Premiership · Matchday 17

Burnley v Manchester United

0–1

HT 0–0

Tuesday 12th January 2021 · Turf Moor · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat Burnley 1–0 at Turf Moor on Tuesday 12th January 2021 in the Premiership. Paul Pogba (71') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Kevin Friend.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
32' Luke Shaw
45' Bruno Fernandes
Half Time 0–0
62' Ashley Westwood
71' Paul Pogba Assist: Marcus Rashford 0–1
80' Mason Greenwood for Rashford
89' Scott McTominay for Fernandes
90' Axel Tuanzebe for Martial
Full Time 0–1

Match Facts

Paul Pogba's 3rd goal of 2020-2021, and his 35th for United.

62%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Kevin Friend

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

6 Paul Pogba 71'

Substitutes

80' for Rashford

89' for Fernandes

90' for Martial

Burnley Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

1 Nick Pope G

2 Matthew Lowton RB

5 James Tarkowski CD-R

6 Ben Mee CD-L

7 Jóhann Gudmundsson RM

8 Josh Brownhill CM-L

9 Chris Wood CF-R

10 Ashley Barnes CF-L

12 Robbie Brady LM

18 Ashley Westwood CM-R

23 Erik Pieters LB

Substitutes

4 Jack Cork

11 Dwight McNeil on

16 Dale Stephens

19 Jay Rodríguez on

25 Will Norris

26 Phil Bardsley

27 Matej Vydra on

28 Kevin Long

41 Josh Benson

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Sean Dyche

Burnley

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Burnley

4-4-2

Man Utd Burnley

62%

Possession

38%

1.2

Expected Goals (xG)

0.9

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.20

Avg Player Rating

6.10

27.5

Avg Age

29.8

United vs Burnley History

Meeting 131 of 139

139

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

240

Goals For

195

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 10th September 1892. After this match United had played Burnley 131 times: 63W 23D 45L.

29 Jan 2019 D 2–2 PL 28 Dec 2019 W 2–0 PL 22 Jan 2020 L 0–2 PL

12 Jan 2021 W 1–0 This match

18 Apr 2021 W 3–1 PL 30 Dec 2021 W 3–1 PL 8 Feb 2022 D 1–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	69	41	14	14	151	82	59.4
Away	70	27	12	31	89	113	38.6

All 139 meetings with Burnley →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →