2021–22 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
2021–22 season
Chairman	Alan Pace
Manager	Sean Dyche; (until 15 April); Mike Jackson; (caretaker manager, from 15 April)
Stadium	Turf Moor
Premier League	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Maxwel Cornet (9); All: ; Maxwel Cornet (9)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 21,361; (22 May 2022 v Newcastle United, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	League: 16,910; (14 August 2021 v Brighton); All: 7,654; (8 January 2022 v Huddersfield Town, FA Cup)

The 2021–22 season was Burnley's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League and the 140th year in their history. This season, the club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Burnley suffered poor form throughout their season and in mid-April, with the club in the relegation zone, manager Sean Dyche was sacked after nearly 10 years in charge. Under-23 manager Mike Jackson was appointed as caretaker, and results did initially pick up - however, a run of one point from the team's last four games, including a last-day 2–1 home defeat to Newcastle United, saw Burnley end the season in 18th position and condemn them to relegation to the EFL Championship for the 2022–23 season.

After the match against Liverpool on 21 August 2021 (2–0 loss), Burnley broke the Premier League record for the most consecutive games without a red card, after having no player sent off in 95 matches. This run ended at 119 games when Nathan Collins received a red card during a match against Brentford on 12 March 2022.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
24 June 2021	CB	Nathan Collins	Stoke City	£12,000,000
1 July 2021	CB	Jacob Bedeau	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer
1 July 2021	CM	Mark Helm	Manchester United	Free transfer
12 July 2021	CB	Harry Williams	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer
20 July 2021	GK	Wayne Hennessey	Crystal Palace	Free transfer
4 August 2021	RB	Ethen Vaughan	Norwich City	Free transfer
25 August 2021	RW	Aaron Lennon	Kayserispor	Free transfer
29 August 2021	LW	Maxwel Cornet	Olympique Lyonnais	£12,850,000
31 August 2021	RB	Connor Roberts	Swansea City	Undisclosed
31 January 2022	CF	Wout Weghorst	VfL Wolfsburg	£12,000,000

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
26 June 2021	GK	Marc Richter	Würzburger Kickers	Undisclosed
30 June 2021	RB	Connor Barrett	Kettering Town	Released
30 June 2021	LM	Robbie Brady	Bournemouth	Contract Expired
30 June 2021	RB	Jordan Cropper	Free agent	Released
30 June 2021	RB	Marcel Elva-Fountaine	Hayes & Yeading United	Released
30 June 2021	CM	Mace Goodridge	Chorley	Released
30 June 2021	CF	Arman Taranis	Kettering Town	Released
1 July 2021	RB	Ryan Cooney	Morecambe	Free transfer
1 July 2021	CB	Ben Gibson	Norwich City	Undisclosed
13 July 2021	CB	Jimmy Dunne	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
29 July 2021	CM	Josh Benson	Barnsley	Undisclosed
13 January 2022	CF	Chris Wood	Newcastle United	£25,000,000

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until
1 July 2021	CF	Joel Mumbongo	Accrington Stanley	End of season
20 July 2021	GK	Lukas Jensen	Carlisle United	End of season
27 July 2021	GK	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season
27 July 2021	CM	Adam Phillips	Morecambe	End of season
31 August 2021	CB	Richard Nartey	Mansfield Town	End of season
4 January 2022	CB	Jacob Bedeau	Morecambe	End of season
7 January 2022	LB	Anthony Glennon	Barrow	End of season

Pre-season friendlies

20 July 2021 Friendly	Burnley	4–0	Salford City	Burnley
BST	Rodriguez Brownhill	Report		Stadium: Barnfield Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

20 July 2021 Friendly	Burnley	2–1	Morecambe	Burnley
BST	Barnes Guðmundsson	Report	McPake	Stadium: Barnfield Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

24 July 2021 Friendly	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Burnley	Oldham
13:00 BST		Report	Rodriguez 55' Richardson 58'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,071

27 July 2021 Friendly	Blackpool	0–1	Burnley	Blackpool
19:45 BST		Report	Thomas 76'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: Michael Salisbury

31 July 2021 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Burnley	Birkenhead
13:00 BST	Knight-Percival 57'	Report	Barnes 70' McNeil 87'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors) Referee: Rob Jones

31 July 2021 Friendly	Nottingham Forest	Cancelled	Burnley	West Bridgford
15:00 BST				Stadium: City Ground
Note: Match was cancelled due to a small number of positive COVID-19 test in the Nottingham Forest squad.

