Manchester City 3-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2024

Result

Manchester City 3-1 Burnley

Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2024, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 3-1 Burnley: match report

Manchester City beat Burnley 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 31 January 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Julián Alvarez opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Julián Alvarez (16'), Julián Alvarez (22') and Rodri (46'). Burnley scored through Ameen Al-Dakhil (90+3').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 43 points from 20 and Burnley 19th on 12 points from 21. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Burnley 19th with 24.

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 Julián Alvarez of Manchester City (8.3), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Julián AlvarezManchester City · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Hjalmar EkdalBurnley
  • 22'Goal · Julián AlvarezManchester City · 2-0
  • 46'Goal · RodriManchester City · 3-0
  • 75'Yellow card · EdersonManchester City
  • 75'Yellow card · Connor RobertsBurnley
  • 81'Yellow card · Jérémy DokuManchester City
  • 90+3'Goal · Ameen Al-DakhilBurnley · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 9, draws 1, Burnley 0.

Team news

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

Ederson, Rico Lewis, John Stones, Nathan Aké, Josko Gvardiol, Rodri, Matheus Nunes, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Jérémy Doku, Julián Alvarez

Burnley line-up (4-4-2)

James Trafford, Vitinho, Dara O'Shea, Hjalmar Ekdal, Ameen Al-Dakhil, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Sander Berge, Josh Brownhill, Wilson Odobert, Lyle Foster, Zeki Amdouni