2019–20 Burnley F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Burnley's 138th competitive season, their fourth consecutive in the Premier League and their 57th in top flight English football.^[1] Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Burnley

2019–20 season
Chairman	Mike Garlick
Manager	Sean Dyche
Stadium	Turf Moor
Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Wood (14) All: Chris Wood (14)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 21,924 (28 December 2019 v Manchester United, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	League: 18,227 (22 February 2020 v Bournemouth) All: 7,445 (28 August 2019 v Sunderland, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	20,260
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020.

Pre-season

Pre-season match details

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
12 July 2019	Fulham	N[a]	W	1–0	Wood 70' pen.		[2]
16 July 2019	Accrington Stanley	H[b]	W	8–0	Rodriguez (2), Wood (3), McNeil, Dunne, Pieters		[3]
16 July 2019	Tranmere Rovers	H[b]	L	2–3	Vydra (2)		[3]
20 July 2019	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	0–1			[4]
20 July 2019	Port Vale	A	W	3–1	Brady 53', 84', Vydra 81'	1,272	[5][6]
23 July 2019	Fleetwood Town	A	W	2–0	Koiki 44', Wood 58'		[7]
27 July 2019	Wigan Athletic	A	D	2–2	Rodriguez 5', McNeil 11'		[8]
30 July 2019	Nice	H	W	6–1	Wood 3', 8', 63', Hendrick 18', Guðmundsson 34', Rodriguez 81'	4,247	[9]
3 August 2019	Parma	H	W	2–0	Rodriguez 52', 56'	4,846	[10]

1. Match played at Quinta do Lago, Algarve, Portugal
2. Match played at Barnfield Training Centre, Padiham

Competitions

Premier League

One-off fourth kit was used vs West Ham (8 July).

Main article: 2019–20 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Arsenal	38	14	14	10	56	48	+8	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
9	Sheffield United	38	14	12	12	39	39	0	54
10	Burnley	38	15	9	14	43	50	−7	54
11	Southampton	38	15	7	16	51	60	−9	52
12	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	56	−12	49

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^[11]
Notes:

1. Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 FA Cup winners.

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
38	15	9	14	43	50	−7	54	8	4	7	24	23	+1	7	5	7	19	27	−8

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: Premier League

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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L
Position	5	10	6	12	13	7	10	5	8	11	14	9	6	8	11	13	12	10	12	13	15	15	14	13	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2020. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Premier League match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
10 August 2019	4th	Southampton	H	W	3–0	Barnes 63', 70', Guðmundsson 75'	19,784	[12]
17 August 2019	10th	Arsenal	A	L	1–2	Barnes 43'	60,214	[13]
25 August 2019	6th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	D	1–1	Barnes 13'	30,522	[14]
31 August 2019	12th	Liverpool	H	L	0–3		21,762	[15]
14 September 2019	14th	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	D	1–1	Hendrick 90+1'	29,398	[16]
21 September 2019	12th	Norwich City	H	W	2–0	Wood 10', 14'	19,712	[17]
28 September 2019	11th	Aston Villa	A	D	2–2	Rodriguez 68', Wood 81'	41,546	[18]
5 October 2019	7th	Everton	H	W	1–0	Hendrick 72'	20,650	[19]
19 October 2019	8th	Leicester City	A	L	1–2	Wood 26'	32,105	[20]
26 October 2019	13th	Chelsea	H	L	2–4	Rodriguez 86', McNeil 89'	20,975	[21]
2 November 2019	14th	Sheffield United	A	L	0–3		31,131	[22]
9 November 2019	9th	West Ham United	H	W	3–0	Barnes 11', Wood 44', Roberto 54' (o.g.)	20,255	[23]
23 November 2019	6th	Watford	A	W	3–0	Wood 53', Barnes 82' (pen.), Tarkowski 88'	19,711	[24]
30 November 2019	8th	Crystal Palace	H	L	0–2		19,818	[25]
3 December 2019	8th	Manchester City	H	L	1–4	Brady 89'	20,101	[26]
7 December 2019	13th	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L	0–5		58,401	[27]
14 December 2019	12th	Newcastle United	H	W	1–0	Wood 58'	19,798	[28]
21 December 2019	10th	Bournemouth	A	W	1–0	Rodriguez 89'	10,020	[29]
26 December 2019	12th	Everton	A	L	0–1		39,177	[30]
28 December 2019	13th	Manchester United	H	L	0–2		21,924	[31]
1 January 2020	15th	Aston Villa	H	L	1–2	Wood 80'	19,561	[32]
11 January 2020	15th	Chelsea	A	L	0–3		40,396	[33]
19 January 2020	14th	Leicester City	H	W	2–1	Wood 56', Westwood 79'	19,788	[34]
22 January 2020	13th	Manchester United	A	W	2–0	Wood 39', Rodriguez 56'	73,198	[35]
2 February 2020	11th	Arsenal	H	D	0–0		21,048	[36]
15 February 2020	10th	Southampton	A	W	2–1	Westwood 2', Vydra 60'	26,302	[37]
22 February 2020	8th	Bournemouth	H	W	3–0	Vydra 53', Rodriguez 61' pen., McNeil 87'	18,227	[38]
29 February 2020	9th	Newcastle United	A	D	0–0		52,219	[39]
7 March 2020	10th	Tottenham Hotspur	H	D	1–1	Wood 13'	20,496	[40]
22 June 2020[a]	11th	Manchester City	A	L	0–5		0	[43]
25 June 2020[b]	11th	Watford	H	W	1–0	Rodriguez 73'	0	[44]
29 June 2020[c]	8th	Crystal Palace	A	W	1–0	Mee 62'	0	[46]
5 July 2020[d]	9th	Sheffield United	H	D	1–1	Tarkowski 43'	0	[48]
8 July 2020[e]	9th	West Ham United	A	W	1–0	Rodriguez 38'	0	[50]
11 July 2020[f]	9th	Liverpool	A	D	1–1	Rodriguez 69'	0	[51]
15 July 2020[g]	10th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	D	1–1	Wood 90+6' pen.	0	[53]
18 July 2020[h]	9th	Norwich City	A	W	2–0	Wood 45+5', Godfrey 80' o.g.	0	[54]
26 July 2020[i]	10th	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	L	1–2	Wood 44'	0	[55]

