Manchester City 2-0 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2021
Result
Manchester City 2-0 Burnley
Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 2-0 Burnley: match report
Manchester City defeated Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Bernardo Silva opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Bernardo Silva (12') and Kevin De Bruyne (70'). Burnley did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Burnley received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 14 points from 7 and Burnley 18th on 3 points from 7. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Burnley 18th with 35.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (7.7), ahead of Bernardo Silva (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Burnley's D-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Bernardo Silva
- 45+3'Yellow card · Aymeric Laporte
- 70'Goal · Kevin De Bruyne
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Zack Steffen, João Cancelo, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Aké, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, Nathan Collins, James Tarkowski, Erik Pieters, Josh Brownhill, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Maxwel Cornet, Chris Wood