Manchester City 5-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2018

Result

Manchester City 5-0 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 5-0 Burnley: match report

Manchester City beat Burnley 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (17'), Bernardo Silva (54'), Fernandinho (56'), Riyad Mahrez (83') and Leroy Sané (90'). Burnley did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 20 points from 8 and Burnley 12th on 8 points from 8. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Burnley 15th with 40.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City (9.4), ahead of Fernandinho (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Burnley.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 11'Yellow card · J. CorkBurnley
  • 17'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Jeff HendrickBurnley
  • 54'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · FernandinhoManchester City · 3-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Leroy SanéManchester City
  • 83'Goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 4-0
  • 90'Goal · Leroy SanéManchester City · 5-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 3, Burnley 1.

Team news

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

Ederson, John Stones, Vincent Kompany, Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, David Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané

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

Joe Hart, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Steven Defour, Jack Cork, Aaron Lennon, Jeff Hendrick, Sam Vokes