2020–21 Burnley F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Burnley's 139th competitive season, their 58th in the top flight of English football, and their fifth consecutive in the Premier League.[1] Along with the Premier League, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Burnley

2020–21 season
Chairman	Mike Garlick (until December 2020) Alan Pace (from December 2020)
Head coach	Sean Dyche
Stadium	Turf Moor
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Wood (4) All: Chris Wood (4)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
14 August 2020	GK		Will Norris	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[2]
17 August 2020	LB		Dane McCullough	Portadown	Undisclosed	[3]
18 August 2020	CB		Jack Leckie	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	[4]
18 August 2020	CB		Dan Sassi	Stoke City	Free transfer	[4]
18 August 2020	RB		Keelan Williams	Liverpool	Free transfer	[4]
20 August 2020	RB		Connor Barrett	Leicester City	Free transfer	[5]
20 August 2020	RB		Marcel Elva-Fountaine	Reading	Free transfer	[6]
20 August 2020	GK		Marc Richter	Augsburg	Free transfer	[7]
20 August 2020	AM		Will Rickard	Swansea City	Free transfer	[7]
8 September 2020	CM		Ismaila Diallo	Arsenal	Free transfer	[8]
24 September 2020	CM		Dale Stephens	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	[9]
20 November 2020	LB		Owen Dodgson	Manchester United	Undisclosed	[10]
20 November 2020	CB		Calen Gallagher-Allison	Manchester United	Undisclosed	[10]
20 November 2020	CF		Arman Taranis	SønderjyskE	Free transfer	[11]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
5 October 2020	AM		Anthony Gomez Mancini	Angers	End of season	[12]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
11 August 2020	RB		Ryan Cooney	Morecambe	End of season	[13]
12 August 2020	AM		Adam Phillips	Morecambe	1 February 2021	[14][15]
20 August 2020	RB		Jordan Cropper	Chesterfield	End of season	[16]
4 September 2020	CB		Ben Gibson	Norwich City	End of season	[17]
22 January 2021	CB		Bobby Thomas	Barrow	End of season	[18]
1 February 2021	GK		Lukas Jensen	Bolton Wanderers	End of season	[19]
1 February 2021	AM		Adam Phillips	Accrington Stanley	End of season	[15]
2 February 2021	CM		Mace Goodridge	Barrow	End of season	[20]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	RM		Olatunde Bayode	Unattached	Released	[21]
1 July 2020	DF		Udoka Chima	Unattached	Released	[21]
1 July 2020	CF		Will Harris	Sunderland	Released	[21][22]
1 July 2020	GK		Joe Hart	Tottenham Hotspur	Released	[21][23]
1 July 2020	CM		Jeff Hendrick	Newcastle United	Rejected contract	[21][24]
1 July 2020	LB		Ali Koiki	Bristol Rovers	Rejected contract	[25][26]
1 July 2020	GK		Adam Legzdins	Dundee	Released	[21][27]
1 July 2020	RW		Aaron Lennon	Kayserispor	Released	[21][28]
1 July 2020	FW		Jaydon Major	Unattached	Released	[21]
1 July 2020	CM		Christian N'Guessan	Unattached	Released	[21]
1 July 2020	CF		Henri Ogunby	Unattached	Released	[21]
1 July 2020	RB		Joel Senior	Altrincham	Released	[21][29]
31 July 2020	GK		Kai Calderbank-Park	Unattached	Released	[30]
31 July 2020	GK		George McMahon	Unattached	Released	[30]
31 July 2020	LW		Vinnie Steels	Sunderland	Released	[30][31]
4 September 2020	CB		Scott Wilson	Barrow	Free transfer	[32]
9 September 2020	CM		Aiden O'Neill	Melbourne City	Free transfer	[33]
16 September 2020	CB		Ollie Younger	Sunderland	Free transfer	[34]
24 September 2020	MF		Rhys Fenlon	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer	[35]
2 February 2021	RM		Chris Conn-Clarke	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	[36]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 September 2020 Friendly	Preston North End	0–0	Burnley	Preston
14:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

5 September 2020 Friendly	Burnley	4–1	Heart of Midlothian	Barnfield Training Centre
	Rodriguez  5' (pen.) Richardson  18' Thompson  30' Guðmundsson  47'	Report	Wighton  37'

11 September 2020 Friendly	Burnley	3–0	Marítimo	Burnley
15:00 BST	McNeil  16' Wood  65' Vydra  70'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Bankes

Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	9	8	24	29	−5	24
16	Newcastle United	22	6	4	12	22	36	−14	22
17	Burnley	21	6	4	11	13	28	−15	22
18	Fulham	21	2	8	11	17	31	−14	14	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion	22	2	6	14	18	52	−34	12

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2021. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[37]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	6	4	11	13	28	−15	22	4	1	5	8	12	−4	2	3	6	5	16	−11

Last updated: 3 February 2021.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	P	L	L	W	W	L	L
Position	14	19	20	18	18	20	19	17	19	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	16	15	16	17

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 20 August.[38]

20 September 2020 1	Leicester City	4–2	Burnley	Leicester
19:00 BST	Barnes  20' Mendy  25' Pieters  50' (o.g.) Justin  61' Praet  79'	Report	Rodriguez  8' Wood  10' Dunne  73' Bardsley  90+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Mason

26 September 2020 2	Burnley	0–1	Southampton	Burnley
20:00 BST	Bardsley  48'	Report	Ings  5'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Andre Marriner

3 October 2020 3	Newcastle United	3–1	Burnley	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 BST	Saint-Maximin  14' Joelinton  36' Lewis  49' Wilson  65', 77' (pen.)	Report	Tarkowski  37' Barnes  40' Westwood  61' McNeil  69'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Coote

19 October 2020 4	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Burnley	West Bromwich
17:30 BST	Livermore  53' Phillips  90+2'	Report	Taylor  37' Westwood  77'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Taylor

26 October 2020 5	Burnley	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley
20:00 GMT	Brownhill  2' Long  80'	Report	Son  76'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver

31 October 2020 6	Burnley	0–3	Chelsea	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Long  49'	Report	Ziyech  26' Zouma  63' Werner  70'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: David Coote

6 November 2020 7	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Burnley	Falmer
17:30 GMT	Bissouma  87'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Dean

23 November 2020 8	Burnley	1–0	Crystal Palace	Burnley
17:30 GMT	Wood  8' Rodriguez  79' Lowton  86'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Friend

28 November 2020 9	Manchester City	5–0	Burnley	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Mahrez  6', 22', 69' Mendy  41' Torres  66'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Mason

5 December 2020 10	Burnley	1–1	Everton	Burnley
12:30 GMT	Brady  3'	Report	Calvert-Lewin  45+3'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Taylor

13 December 2020 11	Arsenal	0–1	Burnley	Holloway
19:15 GMT	Xhaka  58' Bellerín  71' Elneny  73'	Report	Brady  33' Aubameyang  73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Graham Scott

17 December 2020 12	Aston Villa	0–0	Burnley	Aston
18:00 GMT	Watkins  85'	Report	Brady  32'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson

21 December 2020 13	Burnley	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnley
17:30 GMT	Barnes  35' Westwood  37' Wood  51' Rodriguez  90+4'	Report	Otasowie  45+1' Silva  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Mason

27 December 2020 14	Leeds United	1–0	Burnley	Leeds
12:00 GMT	Bamford  5' (pen.)	Report	Tarkowski  28' Westwood  79' Barnes  90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Jones

29 December 2020 15	Burnley	1–0	Sheffield United	Burnley
18:00 GMT	Mee  32' Lowton  45+2'	Report	Stevens  72' Burke  90+1'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

12 January 2021 17	Burnley	0–1	Manchester United	Burnley
20:15 GMT	Westwood  62'	Report	Shaw  32' Fernandes  45+3' Pogba  71'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Friend

16 January 2021 18	West Ham United	1–0	Burnley	Stratford
15:00 GMT	Antonio  9' Souček  73' Ogbonna  83'	Report	Barnes  63'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

21 January 2021 19	Liverpool	0–1	Burnley	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Fabinho  45+2' Matip  87'	Report	Barnes  39',  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Dean

27 January 2021 20	Burnley	3–2	Aston Villa	Burnley
18:00 GMT	Tarkowski  22' Mee  52' McNeil  76' Wood  79'	Report	Watkins  14' Grealish  68'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney

31 January 2021 21	Chelsea	2–0	Burnley	London
12:00 GMT	Azpilicueta  40' Alonso  84'	Report	Westwood  60'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Scott

3 February 2021 22	Burnley	0–2	Manchester City	Burnley
18:00 GMT	Stephens  83' Mumbongo  87'	Report	Gabriel Jesus  3' Sterling  38' Ederson  76'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson

