Burnley vs Chelsea

26 October 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Jay Rodriguez 86’
Dwight McNeil 89’

Christian Pulisic 21’, 45’, 56’
Willian 58’

Match summary

Chelsea beat Burnley 4-2 on the road. Chelsea led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Christian Pulisic put Chelsea ahead in the 21st minute and Pulisic made it 0-2 in the 45th minute, set up by Willian. In the second half, Pulisic made it 0-3 with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Mason Mount, Willian made it 0-4 in the 58th minute, set up by Tammy Abraham, Jay Rodriguez pulled one back to make it 1-4 in the 86th minute, set up by Robbie Brady, and Dwight McNeil made it 2-4 in the 89th minute, set up by Robbie Brady.

Burnley can feel hard done by, creating 2.24 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Chelsea's 0.99 from 16.

Match stats

13 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 7

5 Corners 6

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.23 xG 0.99

2.23 Non-penalty xG 0.99

8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Burnley Chelsea

Kick-off

21’

Christian Pulisic

0-1

45’

Christian Pulisic
Assist: Willian

0-2

Half-time0-2

56’

Christian Pulisic
Assist: Mason Mount

0-3

58’

Willian
Assist: Tammy Abraham

0-4

Jay Rodriguez
Assist: Robbie Brady

1-4

86’

Dwight McNeil
Assist: Robbie Brady

2-4

89’

Full-time2-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Burnley

Erik Pieters
Jeff Hendrick
Robbie Brady

Chelsea

Willian
Callum Hudson-Odoi

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Burnley 2.24 xGChelsea 0.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Chelsea attacking Burnley attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Nick Pope	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Lowton	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Ben Mee	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.75	1
James Tarkowski	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.67	1
Erik Pieters	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Jeff Hendrick	MID	85			0	0.00	0.11	1
Jack Cork	MID	90			0	0.00	0.27	1
Ashley Westwood	MID	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Dwight McNeil	MID	90	1		2	0.05	0.12	2
Jay Rodriguez	FWD	90	1		3	0.20	0.00	0
Ashley Barnes	FWD	64			4	1.75	0.11	1
Matej Vydra	Sub	26			2	0.09	0.00	0
Robbie Brady	Sub	5		2	0	0.00	0.09	3

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kepa	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
César Azpilicueta	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fikayo Tomori	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Marcos Alonso	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mateo Kovacic	MID	90			1	0.03	0.04	1
Jorginho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willian	MID	73	1	1	4	0.22	0.17	3
Mason Mount	MID	90		1	3	0.18	0.13	1
Christian Pulisic	MID	90	3		5	0.43	0.20	3
Tammy Abraham	FWD	71		1	1	0.07	0.11	1
Reece James	Sub	26			1	0.02	0.00	0
Olivier Giroud	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Callum Hudson-Odoi	Sub	17			1	0.04	0.02	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 19% Avg odds 5.05

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.01

Chelsea win 57% Avg odds 1.69

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Burnley D W D W L

Chelsea W L W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Chelsea 2-2 Burnley, 22 Apr 19 Next meeting: Chelsea 3-0 Burnley, 11 Jan 20 All Burnley vs Chelsea meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.