Man United vs Burnley

30 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Scott McTominay 8’
Ben Mee 27’ (og)
Cristiano Ronaldo 35’

Aaron Lennon 38’

Match summary

Man United beat Burnley 3-1. Man United led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Scott McTominay put Man United ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Cristiano Ronaldo, Ben Mee's own goal made it 2-0 in the 27th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo made it 3-0 in the 35th minute, and Aaron Lennon pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 38th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.84 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Burnley's 0.87 from 10.

Match stats

18 Shots 10

6 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.81 xG 0.87

1.81 Non-penalty xG 0.87

6 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Man United Burnley

Kick-off

Scott McTominay
Assist: Cristiano Ronaldo

1-0

8’

Ben Mee
Own goal

2-0

27’

Cristiano Ronaldo

3-0

35’

38’

Aaron Lennon

3-1

Half-time3-1

Full-time3-1

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.

Man United 1.84 xGBurnley 0.87 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Burnley attacking Man United 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
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	2
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.46	3
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Scott McTominay	MID	90	1		3	0.15	0.11	1
Jadon Sancho	MID	90			1	0.09	0.05	1
Mason Greenwood	MID	83			4	0.22	0.16	2
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90	1	1	7	1.28	0.09	2
Edinson Cavani	FWD	90			1	0.03	0.10	1
Raphael Varane	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fred	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wayne Hennessey	GK	90		0	0.00	0.15	3
Matthew Lowton	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.29	1
Ben Mee	DEF	90		1	0.08	0.00	0
James Tarkowski	DEF	90		2	0.14	0.00	0
Charlie Taylor	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dwight McNeil	MID	86		1	0.04	0.00	0
Ashley Westwood	MID	90		0	0.00	0.16	2
Jack Cork	MID	60		0	0.00	0.00	0
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	MID	90		1	0.08	0.04	1
Chris Wood	FWD	90		3	0.38	0.08	1
Aaron Lennon	FWD	76	1	2	0.15	0.00	0
Dale Stephens	Sub	30		0	0.00	0.00	0
Matej Vydra	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0
Erik Pieters	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 70% Avg odds 1.37

Draw 19% Avg odds 5.01

Burnley win 11% Avg odds 8.98

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

Form going into the game

Man United D W W W D

Burnley D D D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 3-1 Burnley, 18 Apr 21 Next meeting: Burnley 1-1 Man United, 08 Feb 22 All Man United vs Burnley 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.