Southampton vs Burnley

4 April 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

Stuart Armstrong 31’
Danny Ings 42’
Nathan Redmond 66’

Chris Wood 12’ (pen)
Matej Vydra 28’

Match summary

Southampton came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Burnley. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Chris Wood put Burnley ahead from the penalty spot in the 12th minute, Matej Vydra made it 0-2 in the 28th minute, set up by Chris Wood, Stuart Armstrong pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 31st minute, set up by Danny Ings, and Danny Ings equalised in the 42nd minute, set up by Nathan Redmond. In the second half, Nathan Redmond won it in the 66th minute, set up by Theo Walcott.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 2.43 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Burnley's 1.51 from 7.

Match stats

24 Shots 7

9 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.40 xG 1.50

2.40 Non-penalty xG 0.74

14 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Southampton Burnley

Kick-off

12’

Chris Wood
Penalty

0-1

28’

Matej Vydra
Assist: Chris Wood

0-2

Stuart Armstrong
Assist: Danny Ings

1-2

31’

Danny Ings
Assist: Nathan Redmond

2-2

42’

Half-time2-2

Nathan Redmond
Assist: Theo Walcott

3-2

66’

Full-time3-2

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.

Southampton 2.43 xGBurnley 1.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Burnley attacking Southampton 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
Fraser Forster	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.10	1
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.03	1
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Ryan Bertrand	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Stuart Armstrong	MID	83	1		5	0.22	0.14	2
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90			1	0.05	0.03	1
Ibrahima Diallo	MID	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Theo Walcott	MID	90		1	3	0.16	0.45	2
Danny Ings	FWD	90	1	1	5	1.07	0.13	2
Nathan Redmond	FWD	90	1	1	4	0.48	0.91	4
Mohammed Salisu	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Djenepo	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Che Adams	Sub	1			1	0.30	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Nick Pope	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Lowton	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Ben Mee	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
James Tarkowski	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Erik Pieters	DEF	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	MID	90			0	0.00	0.43	1
Ashley Westwood	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josh Brownhill	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Dwight McNeil	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Wood	FWD	90	1	1	5	1.43	0.06	1
Matej Vydra	FWD	82	1		1	0.06	0.07	1
Charlie Taylor	Sub	58			0	0.00	0.14	1
Jay Rodriguez	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Richardson	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 48% Avg odds 2.01

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.37

Burnley win 24% Avg odds 4.04

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

Form going into the game

Southampton L L W L L

Burnley D L D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Burnley 0-1 Southampton, 26 Sep 20 Next meeting: Southampton 2-2 Burnley, 23 Oct 21 All Southampton 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.