane opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Burnley did not score. Tottenham Hotspur scored through Harry Kane (7', penalty), Harry Kane (69') and Harry Kane (79').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 6th on 32 points from 18 and Tottenham Hotspur 7th on 31 points from 18. Burnley went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 3rd with 77.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur (9.8), ahead of Hugo Lloris (7.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur
  • 7'Penalty goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Moussa SissokoTottenham Hotspur
  • 69'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
  • 79'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 0-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Steven DefourBurnley

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 2, Tottenham Hotspur 5.

Team news

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

Nick Pope, Phil Bardsley, Kevin Long, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Steven Defour, Jack Cork, Scott Arfield, Jeff Hendrick, Chris Wood

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Serge Aurier, Davinson Sánchez, Jan Vertonghen, Ben Davies, Moussa Sissoko, Eric Dier, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane