Liverpool 0-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 21 January 2021

Result

Liverpool 0-1 Burnley

Premier League · Thursday 21 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Liverpool 0-1 Burnley: match report

Liverpool were beaten by Burnley 0-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 21 January 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from A. Barnes of Burnley in the 83rd minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 34 points from 18 and Burnley 17th on 16 points from 17. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Burnley 17th with 39.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Pope of Burnley (8.7), ahead of Sadio Mané (8.4).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · A. BarnesBurnley
  • 45+2'Yellow card · FabinhoLiverpool
  • 83'Penalty goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 0-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Joel MatipLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 7, draws 2, Burnley 1.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Fabinho, Andrew Robertson, Xherdan Shaqiri, Thiago Alcântara, Georginio Wijnaldum, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Divock Origi, Sadio Mané

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