1. The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[41] It was rescheduled to 22 June.^[42]
2. The match was postponed on 13 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[41] and rescheduled to 25 June.^[42]
3. The match was postponed on 19 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[45] and rescheduled to 29 June.^[42]
4. The match was postponed on 19 March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[45] and rescheduled to 5 July.^[47]
5. The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[49] and rescheduled to 8 July.^[47]
6. The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[49] and rescheduled to 11 July.^[47]
7. The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[49] and rescheduled to 15 July.^[52]
8. The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[49] and rescheduled to 18 July.^[52]
9. The match was postponed on 3 April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,^[49] and rescheduled to 26 July.^[52]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Third round	4 January 2020	Peterborough United	H	W	4–2	Rodriguez 8', 52', Pieters 15', Hendrick 23'	8,043	[56]
Fourth round	25 January 2020	Norwich City	H	L	1–2	Pieters 72'	8,071	[57]

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first round matches.^[58]

EFL Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Second round	28 August 2019	Sunderland	H	L	1–3	Rodriguez 11'	7,445	[59]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	RB		Joel Senior	Curzon Ashton	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[60]
8 July 2019	LB		Erik Pieters	Stoke City	Undisclosed	First team	[61]
9 July 2019	ST		Jay Rodriguez	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	First team	[62]
15 July 2019	RB		Ryan Cooney	Bury	Free transfer	Under-23s	[63]
2 August 2019	GK		Bailey Peacock-Farrell	Leeds United	Undisclosed	First team	[64]
2 August 2019	DM		Adam Phillips	Free agent	Free transfer	Under-23s	[65]
16 September 2019	GK		Lukas Jensen	Hellerup	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[66]
8 October 2019	CF		Joel Mumbongo	Hellas Verona	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[67]
28 January 2020	CF		Henri Ogunby	Manchester City	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[68]
30 January 2020	CM		Josh Brownhill	Bristol City	Undisclosed	First team	[69]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Team	Ref.
8 August 2019	CM		Danny Drinkwater	Chelsea	6 January 2020	First team	[70]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	CM		Aiden O'Neill	Brisbane Roar	30 June 2020	First team	[71]
8 August 2019	CF		Nahki Wells	Queens Park Rangers	30 June 2020	First team	[72]
23 August 2019	CB		Teddy Perkins	Ramsbottom United	1 January 2020	Under-23s	[73]
2 September 2019	CB		Jimmy Dunne	Fleetwood Town	1 January 2020	Under-23s	[74][75]
11 October 2019	GK		Harry Allen	Curzon Ashton	November 2019	Under-23s	[76]
30 November 2019	LB		Finlay Armstrong	Clitheroe	January 2020	Academy	[77]
1 January 2020	MF		Olatunde Bayode	Curzon Ashton	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[78]
1 January 2020	ST		Will Harris	Warrington Town	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[79]
2 January 2020	RB		Ryan Cooney	Morecambe	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[80]
2 January 2020	MF		Christian N'Guessan	Oldham Athletic	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[81]
2 January 2020	DM		Adam Phillips	Morecambe	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[80]
3 January 2020	DF		Scott Wilson	Blyth Spartans	30 June 2020	Academy	[82]
7 January 2020	LB		Anthony Glennon	Grimsby Town	30 June 2020	Academy	[83]
10 January 2020	RB		Jordan Cropper	Chesterfield	30 June 2020	Academy	[84]
16 January 2020	CM		Josh Benson	Grimsby Town	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[85]
30 January 2020	CF		Robert Harker	Hartlepool United	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[86]
