Premiership · Matchday 20

Manchester United v Burnley

2–2

HT 0–2

Tuesday 26th December 2017 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,046

Manchester United drew 2–2 with Burnley at Old Trafford on Tuesday 26th December 2017 in the Premiership. Jesse Lingard (53', 90'+1') scored for United. United were captained by Paul Pogba, and the referee was Martin Atkinson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
2' Marcos Rojo
3' Ashley Barnes Assist: Kevin Long 0–1
4' Ashley Barnes
34' Charlie Taylor
36' Steven Defour 0–2
45' Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Rojo
45' Jesse Lingard for Ibrahimovic
Half Time 0–2
52' Luke Shaw
53' Jesse Lingard Assist: Ashley Young 1–2
59' Henrikh Mkhitaryan
65' Johann Berg Gudmundsson
65' Jóhann Gudmundsson
69' Phil Bardsley
71' Nick Pope
79' Sam Vokes
90' Jack Cork
90+1' Jesse Lingard 2–2
Full Time 2–2

Match Facts

Jesse Lingard's brace took him to 9 in 2017-2018 and 20 for United.

72%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Martin Atkinson

Referee

Paul Pogba

Captain

Starting XI

Player

10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Substitutes

45' for Rojo

45' for Ibrahimovic

53', 90'+1

Burnley Lineup

4-5-1

Starting XI

3 Charlie Taylor LB

4 Jack Cork DM

6 Ben Mee CD-L

10 Ashley Barnes F ⚽

13 Jeff Hendrick CM-R

16 Steven Defour CM-L ⚽

17 Jóhann Gudmundsson RM

26 Phil Bardsley RB

28 Kevin Long CD-R

29 Nick Pope G

37 Scott Arfield LM

Substitutes

2 Matthew Lowton

8 Dean Marney

9 Sam Vokes on

18 Ashley Westwood

19 Jonathan Walters on

21 Nahki Wells

22 Anders Lindegaard

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Sean Dyche

Burnley

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Burnley

4-5-1

Man Utd Burnley

72%

Possession

28%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.93

Avg Player Rating

6.49

United vs Burnley History

Meeting 125 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 125 times: 59W 22D 44L.

11 Feb 2015 W 3–1 PL 29 Oct 2016 D 0–0 PL 23 Apr 2017 W 2–0 PL

26 Dec 2017 D 2–2 This match

20 Jan 2018 W 1–0 PL 2 Sep 2018 W 2–0 PL 29 Jan 2019 D 2–2 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

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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 →