Premier League

Manchester United 3-1 Burnley

Competition Premier League Season 2021/2022 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 30 Dec 2021, 20:15 Venue time 30 Dec 2021, 20:15 GMT

Manchester United vs Burnley finished 3-1 in Premier League. Key event: 3' Dwight McNeil (assist Johann Berg Gudmundsson · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.8%, 36.9%). Head to head: H2H last 8 before 30 Dec 2021: 5 W / 2 D / 1 L for Manchester United. Home form: D D W W W; Away form: D L L D D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (30 Dec 2021): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form D D W W W Matches: 5 · 11 pts, goals 7-4, 1.40 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Away form D L L D D Matches: 5 · 3 pts, goals 0-2, 0.00 scored/match, 0.40 conceded/match

Manchester United · season record 8 W · 4 D · 5 L 2021/2022: 17 recorded matches, goals 27–25; before 30 Dec 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

Burnley · season record 1 W · 8 D · 6 L 2021/2022: 15 recorded matches, goals 14–21; before 30 Dec 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 39 events

3' shot Dwight McNeil BUR assist Johann Berg Gudmundsson xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.8%, 36.9%

3' shot Chris Wood BUR assist Matthew Lowton xG 0.29 · Open Play · location 91.2%, 56%

5' shot Cristiano Ronaldo MUN assist Luke Shaw xG 0.31 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 52.5%

7' shot Mason Greenwood MUN assist Aaron Wan-Bissaka xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.4%, 26.5%

7' shot Scott McTominay MUN assist Cristiano Ronaldo xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.2%, 43.7%

8' Goal Scott McTominay 1–0 MUN assist Cristiano Ronaldo

9' shot Johann Berg Gudmundsson BUR assist Chris Wood xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.4%, 58.9%

12' shot Aaron Lennon BUR xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.3%, 49%

19' shot Luke Shaw MUN assist Nemanja Matic xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.7%, 67.1%

24' shot Edinson Cavani MUN xG 0.03 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 92.3%, 37.3%

26' shot Jadon Sancho MUN assist Luke Shaw xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.1%, 66.9%

26' shot Ben Mee BUR xG 0 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 7.2%, 44%

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27' Goal Ben Mee 2–0 MUN Own goal

29' shot Cristiano Ronaldo MUN assist Scott McTominay xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.1%, 43.6%

32' shot Mason Greenwood MUN assist Aaron Wan-Bissaka xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.8%, 37%

33' shot Chris Wood BUR assist Wayne Hennessey xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.8%, 43.4%

34' shot Scott McTominay MUN assist Jadon Sancho xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.7%, 41.6%

34' shot Cristiano Ronaldo MUN xG 0.58 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.9%, 54.2%

35' Goal Cristiano Ronaldo 3–0 MUN Goal

37' shot Aaron Lennon BUR xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 38.6%

38' Goal Aaron Lennon 3–1 BUR Goal

40' shot Cristiano Ronaldo MUN assist Mason Greenwood xG 0.09 · From Corner · location 95.4%, 47.2%

46' shot Mason Greenwood MUN assist Luke Shaw xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 89.5%, 69.5%

48' shot Cristiano Ronaldo MUN assist Mason Greenwood xG 0.08 · Open Play · location 90.8%, 43.9%

49' shot Mason Greenwood MUN assist Edinson Cavani xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.5%, 36.2%

56' shot Chris Wood BUR assist Wayne Hennessey xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 87.4%, 51%

58' Sub Dale Stephens BUR on for Jack Cork

62' shot Scott McTominay MUN assist Cristiano Ronaldo xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.1%, 44.1%

66' shot Ben Mee BUR assist Ashley Westwood xG 0.08 · From Corner · location 96.5%, 45.1%

66' Sub Raphaël Varane MUN on for Eric Bailly · Injury substitution

74' Sub Matěj Vydra BUR on for Aaron Lennon

78' shot Cristiano Ronaldo MUN xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76.7%, 55.7%

81' Sub Diogo Dalot MUN on for Mason Greenwood

83' shot Luke Shaw MUN xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.3%, 52.8%

84' Sub Erik Pieters BUR on for Dwight McNeil

88' shot James Tarkowski BUR assist Ashley Westwood xG 0.08 · From Corner · location 96%, 46.5%

89' shot Cristiano Ronaldo MUN xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.1%, 24.7%

90+3' Sub Fred MUN on for Cristiano Ronaldo

92' shot James Tarkowski BUR assist Wayne Hennessey xG 0.06 · Set Piece · location 93%, 47%

Shot map 29 shots · 3 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Manchester United 18 shots · 1.84 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Burnley 11 shots · 0.87 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Manchester United leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 7 wins, 1 loss, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 07 Jan 2026 · Burnley vs Manchester United · 2 - 2.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 5 after this match (30 Dec 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

07 Jan 2026

Burnley 2 - 2 Manchester United

30 Aug 2025

Manchester United 3 - 2 Burnley

27 Apr 2024

Manchester United 1 - 1 Burnley

23 Sep 2023

Burnley 0 - 1 Manchester United

08 Feb 2022

Burnley 1 - 1 Manchester United

18 Apr 2021

Manchester United 3 - 1 Burnley

12 Jan 2021

Burnley 0 - 1 Manchester United

22 Jan 2020

Manchester United 0 - 2 Burnley

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28 Dec 2019

Burnley 0 - 2 Manchester United

29 Jan 2019

Manchester United 2 - 2 Burnley

02 Sep 2018

Burnley 0 - 2 Manchester United

20 Jan 2018

Burnley 0 - 1 Manchester United

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (30 Dec 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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31 Oct 2026

Burnley 0 - 0 Portsmouth