6 February 2021 23	Burnley	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Burnley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Turf Moor

17 February 2021 16	Burnley	v	Fulham	Burnley
18:00 GMT				Stadium: Turf Moor
Note: The match originally scheduled for 3 January 2021, but postponed due to safety concerns following a COVID-19 outbreak at Fulham FC.[39]

FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[40] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[41]

9 January 2021 Third round	Burnley	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Milton Keynes Dons	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Vydra  90+4' Pieters  114' Bardsley  119'	Report	Jerome  29' Fraser  90+4'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Moss
	Penalties
	Vydra Lowton Stephens Benson Bardlsey		Poole Mason Sørensen Gladwin Fraser

24 January 2021 Fourth round	Fulham	0–3	Burnley	Fulham
14:30 GMT	Kamara  85'	Report	Rodriguez  31', 71' (pen.) Tarkowski  75' Pieters  80' Long  81'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Madley

9 February 2021 Fifth round	Burnley	v	Bournemouth	Burnley
17:30 GMT				Stadium: Turf Moor

EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on 6 September, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[42] The fourth round draw was conducted on 17 September 2020 by Laura Woods and Lee Hendrie live on Sky Sports.[43]

17 September 2020 Second round	Burnley	1–1 (5–4 p)	Sheffield United	Burnley
17:30 BST	Vydra  67'	Report	McGoldrick  4' Jagielka  68' Ampadu  81'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney
	Penalties
	Wood Vydra Brownhill Pieters Brady		Norwood McBurnie Sharp Berge Osborn

23 September 2020 Third round	Millwall	0–2	Burnley	Bermondsey
19:00 BST		Report	Brownhill  45',  53' Thomas  56' Westwood  78' Vydra  90+3'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Davies

30 September 2020 Fourth round	Burnley	0–3	Manchester City	Burnley
19:00 BST		Report	Sterling  35', 49',  76' Torres  65' Silva  90'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Madley

Appearances and goals

Source:[44]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players contracted for the 2020–21 season

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Nick Pope	20	0	0	0	1	0	21	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Matthew Lowton	17	0	0 (2)	0	3	0	20 (2)	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Charlie Taylor	16	0	0	0	3	0	19	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Jack Cork	2 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	James Tarkowski	19	0	2	0	1	0	22	0	4	0
6	DF	ENG	Ben Mee	15	2	1	0	0	0	16	2	0	0
7	MF	ISL	Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson	6 (4)	0	2	0	1	0	9 (4)	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Josh Brownhill	18	0	0	0	3	1	21	1	2	0
9	FW	NZL	Chris Wood	20	4	1	0	0 (3)	0	21 (3)	4	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Ashley Barnes	12 (3)	2	1	0	1	0	14 (3)	2	4	0
11	FW	ENG	Dwight McNeil	17 (2)	1	1	0	2	0	20 (2)	1	1	0
12	MF	IRL	Robbie Brady	12 (3)	1	1	0	1	0	14 (3)	1	2	0
14	DF	ENG	Ben Gibson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	GK	NIR	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Dale Stephens	3 (3)	0	2	0	0	0	5 (3)	0	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Ashley Westwood	21	1	0	0	2 (1)	0	23 (1)	1	6	0
19	FW	ENG	Jay Rodriguez	8 (9)	0	1	2	2	0	11 (9)	2	3	0
23	DF	NED	Erik Pieters	8 (6)	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	12 (7)	0	2	0
25	GK	ENG	Will Norris	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	SCO	Phil Bardsley	3	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	3	0
27	FW	CZE	Matěj Vydra	3 (10)	0	1 (1)	1	3	2	7 (11)	3	0	0
28	DF	IRL	Kevin Long	6	0	1	1	2	0	9	1	2	0
33	FW	ENG	Max Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	IRL	Jimmy Dunne	2	1	0 (1)	0	2	0	4 (1)	1	0	0
35	MF	FRA	Anthony Mancini Gomez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Bobby Thomas	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
38	FW	ENG	Lewis Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	ENG	Josh Benson	2 (4)	0	0 (2)	0	1 (2)	0	3 (8)	0	0	0
44	MF	ENG	Mace Goodridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	ENG	Anthony Glennon	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
46	FW	SWE	Joel Mumbongo	0 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (4)	0	1	0

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