13 February 2020	CB		Ollie Younger	St Patrick's Athletic	31 July 2020	Under-23s	[87]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	CM		Marley Blair	Free agent	Released	Under-23s	[88]
1 July 2019	GK		Adam Bruce	Free agent	Released	Academy	[89]
1 July 2019	RW		Tinashe Chakwana	Free agent	Released	Under-23s	[88]
1 July 2019	CB		James Clarke	Mansfield Town	Released	Under-23s	[88][90]
1 July 2019	CF		Peter Crouch	Retired		First team	[89]
1 July 2019	CB		Ed Cook	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Released	Under-23s	[89][91]
1 July 2019	CM		Mark Howarth	Free agent	Released	Under-23s	[88]
1 July 2019	GK		Anders Lindegaard	Helsingborg	Released	First team	[89][92]
1 July 2019	CF		Ntumba Massanka	Chorley	Released	Under-23s	[89]
1 July 2019	GK		Conor Mitchell	Larne	Released	Under-23s	[89][93]
1 July 2019	GK		Aidan Stone	Mansfield Town	Released	Under-23s	[88][94]
1 July 2019	CB		Richard Taylor	Southend United	Free transfer	Academy	[95]
1 July 2019	RW		Jonathan Walters	Retired		First team	[89]
1 July 2019	LB		Stephen Ward	Stoke City	Released	First team	[89][96]
1 August 2019	GK		Tom Heaton	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	First team	[97]
10 August 2019	CF		Dan Agyei	Oxford United	Compensation	Under-23s	[98]
3 September 2019	CM		Steven Defour	Royal Antwerp	Contract cancelled	First team	[99][100]
30 January 2020	CF		Nahki Wells	Bristol City	Undisclosed	First team	[101]

Appearances and goals

Source:^[102]

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 2019–20 season

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Nick Pope	38	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Matthew Lowton	17	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	19 (1)	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Charlie Taylor	22 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	23 (3)	0	3	0
4	MF	ENG	Jack Cork	30	0	2	0	0	0	32	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	James Tarkowski	38	2	2	0	0	0	40	2	10	0
6	DF	ENG	Ben Mee	32	1	0	0	0	0	32	0	7	0
7	MF	ISL	Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson	6 (6)	1	1	0	0	0	7 (6)	1	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Danny Drinkwater * †	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Josh Brownhill	9 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	9 (1)	0	2	0
9	FW	NZL	Chris Wood	29 (3)	14	2	0	0 (1)	0	31 (4)	14	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Ashley Barnes	17 (2)	6	0	0	0	0	17 (2)	6	4	0
11	MF	ENG	Dwight McNeil	38	2	0 (1)	0	1	0	39 (1)	2	5	0
12	MF	IRL	Robbie Brady	5 (12)	1	1	0	0	0	6 (12)	1	1	0
13	MF	IRL	Jeff Hendrick †	22 (2)	2	1 (1)	1	1	0	24 (3)	3	8	0
14	DF	ENG	Ben Gibson	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	GK	NIR	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	BEL	Steven Defour †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Ashley Westwood	35	2	1 (1)	0	0	0	36 (1)	2	9	0
19	FW	ENG	Jay Rodriguez	20 (16)	8	2	2	1	1	23 (16)	11	1	0
20	GK	ENG	Joe Hart †	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
23	DF	NED	Erik Pieters	21 (3)	0	2	2	0	0	23 (3)	2	2	0
25	MF	ENG	Aaron Lennon †	4 (12)	0	2	0	1	0	7 (12)	0	4	0
26	DF	SCO	Phil Bardsley	21	0	0	0	1	0	22	0	6	0
27	FW	CZE	Matěj Vydra	7 (12)	2	0 (2)	0	1	0	8 (14)	2	0	0
28	DF	IRL	Kevin Long	6 (2)	0	2	0	1	0	9 (2)	0	1	0
30	GK	ENG	Adam Legzdins †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ENG	Max Thompson	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
34	DF	IRL	Jimmy Dunne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Bobby Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	ENG	Lewis Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	DEN	Lukas Jensen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	ENG	Josh Benson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	ENG	Ali Koiki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	FW	SWE	Joel Mumbongo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0