Burnley face relegation after Newcastle humbling

Callum Wilson scores for Newcastle

Burnley are staring at a second Premier League relegation in three seasons after being humbled at Turf Moor by a rampant Newcastle United.

Vincent Kompany’s men won the Championship last term and had a glimmer of survival hope before Saturday’s game, but following this wretched collapse at home and Nottingham Forest’s 3-1 win at Sheffield United, they sit five points from safety with two games remaining.

The Clarets started brightly but could not capitalise as Jacob Bruun Larsen’s effort in the third minute was smothered by Martin Dubravka, while Kompany was left incensed after referee Anthony Taylor did not award a penalty for Bruno Guimaraes’ shove on Lorenz Assignon in the box.

The visitors took the lead with their first attack of the game as Callum Wilson reacted quickest to slot in after Arijanet Muric parried Alexander Isak’s effort back into the danger area.

Eddie Howe’s men looked devastating each time they poured forward and took total control by netting twice more before half-time courtesy of first-time finishes by Sean Longstaff and Guimaraes.

Josh Brownhill tugged Anthony Gordon’s shirt in the box in the second half and though Isak’s penalty was saved by Muric, the Swede lashed in soon after for his 20th league goal of the campaign.

Dara O’Shea’s header gave Burnley a late consolation goal but Newcastle’s emphatic victory moves them up a place to sixth, two points ahead of Manchester United who travel to Crystal Palace on Monday (kick-off 20:00 BST).

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Burnley

Starting XI

  1. Squad number49Player nameMuric

    Average rating

    4.90

  2. Squad number20Player nameAssignon

    Average rating

    4.63

  3. Squad number2Player nameO’Shea

    Average rating

    6.06

  4. Squad number33Player nameEsteve

    Average rating

    4.07

  5. Squad number22Player nameVitinho

    Average rating

    4.18

  6. Squad number24Player nameCullen

    Average rating

    4.26

  7. Squad number16Player nameBerge

    Average rating

    4.26

  8. Squad number47Player nameOdobert

    Average rating

    4.26

  9. Squad number8Player nameBrownhill

    Average rating

    4.23

  10. Squad number34Player nameBruun Larsen

    Average rating

    4.20

  11. Squad number17Player nameFoster

    Average rating

    4.19

Substitutes

  1. Squad number7Player nameGudmundsson

    Average rating

    4.70

  2. Squad number18Player nameEkdal

    Average rating

    4.09

  3. Squad number23Player nameFofana

    Average rating

    4.85

  4. Squad number25Player nameAmdouni

    Average rating

    4.51

Newcastle United

Starting XI

  1. Squad number1Player nameDúbravka

    Average rating

    7.98

  2. Squad number21Player nameLivramento

    Average rating

    8.30

  3. Squad number17Player nameKrafth

    Average rating

    8.02

  4. Squad number33Player nameBurn

    Average rating

    8.31

  5. Squad number20Player nameHall

    Average rating

    8.32

  6. Squad number23Player nameMurphy

    Average rating

    8.24

  7. Squad number36Player nameS Longstaff

    Average rating

    4.46

  8. Squad number39Player nameBruno Guimarães

    Average rating

    8.69

  9. Squad number10Player nameGordon

    Average rating

    8.67

  10. Squad number9Player nameWilson

    Average rating

    8.45

  11. Squad number14Player nameIsak

    Average rating

    8.52

Substitutes

  1. Squad number7Player nameJoelinton

    Average rating

    8.25

  2. Squad number11Player nameRitchie

    Average rating

    7.25

  3. Squad number15Player nameBarnes

    Average rating

    8.03

  4. Squad number24Player nameAlmirón

    Average rating

    7.88

  5. Squad number32Player nameAnderson

    Average rating

    7.94

Line-ups

Burnley

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 49Muric
  • 20Assignon
  • 2O’Shea
  • 33EsteveBooked at 37minsSubstituted forEkdalat 45+1′minutes
  • 22da Silva
  • 24Cullen
  • 16Berge
  • 47Odobert
  • 8BrownhillBooked at 51minsSubstituted forAmdouniat 85′minutes
  • 34Bruun LarsenSubstituted forGudmundssonat 62′minutes
  • 17FosterSubstituted forFofanaat 85′minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Trafford
  • 3Taylor
  • 7Gudmundsson
  • 9Rodríguez
  • 10Manuel
  • 18Ekdal
  • 23Fofana
  • 25Amdouni
  • 31Trésor

Newcastle

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Dúbravka
  • 21Livramento
  • 17Krafth
  • 33Burn
  • 20Hall
  • 23MurphySubstituted forAndersonat 69′minutesBooked at 72mins
  • 36S LongstaffSubstituted forJoelintonat 77′minutes
  • 39Bruno Guimarães
  • 10GordonSubstituted forRitchieat 85′minutes
  • 9WilsonBooked at 18minsSubstituted forBarnesat 69′minutes
  • 14IsakSubstituted forAlmirónat 77′minutes

Substitutes

  • 3Dummett
  • 7Joelinton
  • 11Ritchie
  • 15Barnes
  • 22Pope
  • 24Almirón
  • 32Anderson
  • 40White
  • 54Murphy

Referee:
Anthony Taylor

Attendance:
21,781

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Match ends, Burnley 1, Newcastle United 4.