3 August 2021 Friendly	Burnley	1–0	Newcastle United	Burnley
BST	Rodriguez	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

7 August 2021 Friendly	Burnley	0–2	Cádiz	Burnley
14:00 BST		Report	Calderón 45' Fernández 48'	Stadium: Turf Moor Referee: Ollie Yates

17 August 2021 Friendly	Manchester United	3–1	Burnley	Manchester
14:00 BST	Martial 14' Lingard 20' Norris 55' (o.g.)	Report	Lennon 10'	Stadium: Old Trafford

Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Everton	38	11	6	21	43	66	−23	39
17	Leeds United	38	9	11	18	42	79	−37	38
18	Burnley (R)	38	7	14	17	34	53	−19	35	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Watford (R)	38	6	5	27	34	77	−43	23
20	Norwich City (R)	38	5	7	26	23	84	−61	22

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
(R) Relegated

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	7	14	17	34	53	−19	35	5	6	8	18	25	−7	2	8	9	16	28	−12

Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	19	28	29	27	31	32	30	34	35	36	33	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L
Position	12	17	16	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	18

Source: Premier League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

14 August 2021 1	Burnley	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Burnley
15:00 BST	Tarkowski 2', 13' Guðmundsson 9'	Report	Maupay 26', 73' Mac Allister 78'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 16,910 Referee: David Coote

21 August 2021 2	Liverpool	2–0	Burnley	Liverpool
12:30 BST	Jota 18' Mané 69'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 52,591 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on BT Sport

29 August 2021 3	Burnley	1–1	Leeds United	Burnley
14:00 BST	Brownhill 20' Barnes 28' Mee 45+1' Wood 61' Lennon 90'	Report	Phillips 38' Rodrigo 53' Struijk 81' Bamford 86'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,655 Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Sky Sports

13 September 2021 4	Everton	3–1	Burnley	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Townsend 53', 65' Keane 60' Gray 66'	Report	Brownhill 47' Mee 53'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,354 Referee: Martin Atkinson

18 September 2021 5	Burnley	0–1	Arsenal	Burnley
15:00 BST	Barnes 19' Westwood 29'	Report	Ødegaard 30' Tavares 90+2'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,821 Referee: Anthony Taylor

25 September 2021 6	Leicester City	2–2	Burnley	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vestergaard 5' Vardy 37', 85' Barnes 77'	Report	Vardy 12' (o.g.) Cornet 40', 45+1' Westwood 60' Guðmundsson 69' Tarkowski 90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,650 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

2 October 2021 7	Burnley	0–0	Norwich City	Burnley
15:00 BST	Tarkowski 11' Wood 24' Lowton 25' Brownhill 33' Rodriguez 49'	Report	Normann 27' Aarons 74'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 17,427 Referee: Kevin Friend

16 October 2021 8	Manchester City	2–0	Burnley	Manchester
15:00 BST	Silva 12' Laporte 45+3' De Bruyne 70'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 52,711 Referee: Martin Atkinson

23 October 2021 9	Southampton	2–2	Burnley	Southampton
15:00 BST	Livramento 41' Broja 50' Elyounoussi 81'	Report	Cornet 13', 57' Cork 42' Rodriguez 70' Westwood 72'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 29,145 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

30 October 2021 10	Burnley	3–1	Brentford	Burnley
15:00 BST	Wood 4' Lowton 32' Cornet 36' McNeil 83'	Report	Ghoddos 72', 79'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,181 Referee: Jonathan Moss

6 November 2021 11	Chelsea	1–1	Burnley	Fulham
15:00 GMT	Havertz 33' James 76'	Report	Westwood 68' Cornet 76' Vydra 80' Tarkowski 84' Brownhill 90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,798 Referee: Andre Marriner

20 November 2021 12	Burnley	3–3	Crystal Palace	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Mee 19' Tarkowski 22' Wood 27' Cornet 49' Westwood 70'	Report	Benteke 8', 36', 59' Zaha 22' Guéhi 42' Olise 90+1'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,028 Referee: Simon Hooper

1 December 2021 14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Burnley	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT	Hwang Hee-chan 18' Kilman 86'	Report	Mee 7' Lowton 18' Rodriguez 64'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,328 Referee: John Brooks

4 December 2021 15	Newcastle United	1–0	Burnley	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Wilson 40' Manquillo 87'	Report	Collins 75'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,948 Referee: Paul Tierney

12 December 2021 16	Burnley	0–0	West Ham United	Burnley
14:00 GMT	Taylor 33' Mee 45+3'	Report	Dawson 90+3'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,065 Referee: Graham Scott

30 December 2021 20	Manchester United	3–1	Burnley	Manchester
20:15 GMT	McTominay 8' Mee 27' (o.g.) Ronaldo 35'	Report	Lennon 38'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,121 Referee: Jonathan Moss

2 January 2022 21	Leeds United	3–1	Burnley	Leeds
14:00 GMT	Roberts 10' Harrison 39' Llorente 53' Dallas 77' James 90+2'	Report	Tarkowski 28' Cornet 54'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,083 Referee: Paul Tierney

23 January 2022 23	Arsenal	0–0	Burnley	Holloway
14:00 GMT		Report	Westwood 25' Brownhill 30'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,255 Referee: David Coote

5 February 2022 17	Burnley	0–0	Watford	Burnley
18:00 GMT	Stephens 45'	Report	King 20' Cleverley 90+1'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,527 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: The match was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak on Watford's squad. It was rescheduled to 5 February 2022.

