Burnley beats Swansea City 2-1 with I. Maatsen scoring 2 goals
SWANSEA. Burnley beat Swansea City to win 2-1. I. Maatsen was the key to score 2 goals.
SWANSEA. Burnley defeated Swansea City to win 2-1. I. Maatsen was the key to score 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Burnley to strike first with a goal of Ian Maatsen at the 12′. Then Ian Maatsen scored again for Burnley in the 22′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Eventually, Oliver Cooper reduced the distance for Swansea City with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Swansea City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Swansea.com Stadium stadium in Swansea on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Langford with the support of Jonathan Hunt and Lee Venamore. The 4th official was Samuel Allison. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 5.6 degrees Celsius or 41.99 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 81%.
Match Statistics
Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Burnley was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Swansea City was more aggressive with 32 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Burnley was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Swansea City shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Burnley shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Swansea City received 3 yellow cards (Harry Darling, Joe Allen and Joel Latibeaudiere). On the other side, Burnley received 5 yellow cards (Josh Brownhill, Jordan Beyer, Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson, Ashley Barnes and Benson Manuel Hedilazio).
After playing this match, Swansea City will stay with 35 points like West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Burnley will have 53 points to stay in the 1st place.
Match Events
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12'12'
Harry Darling
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12'12'
Ian Maatsen
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22'22'
Ian Maatsen
Nathan Tella
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27'27'
Oliver Cooper
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41'41'
Josh Brownhill
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45'45'
Joe Allen
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54'54'
Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
Anass Zaroury
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58'58'
Luke Cundle
Jay Fulton
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58'58'
Jordan Beyer
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59'59'
Olivier Ntcham
Joe Allen
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70'70'
Benson Manuel Hedilazio
Nathan Tella
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78'78'
Cameron Congreve
Liam Cullen
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79'79'
Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
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79'79'
Joel Latibeaudiere
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85'85'
Matthew Sorinola
Oliver Cooper
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88'88'
Ashley Barnes
Jay Rodríguez
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90'90'
Ashley Barnes
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90'90'
Benson Manuel Hedilazio
Next match
In the upcoming Championship match, Swansea City will play away with Sunderland on the 14th of January with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Swansea City (6 draws).
Burnley will host Coventry City on the 14th of January with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Burnley (3 draws).
Swansea City: Formation and Lineups
Swansea City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Russell Martin chose to play with the following team: Steven-Andreas Benda , Joel Latibeaudiere , Ben Cabango , Harry Darling , Ryan Manning , Joe Allen , Matt Grimes , Jay Fulton , Joël Piroe , Oliver Cooper and Liam Cullen .
Substitutes
Swansea City made 4 changes: Jay Fulton for Luke Cundle (58′), Joe Allen for Olivier Ntcham (59′), Liam Cullen for Cameron Congreve (78′) and Oliver Cooper for Matthew Sorinola (85′).
Top player: Oliver Cooper
The player who no doubt impressed Swansea City the most was Oliver Cooper.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.
Burnley: Formation and Lineups
Also Burnley adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Vincent Kompany played with: Arijanet Murić , Connor Roberts , Taylor Harwood-Bellis , Jordan Beyer , Ian Maatsen , Jack Cork , Josh Cullen , Nathan Tella , Josh Brownhill , Anass Zaroury and Jay Rodriguez .
Substitutes
Burnley made 3 changes: Anass Zaroury for Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (54′), Nathan Tella for Benson Manuel Hedilazio (70′) and Jay Rodríguez for Ashley Barnes (88′).
Top player: Ian Maatsen
Probably the most impressive player in Burnley was Ian Maatsen.
His rating is with 2 goals, 42 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.
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