Man United vs Burnley

18 April 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Mason Greenwood 48’, 84’
Edinson Cavani 90+3’

James Tarkowski 50’

Match summary

Man United saw off Burnley 3-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Mason Greenwood put Man United ahead in the 48th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford, James Tarkowski equalised with a header in the 50th minute, set up by Ashley Westwood, Greenwood put Man United back in front from a corner in the 84th minute, set up by Paul Pogba, and Edinson Cavani made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Donny van de Beek.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 3.00 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Burnley's 0.96 from 10.

Match stats

17 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.87 xG 0.96

2.87 Non-penalty xG 0.96

13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man United Burnley

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Mason Greenwood
Assist: Marcus Rashford

1-0

48’

50’

James Tarkowski
Assist: Ashley Westwood

1-1

Mason Greenwood
Assist: Paul Pogba

2-1

84’

Edinson Cavani
Assist: Donny van de Beek

3-1

90+3’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Man United

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Burnley

James Tarkowski
Jack Cork

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 3.00 xGBurnley 0.96 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

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	2
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.32	6
Scott McTominay	MID	90			2	0.41	0.03	1
Fred	MID	47			0	0.00	0.04	1
Mason Greenwood	MID	90	2		5	0.93	0.35	1
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			4	0.44	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	90		1	2	0.13	0.01	1
Marcus Rashford	FWD	85		1	2	0.13	0.51	3
Edinson Cavani	Sub	43	1		1	0.92	0.00	0
Donny van de Beek	Sub	5		1	0	0.00	0.92	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bailey Peacock-Farrell	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Lowton	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.27	1
Ben Mee	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tarkowski	DEF	90	1		3	0.48	0.08	1
Charlie Taylor	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	MID	89			0	0.00	0.02	1
Ashley Westwood	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.46	1
Jack Cork	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Dwight McNeil	MID	90			1	0.06	0.02	2
Josh Brownhill	MID	89			1	0.02	0.02	1
Chris Wood	FWD	90			5	0.40	0.06	1
Matej Vydra	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jay Rodriguez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 70% Avg odds 1.36

Draw 19% Avg odds 5.17

Burnley win 11% Avg odds 8.77

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

Form going into the game

Man United D W W W W

Burnley D D W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Burnley 0-1 Man United, 12 Jan 21 Next meeting: Man United 3-1 Burnley, 30 Dec 21 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.