English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 8, 2018
Brighton & Hove Albion LLDWW 0
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Burnley LDLLL 1
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Turf Moor · 18,497 att.

Match Report

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Burnley out of the relegation zone with vital win over Brighton

Burnley earned a badly-needed three points to move out of the Premier League relegation zone with a hard-earned 1-0 win over Brighton.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
1
62.6
Possession
37.4
14
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
387
Accurate Passes
200
515
Passes
307
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
5
21
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.3
90
Long Balls
74
33
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
6
11
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
11
20
Effective Clearances
21
20
Clearances
21

Head to Head

Lineups

BUR · 4-4-2

  1. 20Joe HartG
  2. 6Ben MeeCD-L
  3. 5James TarkowskiCD-R
  4. 3Charlie TaylorLB
  5. 26Phil BardsleyRB
  6. 4Jack CorkCM-L
  7. 18Ashley WestwoodCM-R
  8. 12Robbie BradyLM
  9. 7Jóhann GudmundssonRM
  10. 10Ashley BarnesCF-L
  11. 11Chris WoodCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Sam VokesSUB
  2. 25Aaron LennonSUB
  3. 2Matthew LowtonSUB
  4. 13Jeff HendrickSUB
  5. 28Kevin LongSUB
  6. 1Tom HeatonSUB
  7. 27Matej VydraSUB

BHA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 14Leon BalogunCD-R
  4. 30BernardoLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM
  7. 8Yves BissoumaLM
  8. 13Pascal GrossRM
  9. 10Florin AndoneF
  10. 20Solly MarchLF
  11. 11Anthony KnockaertRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Jason SteeleSUB
  2. 9Jürgen LocadiaSUB
  3. 7Biram KiyalSUB
  4. 17Glenn MurraySUB
  5. 3Gaëtan BongSUB
  6. 28Ben WhiteSUB
  7. 6Dale StephensSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Burnley 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. James Tarkowski (Burnley) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Cork following a set piece situation.
  2. 63' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jürgen Locadia replaces Anthony Knockaert.
  3. 63' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Glenn Murray replaces Florin Andone.
  4. 72' Substitution, Burnley. Aaron Lennon replaces Johann Gudmundsson because of an injury.
  5. 79' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Dale Stephens replaces Pascal Groß.
  6. 85' Substitution, Burnley. Jeff Hendrick replaces Ashley Barnes.
  7. 86' James Tarkowski (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 90'+2' Phil Bardsley (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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