Manchester City 5-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2025

Result

Manchester City 5-1 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City 5-1 Burnley: match report

Manchester City won against Burnley 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 September 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Manchester City's goals came from an own goal by Maxime Estève (12'), Matheus Nunes (61'), an own goal by Maxime Estève (65'), Erling Haaland (90') and Erling Haaland (90+3'). Burnley scored through Jaidon Anthony (38').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 9th on 7 points from 5 and Burnley 17th on 4 points from 5. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Burnley 19th with 22.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Burnley in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Erling Haaland of Manchester City (9.3), ahead of Jérémy Doku (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Burnley.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Own goal · Maxime EstèveManchester City · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Quilindschy HartmanBurnley
  • 30'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerBurnley
  • 38'Goal · Jaidon AnthonyBurnley · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Matheus NunesManchester City · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Jaidon AnthonyBurnley
  • 65'Own goal · Maxime EstèveManchester City · 3-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Phil FodenManchester City
  • 90'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 4-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 5-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Nico González, Savinho, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Burnley line-up (5-4-1)

Martin Dúbravka, Kyle Walker, Josh Laurent, Hjalmar Ekdal, Maxime Estève, Quilindschy Hartman, Loum Tchaouna, Josh Cullen, Florentino, Jaidon Anthony, Lyle Foster