Burnley v Swansea City, 13 August 2016

Score1-0 to Swansea City
RefereeJonathan Moss
CompetitionPremier League
VenueTurf Moor
Attendance19,126
Kick-off: 3.00pm Swansea City had now won five of the last six league meetings.

Goals:

Goals:

Leroy Fer 82 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Michael Keane
Defender Matt Lowton
Defender Ben Mee
Defender/Midfielder Stephen Ward
Midfielder Scott Arfield
Midfielder David Jones
Midfielder Dean Marney
Midfielder/Forward George Boyd
Forward Andre Gray
Forward Sam Vokes

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Jordi Amat Defender
Stephen Kingsley Defender
Jack Cork Defender/Midfielder
Kyle Naughton Defender/Midfielder
Leon Britton Midfielder
Leroy Fer Midfielder
Wayne Routledge Midfielder
Modou Barrow Forward

Substitutions:

Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson for Scott Arfield 75
Lukas Jutkiewicz for David Jones 87

Substitutions:

Gylfi Sigurdsson for Leon Britton 60
Jefferson Montero for Modou Barrow 64
Angel Rangel for Wayne Routledge 87

Cards:

David Jones 42 Y
Stephen Ward 67 Y
Matt Lowton 80 Y

Cards:

Jordi Amat 53 Y
Federico Fernández 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson
Defender James Tarkowski
Defender/Midfielder Tendayi Darikwa
Midfielder Fredrik Ulvestad
Midfielder/Forward Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
Midfielder/Forward Michael Kightly

On the bench:

Defender/Right back Angel Rangel
Midfielder Jay Fulton
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Dyer
Midfielder/Forward Jefferson Montero
Midfielder/Forward Gylfi Sigurdsson

Comments:

Newly-promoted Burnley had now failed to score in eight of their last ten Premier League games. This was the Clarets' first league defeat in 2016 as they were unbeaten in their last 23 games in the League championship. They had now failed to score in only two of their last 19 opening day league fixtures.

Comments:

Swansea City were now unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games played in the month of August (won six). This was the first time that the Swans had kept a clean sheet in a Premier League away game in 2016 (played 11). This will be the ninth time in the last ten seasons that they had begun their league campaign with an away game.

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Michael Keane
Defender Matt Lowton
Defender Ben Mee
Defender/Midfielder Stephen Ward
Midfielder Scott Arfield
Midfielder David Jones
Midfielder Dean Marney
Midfielder/Forward George Boyd
Forward Andre Gray
Forward Sam Vokes

Substitutions:

Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson for Scott Arfield 75
Lukas Jutkiewicz for David Jones 87

Cards:

David Jones 42 Y
Stephen Ward 67 Y
Matt Lowton 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson
Defender James Tarkowski
Defender/Midfielder Tendayi Darikwa
Midfielder Fredrik Ulvestad
Midfielder/Forward Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
Midfielder/Forward Michael Kightly

Comments:

Newly-promoted Burnley had now failed to score in eight of their last ten Premier League games. This was the Clarets' first league defeat in 2016 as they were unbeaten in their last 23 games in the League championship. They had now failed to score in only two of their last 19 opening day league fixtures.

Goals:

Leroy Fer 82 G

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Jordi Amat Defender
Stephen Kingsley Defender
Jack Cork Defender/Midfielder
Kyle Naughton Defender/Midfielder
Leon Britton Midfielder
Leroy Fer Midfielder
Wayne Routledge Midfielder
Modou Barrow Forward

Substitutions:

Gylfi Sigurdsson for Leon Britton 60
Jefferson Montero for Modou Barrow 64
Angel Rangel for Wayne Routledge 87

Cards:

Jordi Amat 53 Y
Federico Fernández 90 Y

On the bench:

Defender/Right back Angel Rangel
Midfielder Jay Fulton
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Dyer
Midfielder/Forward Jefferson Montero
Midfielder/Forward Gylfi Sigurdsson

Comments:

Swansea City were now unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games played in the month of August (won six). This was the first time that the Swans had kept a clean sheet in a Premier League away game in 2016 (played 11). This will be the ninth time in the last ten seasons that they had begun their league campaign with an away game.