Burnley 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Monday 21 December 2020

Result

Burnley 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Monday 21 December 2020, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Burnley · Wolverhampton Wanderers · Premier League predictions

Burnley 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Burnley won against Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 21 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

A. Barnes opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Burnley's goals came from A. Barnes (35') and C. Wood (51'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Fábio Silva (89', penalty).

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burnley were 18th on 10 points from 12 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 11th on 20 points from 13. Burnley went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 13th with 45.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Barnes of Burnley (7.8), ahead of Chris Wood (7.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Ashley WestwoodBurnley
  • 45+1'Yellow card · O. OtasowieWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 51'Goal · C. WoodBurnley · 2-0
  • 89'Penalty goal · Fábio SilvaWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jay RodríguezBurnley

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Unavailable

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Robbie Brady, Ashley Westwood, Josh Brownhill, Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Rui Patrício, Maximilian Kilman, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Nélson Semedo, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Owen Otasowie, Pedro Neto, Daniel Podence