Burnley vs Man United

2 September 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Romelu Lukaku 27’, 44’

Match summary

Man United took a 2-0 win at Burnley. Man United led 2-0 at half-time.

Romelu Lukaku put Man United ahead with a header in the 27th minute, set up by Alexis Sánchez and Lukaku made it 0-2 in the 44th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 2.91 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Burnley's 1.10 from 9. Paul Pogba had a penalty saved for Man United. Man United had a player sent off.

Match stats

9 Shots 21

2 Shots on Target 9

2 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

1.10 xG 2.90

1.10 Non-penalty xG 2.14

2 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Burnley Man United

Kick-off

27’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Alexis Sánchez

0-1

44’

Romelu Lukaku

0-2

Half-time0-2

Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Burnley

Phil Bardsley
Dwight McNeil

Man United

Marcus Rashford
Luke Shaw
Romelu Lukaku
Alexis Sánchez

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 1.10 xGMan United 2.91 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
Joe Hart	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Phil Bardsley	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.15	1
Ben Mee	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tarkowski	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Charlie Taylor	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Lennon	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Westwood	MID	90	0	0.00	0.12	1
Jack Cork	MID	90	1	0.02	0.03	2
Dwight McNeil	MID	81	2	0.03	0.64	2
Jeff Hendrick	MID	59	0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Wood	FWD	85	1	0.04	0.00	0
Sam Vokes	Sub	31	3	0.85	0.04	1
Ashley Barnes	Sub	9	1	0.04	0.10	1
Matej Vydra	Sub	5	1	0.12	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonio Valencia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.24	2
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Smalling	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			3	0.07	0.02	1
Marouane Fellaini	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	90			2	0.84	0.27	4
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	FWD	77			4	0.33	0.07	1
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	90	2		5	1.29	0.24	4
Alexis Sánchez	FWD	62		1	3	0.19	1.01	4
Ander Herrera	Sub	13			2	0.08	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.08	1
Eric Bailly	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 16% Bet365 odds 6.00

Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.75

Man United win 58% Bet365 odds 1.70

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Burnley D L L

Man United W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Man United 2-2 Burnley, 29 Jan 19 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.