8 February 2022 24	Burnley	1–1	Manchester United	Burnley
20:00 GMT	Rodriguez 48' Pieters 74' Brownhill 77'	Report	Pogba 18' Maguire 63'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,233 Referee: Mike Dean

13 February 2022 25	Burnley	0–1	Liverpool	Burnley
14:00 GMT		Report	Henderson 26' Fabinho 40'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,239 Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 February 2022 26	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–3	Burnley	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Duffy 84'	Report	Weghorst 21' Cork 25' Brownhill 40', 87' Roberts 59' Lennon 61', 69'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,781 Referee: Kevin Friend

23 February 2022 13	Burnley	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley
19:30 GMT	Mee 71'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,488 Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 28 November 2021, was postponed due to snow.

26 February 2022 27	Crystal Palace	1–1	Burnley	Selhurst
15:00 GMT	Schlupp 9'	Report	Brownhill 30' Milivojević 46' (o.g.) Tarkowski 72'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,203 Referee: Jonathan Moss

1 March 2022 22	Burnley	0–2	Leicester City	Burnley
19:45 GMT	Weghorst 57'	Report	Maddison 82' Vardy 90' Dewsbury-Hall 90+1'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 17,825 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 15 January 2022, was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Burnley's squad.

5 March 2022 28	Burnley	0–4	Chelsea	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Barnes 84' Westwood 89'	Report	James 47' Havertz 52', 55' Pulisic 69'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,439 Referee: Andre Marriner

12 March 2022 29	Brentford	2–0	Burnley	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Toney 85', 90+4' (pen.), 86'	Report	Tarkowski 89' Collins 90+2'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 16,984 Referee: Paul Tierney

2 April 2022 31	Burnley	0–2	Manchester City	Burnley
15:00 BST	Weghorst 13'	Report	De Bruyne 5' Gündoğan 25'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,388 Referee: Craig Pawson

6 April 2022 19	Burnley	3–2	Everton	Burnley
19:30 BST	Brownhill 10' Collins 12' Rodriguez 57' Lowton 76' Cornet 85'	Report	Holgate 3' Richarlison 18' (pen.), 41' (pen.) Godfrey 54'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,830 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: The match was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Everton's squad and rescheduled to 6 April 2022.

10 April 2022 32	Norwich City	2–0	Burnley	Norwich
14:00 BST	Lees-Melou 9', 25' Pukki 86'	Report	Taylor 78'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,361 Referee: Michael Oliver

17 April 2022 33	West Ham United	1–1	Burnley	Stratford
14:15 BST	Fabiański 45' Rice 67' Souček 74'	Report	Cork 11' Weghorst 33', 67' Cornet 45+1	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,958 Referee: Paul Tierney

21 April 2022 30	Burnley	2–0	Southampton	Burnley
19:45 BST	Roberts 12' Cork 38' Collins 44' Tarkowski 73'	Report	Bednarek 73' Perraud 79'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 17,384 Referee: Stuart Attwell

24 April 2022 34	Burnley	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnley
14:00 BST	Vydra 33', 62' Taylor 77' Barnes 90+4'	Report	Neto 90+4'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,246 Referee: Anthony Taylor

30 April 2022 35	Watford	1–2	Burnley	Watford
15:00 BST	Tarkowski 8' (o.g.) Kucka 87'	Report	Tarkowski 48' Cork 83' Brownhill 86' Collins 90+1'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Craig Pawson

7 May 2022 36	Burnley	1–3	Aston Villa	Burnley
15:00 BST	Brownhill 69' Cornet 90+1'	Report	Ings 7' Digne 21' Buendía 31' Watkins 45+1', 52'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,891 Referee: David Coote

15 May 2022 37	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Burnley	Tottenham
12:00 BST	Kane 45+8' (pen.) Moura 49' Lloris 86' Kulusevski 90+4'	Report	Roberts 27' Pope 45+8'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 61,729 Referee: Kevin Friend

19 May 2022 18	Aston Villa	1–1	Burnley	Aston
20:00 BST	Buendía 48'	Report	Barnes 45' (pen.) Long 55' Lowton 90+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,468 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: The match was originally scheduled to 18 December 2021 but was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Aston Villa's squad and was rescheduled to 19 May 2022.

22 May 2022 38	Burnley	1–2	Newcastle United	Burnley
16:00 BST	Tarkowski 65' Cornet 69'	Report	Wilson 20' (pen.), 60'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,361 Referee: Craig Pawson

FA Cup

8 January 2022 Third round	Burnley	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Burnley
12:30 GMT	Rodriguez 28'	Report	Koroma 74' Pearson 87'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 7,654 Referee: Andre Marriner

EFL Cup

25 August 2021 Second round	Newcastle United	0–0 (3–4 p)	Burnley	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST		Report	Collins 79' McNeil 80'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 30,082 Referee: Oliver Langford
	Penalties
	Saint-Maximin Willock Joelinton S. Longstaff Almirón		Wood Barnes McNeil Brownhill Taylor

21 September 2021 Third round	Burnley	4–1	Rochdale	Burnley
19:45 BST	Rodriguez 50', 60', 62', 76' Tarkowski 63'	Report	Beesley 47' O'Keeffe 63' O'Connell 64'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 9,125 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

27 October 2021 Fourth round	Burnley	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley
19:45 BST	Roberts 70'	Report	Lucas 68' Son 90+4'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 14,637 Referee: Peter Bankes

Appearances and goals