BURNLEY. Liverpool had a surprising win over Burnley with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Núñez (6′) and a goal from D. Jota (90′). Liverpool was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Turf Moor stadium in Burnley on Tuesday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 21,624 spectators.​ The referee was Paul Tierney with the help of Marc Perry and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool was in firm control of the ball 69% while Burnley was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Liverpool won the match.​

Burnley shot 9 times, 0 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Liverpool shot 19 times, 10 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Burnley received 2 yellow cards (Dara O’Shea and Sander Berge). On the other side, Liverpool received 1 yellow card (Trent Alexander-Arnold).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Burnley stays with 11 points to sit in the 19th place. On the other side, Liverpool will has 42 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Burnley will play away against Aston Villa on the 30th of December with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Aston Villa (6 draws).

Liverpool will host Newcastle United on the 30th of December with a 22-5 head to head record in favor of Liverpool (6 draws).

Burnley – Formation

Burnley started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Vincent Kompany decided to play with the following team: James Trafford (8.2), Vitinho (6.0), Dara O’Shea (7.0), Jordan Beyer (7.7), Charlie Taylor (7.0), Wilson Odobert (7.0), Sander Berge (6.6), Josh Brownhill  (6.8), Mike Trésor (7.0), Lyle Foster  (6.7) and Zeki Amdouni (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jacob Bruun Larsen (6.8), Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (7.0), Jay Rodríguez, Connor Roberts, Nathan Redmond (6.6), Aaron Ramsey, Josh Cullen, Hannes Delcroix and Arijanet Muric.

Substitutions

Burnley made 4 changes: Mike Trésor for Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (61′), Lyle Foster  for Nathan Redmond (85′), Zeki Amdouni for Jacob Bruun Larsen (85′) and Josh Brownhill  for Aaron Ramsey (90′).

Player of the match: James Trafford​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Burnley was the goalkeeper: James Trafford. His rating is 8.16. He performed 8 saves.

Liverpool – Formation

Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson (7.0), Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.7), Jarell Quansah (7.3), Virgil van Dijk  (7.8), Joe Gomez (7.0), Harvey Elliott (7.3), Wataru Endo  (7.1), Ryan Gravenberch (6.7), Mohamed Salah (7.5), Cody Gakpo (8.2) and Darwin Núñez (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Ibrahima Konaté, Luis Díaz (6.4), Diogo Jota (7.7), Luke Chambers, James McConnell, Caoimhín Kelleher, Conor Bradley, Dominik Szoboszlai  (6.3) and Curtis Jones (6.6).

Substitutions

Liverpool made 4 changes: Ryan Gravenberch for Curtis Jones (66′), Harvey Elliott for Luis Díaz (67′), Cody Gakpo for Dominik Szoboszlai  (67′) and Darwin Núñez for Diogo Jota (84′).

Player of the match: Cody Gakpo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Liverpool was Cody Gakpo even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 14 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Sheffield United – Luton Town – 2-3
• Newcastle United – Nottingham Forest – 1-3
• Manchester United – Aston Villa – 3-2
• Burnley – Liverpool – 0-2
• AFC Bournemouth – Fulham – 3-0