English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 23, 2025
Sunderland WLWDW 0
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Burnley WWWWL 2
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Turf Moor · 21,285 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Burnley kickstart Premier League campaign with Sunderland win

Burnley got their Premier League campaign up and running with a 2-0 win over Sunderland at Turf Moor.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
1
58.1
Possession
41.9
9
SHOTS
7
1
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
530
Accurate Passes
356
616
Passes
442
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
24
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.3
44
Long Balls
57
16
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
22
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
7
27
Effective Clearances
29
27
Clearances
29

Head to Head

SUN leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BUR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 5Maxime EstèveCD-L
  3. 18Hjalmar EkdalCD-R
  4. 3Quilindschy HartmanLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 28Hannibal MejbriAM
  7. 24Josh CullenLM
  8. 8Lesley UgochukwuRM
  9. 9Lyle FosterF
  10. 11Jaidon AnthonyAM-L
  11. 7Jacob Bruun LarsenAM-R

SUN · 4-3-3

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 5Danny BallardCD-R
  4. 17Reinildo MandavaLB
  5. 32Trai HumeRB
  6. 34Granit XhakaCM
  7. 27Noah SadikiLM
  8. 19Habib DiarraRM
  9. 12Eliezer MayendaF
  10. 24Simon AdingraLF
  11. 7Chemsdine TalbiRF

Timeline

  1. 9' Substitution, Sunderland. Jenson Seelt replaces Dan Ballard because of an injury.
  2. 19' Simon Adingra (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 47' Goal! Burnley 1, Sunderland 0. Josh Cullen (Burnley) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jaidon Anthony.
  4. 63' Substitution, Sunderland. Enzo Le Fée replaces Simon Adingra.
  5. 63' Substitution, Sunderland. Patrick Roberts replaces Chemsdine Talbi.
  6. 63' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Eliezer Mayenda.
  7. 69' Substitution, Burnley. Josh Laurent replaces Lesley Ugochukwu because of an injury.
  8. 69' Substitution, Burnley. Oliver Sonne replaces Jacob Bruun Larsen.
  9. 80' Substitution, Sunderland. Marc Guiu replaces Habib Diarra.
  10. 83' Substitution, Burnley. Joe Worrall replaces Maxime Estève because of an injury.
  11. 83' Substitution, Burnley. Loum Tchaouna replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
  12. 86' Substitution, Burnley. Zian Flemming replaces Lyle Foster.
  13. 88' Goal! Burnley 2, Sunderland 0. Jaidon Anthony (Burnley) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Cullen with a through ball following a fast break.

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