Crystal Palace 2-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2018

Result

Crystal Palace 2-0 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crystal Palace 2-0 Burnley: match report

Crystal Palace beat Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

James McArthur opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from James McArthur (16') and Andros Townsend (77'). Burnley did not score.

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 17th on 9 points from 13 and Burnley 18th on 9 points from 13. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Burnley 15th with 40.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burnley in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andros Townsend of Crystal Palace (8.9), ahead of James McArthur (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crystal Palace wins, 2 draws and 4 for Burnley.

Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Burnley's L-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · James McArthurCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Ben MeeBurnley
  • 77'Goal · Andros TownsendCrystal Palace · 2-0
  • 84'Yellow card · Max MeyerCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 4, draws 2, Burnley 4.

Team news

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Max Meyer, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha

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

Joe Hart, Matthew Lowton, Kevin Long, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Aaron Lennon, Steven Defour, Jack Cork, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Jeff Hendrick, Chris Wood