Manchester City 2-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2017

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Burnley

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 2-1 Burnley: match report

Manchester City defeated Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Gaël Clichy opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Gaël Clichy (58') and Sergio Agüero (62'). Burnley scored through Ben Mee (70').

Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 5th on 39 points from 19 and Burnley 11th on 23 points from 19. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Burnley 16th with 40.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolás Otamendi of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Ben Mee (7.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Red card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 38'Yellow card · Jeff HendrickBurnley
  • 41'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 58'Goal · Gaël ClichyManchester City · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 2-0
  • 70'Goal · Ben MeeBurnley · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City
  • 71'Yellow card · Bacary SagnaManchester City
  • 80'Yellow card · Michael KeaneBurnley
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Andre GrayBurnley
  • 90+6'Yellow card · David SilvaManchester City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 2, Burnley 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Claudio Bravo, Bacary Sagna, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, Jesús Navas, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Kelechi Iheanacho

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

Tom Heaton, Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, George Boyd, Scott Arfield, Jeff Hendrick, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Andre Gray, Ashley Barnes