BURNLEY. Burnley annihilates Huddersfield Town 4-0 with goals of A. Barnes (7′), C. Roberts (18′), Josh Brownhill  (31′) and Michael Obafemi (74′). Burnley was truly superior in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Turf Moor stadium in Burnley on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Matt Donohue with the support of Paul Hodskinson and Andrew Aylott. The 4th official was Andrew Kitchen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.8 degrees Celsius or 42.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Burnley had a strong ball possession 76% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Burnley was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Burnley won the match​.

Burnley shot 23 times, 12 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Burnley didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards (Josh Koroma and Jaheim Headley).

Standings

After this match, Burnley will have 76 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Huddersfield Town will stay with 31 points like Blackpool and Wigan Athletic to remain in the 22nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Burnley will host Cardiff City on the 6th of May with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (11 draws).

Huddersfield Town will host Reading on the 6th of May with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Reading (6 draws).

Burnley – Formation

Burnley adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Vincent Kompany decided to play with the following team: Arijanet Murić (6.7), Connor Roberts (7.2), Hjalmar Ekdal (7.8), Jordan Beyer (7.3), Ian Maatsen (7.1), Josh Cullen (7.5), Josh Brownhill (7.6), Nathan Tella (7.1), Jóhann Guðmundsson (8.8), Anass Zaroury (8.1) and Ashley Barnes (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Vitinho (6.8), Charlie Taylor (6.6), Jack Cork, Lyle Foster (7.0), Michael Obafemi (7.2) and Scott Twine (6.2).

Burnley could not rely on the presence of Charlie Taylor (injured).

Substitutions

Burnley made 5 changes: I. Maatsen for Charlie Taylor (59′), A. Barnes for Lyle Foster (68′), Josh Brownhill  for Michael Obafemi (68′), J. Beyer for Vitinho (79′) and Nathan Tella for Scott Twine (79′).

Best player: Jóhann Guðmundsson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Burnley was Jóhann Guðmundsson even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.8) with 29 passes (72% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Huddersfield Town – Formation

Also Huddersfield Town adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Neil Warnock played with: Nicholas Bilokapic (6.8), Rarmani Edmonds-Green (5.7), Tom Lees (6.2), Michał Helik (6.1), Jaheim Headley (6.0), David Kasumu (6.4), Etienne Camara (6.6), Joseph Hungbo (6.3), Jack Rudoni (6.2), Josh Koroma (6.1) and Daniel Ward (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Tomáš Vaclík, William Boyle, Jonathan Hogg, Scott High (6.5), Jordan Rhodes, Brahima Diarra (7.1) and Martyn Waghorn (6.8).

Substitutions

Huddersfield Town made 3 changes: David Kasumu for Scott High (46′), J. Hungbo for Brahima Diarra (46′) and Danny Ward for Martyn Waghorn (75′).

Best player: Daniel Ward​

The most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Daniel Ward.

His rating is (7.3) with 11 passes (36% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Middlesbrough – 2-0
• Stoke City – Millwall – 0-1
• Sheffield United – Watford – 1-0
• Reading – Blackpool – 3-1
• Queens Park Rangers – Blackburn Rovers – 1-3
• Preston North End – Wigan Athletic – 2-1
• Norwich City – Cardiff City – 2-0
• Coventry City – Sunderland – 2-1
• Burnley – Huddersfield Town – 4-0
• Bristol City – Hull City – 1-0
• Birmingham City – Luton Town – 0-1