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BURNLEY. Liverpool tops Burnley 1-0 after F. scored just 1 goal (40′). Liverpool was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Turf Moor stadium in Burnley on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Martin Atkinson with the assistance of Gary Beswick and Darren Cann. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8.3 degrees Celsius or 46.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool had a superior ball possession 67% while Burnley was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Liverpool won the match.​

Burnley shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Liverpool shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Burnley didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Liverpool received 1 yellow card (J. Henderson).

Standings

After this contest, Burnley will stay with 14 points to remain in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Liverpool will have 54 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Burnley will play away with Brighton & Hove Albion on the 19th of February with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Brighton & Hove Albion (10 draws).

Liverpool will host Leeds United on the 23rd of February with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Liverpool (1 draw).

Burnley – Formation

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

The manager Sean Dyche decided to play with the following team: Nick Pope (7.1), Connor Roberts (7.1), James Tarkowski (6.9), Ben Mee (7.0), Erik Pieters (7.2), Aaron Lennon (7.2), Ashley Westwood (6.4), Josh Brownhill (7.1), Maxwel Cornet (6.8), Jay Rodriguez (6.6) and Wout Weghorst (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Ashley Barnes (6.6), Wayne Hennessey, Nathan Collins, Kevin Long, Phil Bardsley, Dwight McNeil (6.4), Dale Stephens, Jack Cork and Matthew Lowton.

Burnley could not rely on the presence of A. Barnes (injured).

Substitutions

Burnley made 2 changes: J. Rodriguez for D. McNeil (62′) and W. Weghorst for A. Barnes (75′).

Best player: Erik Pieters​

The player that probably impressed the most for Burnley was Erik Pieters.

His rating is (7.2) with 31 passes (61% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Liverpool – Formation

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

Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson (8.0), Trent Alexander-Arnold (6.8), Joël Matip (7.4), Virgil van Dijk (7.1), Andrew Robertson (7.3), Jordan Henderson (6.3), Fabinho (7.2), Naby Keïta (7.4), Mohamed Salah (7.0), Roberto Firmino (6.9) and Sadio Mané (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Diogo Jota (6.6), Konstantinos Tsimikas, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Caoimhin Kelleher, Harvey Elliott, Ibrahima Konaté, Thiago Alcântara (6.2), Luis Díaz and James Milner.

Substitutions

Liverpool made 3 changes: J. Henderson for Thiago (59′), S. Mane for Diogo Jota (67′) and N. Keita for J. Milner (90′).

Best player: Alisson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Liverpool was the goalkeeper: Alisson. His rating is 8.01. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Burnley – Liverpool – 0-1
• Leicester City – West Ham United – 2-2
• Newcastle United – Aston Villa – 1-0
• Tottenham Hotspur – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-2