Premiership · Matchday 18

Manchester United v Burnley

3–1

HT 3–1

Thursday 30th December 2021 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,121

Manchester United beat Burnley 3–1 at Old Trafford on Thursday 30th December 2021 in the Premiership. Scott McTominay (8') and Cristiano Ronaldo (35') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Jonathan Moss.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
8' Scott McTominay Assist: Cristiano Ronaldo 1–0
27' Ben Mee OG 2–0
35' Cristiano Ronaldo 3–0
38' Aaron Lennon 3–1
Half Time 3–1
66' Raphael Varane for Bailly
81' Diogo Dalot for Greenwood
90' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Ronaldo
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

57%

Possession

4-2-2-2

Formation

Jonathan Moss

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

3 Eric Bailly

5 Harry Maguire

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 35'

39 Scott McTominay 8'

Substitutes

Raphael Varane

66' for Bailly

Diogo Dalot

81' for Greenwood

Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

90' for Ronaldo

Burnley Lineup

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

2 Matthew Lowton RB

3 Charlie Taylor LB

4 Jack Cork CM-L

5 James Tarkowski CD-R

6 Ben Mee CD-L

7 Jóhann Gudmundsson LM

9 Chris Wood CF-L

11 Dwight McNeil RM

13 Wayne Hennessey G

17 Aaron Lennon CF-R ⚽

18 Ashley Westwood CM-R

Substitutes

16 Dale Stephens on

22 Nathan Collins

23 Erik Pieters on

25 Will Norris

26 Phil Bardsley

27 Matej Vydra on

37 Bobby Thomas

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

Managers

MUFC

Ralf Rangnick

Manchester United

OPP

Sean Dyche

Burnley

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-2-2

Formation

Burnley

4-4-1-1

Man Utd Burnley

57%

Possession

43%

2.4

Expected Goals (xG)

1.1

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.20

Avg Player Rating

6.20

28.2

Avg Age

30.9

United vs Burnley History

Meeting 133 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 133 times: 65W 23D 45L.

22 Jan 2020 L 0–2 PL 12 Jan 2021 W 1–0 PL 18 Apr 2021 W 3–1 PL

30 Dec 2021 W 3–1 This match

8 Feb 2022 D 1–1 PL 21 Dec 2022 W 2–0 LC 23 Sep 2023 W 1–0 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 →