Manchester City 2-2 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2014
Result
Manchester City 2-2 Burnley
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester City 2-2 Burnley: match report
Manchester City drew with Burnley 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2014. It was 2-0 at half-time.
David Silva opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Manchester City's goals came from David Silva (23') and Fernandinho (33'). Burnley scored through George Boyd (47') and A. Barnes (81').
Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 42 points from 18 and Burnley 19th on 15 points from 18. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Burnley 20th with 33.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Burnley's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 23'Goal · David Silva
- 33'Goal · Fernandinho
- 42'Yellow card · Fernando
- 47'Goal · George Boyd
- 71'Yellow card · Ben Mee
- 79'Yellow card · Jesús Navas
- 81'Goal · A. Barnes
- 81'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 88'Yellow card · David Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Hart, Eliaquim Mangala, Jesús Navas, Gaël Clichy, Pablo Zabaleta, Martín Demichelis, Samir Nasri, Fernandinho, James Milner, Yaya Touré
Burnley expected line-up (4-4-2)
Tom Heaton, Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, George Boyd, Dean Marney, David Jones, Scott Arfield, Danny Ings, Ashley Barnes