Burnley vs Luton

8 March 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee T Nield

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Mark McGuinness 30’ (og)
  • Lyle Foster 39’
  • Josh Brownhill 53’
  • Ashley Barnes 90+4’

Match summary

Burnley won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Luton. Burnley led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, McGuinness's own goal put Burnley ahead in the 30th minute and Lyle Foster made it 2-0 from a corner in the 39th minute. In the second half, Josh Brownhill made it 3-0 in the 53rd minute and Ashley Barnes made it 4-0 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Burnley created 2.74 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Luton's 0.24 from 3. Luton had a player sent off.

Match stats

Burnley Luton
16 Shots 3
3 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
2.74 xG 0.24
2.74 Non-penalty xG 0.24

Key events

Burnley Luton
Kick-off
Mark McGuinness
Own goal
1-0 (Burnley)
30’
Lyle Foster2-0 (Burnley)
39’
Half-time2-0
Josh Brownhill3-0 (Burnley)
53’
Ashley Barnes4-0 (Burnley)
90+4’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Burnley
  • Maxime Estève
  • Lucas Pires
  • Josh Cullen
Luton
  • Kal Naismith
  • Zack Nelson
  • Jordan Clark

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.74 0.24 30’ Mark McGuinness (Burnley) own goal, 1-0 30’ 39’ Lyle Foster (Burnley), 2-0 39’ 53’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), 3-0 53’ 90+4’ Ashley Barnes (Burnley), 4-0 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.74 0.24 30’ Mark McGuinness (Burnley) own goal, 1-0 McGuinness 30’ 39’ Lyle Foster (Burnley), 2-0 Foster 39’ 53’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), 3-0 Brownhill 53’ 90+4’ Ashley Barnes (Burnley), 4-0 Barnes 90+4’
Burnley 2.74 xGLuton 0.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Luton attacking Burnley attacking 
90+4’ Ashley Barnes (Burnley), set piece, 0.86 xG, goal 53’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.78 xG, goal 39’ Lyle Foster (Burnley), from a corner, 0.31 xG, goal 86’ Josh Laurent (Burnley), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 65’ Jacob Brown (Luton), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 59’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 61’ Lucas Pires (Burnley), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 43’ Jaidon Anthony (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Marcus Edwards (Burnley), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Jaidon Anthony (Burnley), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Jacob Brown (Luton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Connor Roberts (Burnley), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Jacob Brown (Luton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Connor Roberts (Burnley), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Marcus Edwards (Burnley), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Lucas Pires (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ CJ Egan-Riley (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Benson Manuel (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Mark McGuinness (Luton), own goal 90+4’ Ashley Barnes (Burnley), set piece, 0.86 xG, goal 53’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.78 xG, goal 39’ Lyle Foster (Burnley), from a corner, 0.31 xG, goal 86’ Josh Laurent (Burnley), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 65’ Jacob Brown (Luton), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 59’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 61’ Lucas Pires (Burnley), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 43’ Jaidon Anthony (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Marcus Edwards (Burnley), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Jaidon Anthony (Burnley), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Jacob Brown (Luton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 81’ Jacob Brown (Luton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Connor Roberts (Burnley), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Connor Roberts (Burnley), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Marcus Edwards (Burnley), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Lucas Pires (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ CJ Egan-Riley (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Benson Manuel (Burnley), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Mark McGuinness (Luton), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 0.06 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Lucas Pires Taken off
74′ – – 2 0.16 – –
Josh Brownhill Taken off
62′ 1 – 3 0.96 – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.17 – – –
Marcus Edwards Taken off
62′ – – 2 0.08 – – –
Lyle Foster Taken off
84′ 1 – 1 0.31 – – –
Jaidon Anthony Taken off
74′ – – 2 0.11 – – –
Benson Manuel Came on as a substitute
28′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Jeremy Sarmiento Came on as a substitute
28′ – – – – – – –
Oliver Sonne Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Ashley Barnes Came on as a substitute
16′ 1 – 1 0.86 – – –
Nathan Redmond Came on as a substitute
6′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 59% Avg odds 1.61
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.69
Luton win 15% Avg odds 6.35

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

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.