Burnley 2-5 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Burnley 2-5 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Burnley · Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League predictions

Burnley 2-5 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Burnley lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2-5 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 September 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.

Lyle Foster opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Burnley's goals came from Lyle Foster (4') and Josh Brownhill (90+4'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Heung-min Son (16'), Cristian Romero (45+2'), James Maddison (54'), Heung-min Son (63') and Heung-min Son (66').

Discipline: Burnley received 4 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 19th on 0 points from 2 and Tottenham Hotspur 3rd on 7 points from 3. Burnley went on to finish that season 19th with 24 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 66.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Heung-min Son of Tottenham Hotspur (9.2), ahead of Manor Solomon (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 7 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Goal · Lyle FosterBurnley · 1-0
16'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
28'Yellow card · Pape Matar SarrTottenham Hotspur
41'Yellow card · Dejan KulusevskiTottenham Hotspur
43'Yellow card · Johann Berg GuðmundssonBurnley
45+2'Goal · Cristian RomeroTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
54'Goal · James MaddisonTottenham Hotspur · 1-3
57'Yellow card · Josh BrownhillBurnley
63'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 1-4
66'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 1-5
74'Yellow card · Jordan BeyerBurnley
81'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile HøjbjergTottenham Hotspur
90+1'Yellow card · Hannes DelcroixBurnley
90+4'Goal · Josh BrownhillBurnley · 2-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 7.

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 BurnleyPremier League · 15 May 2022
Burnley 1-0 Tottenham HotspurPremier League · 23 Feb 2022
Burnley 0-1 Tottenham HotspurCarabao Cup · 27 Oct 2021
Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 BurnleyPremier League · 28 Feb 2021
Burnley 0-1 Tottenham HotspurPremier League · 26 Oct 2020
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham HotspurPremier League · 7 Mar 2020

Team news

Unavailable

Rodrigo BentancurTottenham Hotspur · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Bryan GilTottenham Hotspur · injury (Inflammation Of Pubic Bone)
Alfie WhitemanTottenham Hotspur · injury (Ankle Injury)
Mike TresorBurnley · injury (Hamstring Muscle Injury)
Giovani Lo CelsoTottenham Hotspur · injury (Hamstring Injury)
VitinhoBurnley · injury (Knee Injury)
Hjalmar EkdalBurnley · injury (Knee Injury)
Michael ObafemiBurnley · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Sergio ReguilónTottenham Hotspur · other (Doubtful)

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

James Trafford, Ameen Al-Dakhil, Dara O'Shea, Jordan Beyer, Connor Roberts, Johann Berg Guðmundsson, Josh Cullen, Sander Berge, Luca Koleosho, Zeki Amdouni, Lyle Foster

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Pape Matar Sarr, Yves Bissouma, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Manor Solomon, Heung-min Son