Burnley vs Man United

12 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Paul Pogba 71’

Match summary

Man United won 1-0 away at Burnley. It was goalless at half-time.

Paul Pogba put Man United ahead in the 71st minute, set up by Marcus Rashford.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.24 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Burnley's 0.65 from 12.

Match stats

11 Shots 13

0 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.65 xG 1.24

0.65 Non-penalty xG 1.24

5 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Burnley Man United

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

71’

Paul Pogba
Assist: Marcus Rashford

0-1

Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Burnley

Ashley Westwood

Man United

Luke Shaw
Bruno Fernandes

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 0.65 xGMan United 1.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Burnley attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Nick Pope	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Lowton	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Ben Mee	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.24	1
James Tarkowski	DEF	90	2	0.11	0.00	0
Erik Pieters	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	MID	90	1	0.02	0.00	0
Ashley Westwood	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Josh Brownhill	MID	90	1	0.01	0.02	1
Robbie Brady	MID	69	2	0.05	0.00	0
Ashley Barnes	FWD	90	1	0.02	0.10	2
Chris Wood	FWD	84	1	0.08	0.02	1
Dwight McNeil	Sub	21	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matej Vydra	Sub	6	3	0.34	0.00	0
Jay Rodriguez	Sub	1	0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Paul Pogba	MID	90	1		1	0.06	0.25	2
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	84		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			4	0.15	0.09	1
Anthony Martial	MID	90			5	0.73	0.02	1
Edinson Cavani	FWD	90			3	0.30	0.40	2
Mason Greenwood	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Tuanzebe	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 12% Avg odds 7.76

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.87

Man United win 68% Avg odds 1.41

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

Form going into the game

Burnley W D W L W

Man United W W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 0-2 Burnley, 22 Jan 20 Next meeting: Man United 3-1 Burnley, 18 Apr 21 All Burnley vs Man United 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.