Newcastle United 2-1 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2025
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Burnley
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Newcastle United 2-1 Burnley: match report
Newcastle United defeated Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 December 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Bruno Guimarães opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Bruno Guimarães (31') and Anthony Gordon (45+8', penalty). Burnley scored through Zian Flemming (90+4', penalty).
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 19 points from 14 and Burnley 19th on 10 points from 14. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Burnley 19th with 22.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Guimarães of Newcastle United (8.4), ahead of Anthony Gordon (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Burnley.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Bruno Guimarães
- 35'Yellow card · Kyle Walker
- 43'Red card · Lucas Pires
- 45+8'Penalty goal · Anthony Gordon
- 52'Yellow card · Tino Livramento
- 89'Yellow card · Josh Laurent
- 90+3'Yellow card
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jacob Ramsey
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Zian Flemming
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Aaron Ramsdale, Tino Livramento, Fabian Schär, Malick Thiaw, Dan Burn, Joe Willock, Bruno Guimarães, Jacob Ramsey, Anthony Elanga, Nick Woltemade, Anthony Gordon
Burnley line-up (4-3-3)
Martin Dúbravka, Kyle Walker, Hjalmar Ekdal, Maxime Estève, Lucas Pires, Lesley Ugochukwu, Josh Cullen, Florentino, Lyle Foster, Armando Broja, Jacob Bruun Larsen