Burnley beats Bristol City 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

BURNLEY. Burnley defeated Bristol City to win 2-1.

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Mark Hall
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Burnley beats Bristol City 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

BURNLEY. Burnley overcome Bristol City to win 2-1. It was Burnley to strike first with an early goal of M. Benson at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 27′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Rodriguez gave the win to Burnley in the 67′ minute with a goal. Burnley was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (72%) 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 Oliver Langford assisted by Richard Wild and Matthew Smith. The 4th official was Bobby Madden. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.6 degrees Celsius or 58.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Burnley

2 - 1

Team 1

Bristol City

  • ! 72 Ball Possession 28
Shots
  • 13 Total 9
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 7 Off Target 4
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 115 Attack 68
  • 53 Dangerous attack 34
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 5
  • 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 10 Total 6
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Burnley had a strong ball possession 72% while Bristol City was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Burnley was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Burnley won the match​.

Burnley shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Bristol City shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Burnley received 2 yellow cards (J. Cork and ). On the opposite side, Bristol City received 1 yellow card (A. Scott).

Match Timeline

Benson Manuel(goal)I. Maatsen
4'
27'
Nahki Wells(goal)T. Conway
32'
46'
46'
Joe Williams- sub ->A. Scott
Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson - sub ->M. Benson
53'
66'
Jay Rodríguez(goal)J. Gudmundsson
67'
76'
79'
88'
Vitinho- sub ->I. Maatsen
88'
Jack Cork- Yellow
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Burnley
101
46
Sheffield United
91
46
Luton Town
80
46
Middlesbrough
75
46
Coventry City
70
46
Sunderland
69
46
Blackburn Rovers
69
46
Millwall
68
46
West Bromwich Albion
66
46
Swansea City
66
46
Watford
63
46
Preston North End
63
46
Norwich City
62
46
Bristol City
59
46
Hull City
58
46
Stoke City
53
46
Birmingham City
53
46
Huddersfield Town
53
46
Rotherham United
50
46
Queens Park Rangers
50
46
Cardiff City
49
46
Reading
44
46
Blackpool
44
46
Wigan Athletic
39
46

After this contest, Burnley will have 17 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Bristol City will stay with 14 points like Rotherham United and Watford to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Burnley will host Rotherham United on the 2nd of November with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Burnley (0 draws).

Bristol City will host Sheffield United on the 1st of November with a 11-6 head to head stats in favor of Sheffield United (2 draws).

Burnley – Formation

Burnley
G
Arijanet Muric 49.Kosovo
7.2
D
Connor Roberts 14.Wales
6.8
D
Jordan Beyer  36.Germany
6.8
D
T. Harwood-Bellis 5.England
7.5
D
Ian Maatsen 29.Netherlands
7.3
88'
M
Jack Cork 4.England
7.1
89'
M
Josh Brownhill 8.England
7.1
M
Nathan Tella 23.Nigeria
6.2
66'
M
Josh Cullen 24.Republic of Ireland
7.2
M
Benson Manuel 17.Belgium
7.4
53' Goals4'
F
Jay Rodríguez 9.England
7.9
88' Goals67'
Substitutes
G
Bailey Peacock-Farrell 15.Northern Ireland
D
C. Egan-Riley 6.England
D
Vitinho 22.Brazil
88'
M
Samuel Bastien 26.Belgium
M
Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson  7.Iceland
7.3
53'
F
Anass Zaroury 19.Morocco
6.8
66'
F
Halil Dervişoğlu 30.Turkey
88'

Burnley started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Vincent Kompany decided to play with the following team: Arijanet Murić (7.2), Connor Roberts (6.8), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (7.5), Jordan Beyer (6.8), Ian Maatsen (7.3), Josh Cullen (7.2), Jack Cork (7.1), Manuel Benson (7.4), Josh Brownhill (7.1), Nathan Tella (6.2) and Jay Rodriguez (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: S. Bastien, C. Egan-Riley, Anass Zaroury (6.8), Halil Dervişoğlu, Jóhann Guðmundsson (7.3), Vitinho and B. Peacock-Farrell.

Substitutions

Burnley made 4 changes: M. Benson for J. Gudmundsson (53′), N. Tella for A. Zaroury (66′), J. Rodriguez for H. Dervisoglu (88′) and I. Maatsen for Vitinho (88′).

Best player: Jay Rodriguez​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Burnley was Jay Rodriguez.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 29 passes (96% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City
G
Daniel Bentley 1.England
6.8
D
Zak Vyner 26.England
7.1
D
R. Atkinson 5.England
6.5
79'
D
Kal Naismith 4.Scotland
6.4
M
Jay Dasilva 3.England
6.4
M
Matty James 6.England
6.2
76'
M
Mark Sykes 17.Northern Ireland
6.9
M
Alex Scott 7.England
6.3
46' 32'
F
Andreas Weimann 14.Austria
6.6
F
Nahki Wells 21.Bermuda
7.6
Goals27'
F
T. Conway 15.Scotland
7.3
46'
Substitutes
G
Max O'Leary 12.England
M
Han-Noah Massengo 30.France
6.4
76'
M
Joe Williams 8.England
7.0
46'
M
Andy King 10.Wales
F
C. Martin 9.Scotland
6.2
79'
F
Antoine Semenyo 11.England
6.6
46'
F
George Tanner  19.England

Bristol City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Nigel Pearson played with: Daniel Bentley (6.8), Zak Vyner (7.1), Kal Naismith (6.4), Robert Atkinson (6.5), Mark Sykes (6.9), Matty James (6.2), Alex Scott (6.3), Jay Dasilva (6.4), Andreas Weimann (6.6), Nahki Wells (7.6) and Tommy Conway (7.3).

They had on the bench: Chris Martin (6.2), Han-Noah Massengo (6.4), Joe Williams (7.0), M. O’Leary, Antoine Semenyo (6.6), G. Tanner and A. King.

Substitutions

Bristol City made 4 changes: T. Conway for A. Semenyo (46′), A. Scott for J. Williams (46′), M. James for H. Massengo (76′) and R. Atkinson for C. Martin (79′).

Best player: Nahki Wells​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bristol City was Nahki Wells.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 13 passes (46% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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