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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 4, season 27)
Burnley
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Steve MANDANDA1Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Phil BARDSLEY2Kyle WALKER
Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL3Giorgio CHIELLINI
Nigel DE JONG4Luka MODRIC
Fernando Rubén GAGO5Daniele DE ROSSI
Robbie BRADY66Thomas VERMAELEN
Jon WALTERS7Francesc FABREGAS Soler
Jóhann Berg GUÐMUNDSSON787Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Fabio QUAGLIARELLA79Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Emanuele GIACCHERINI610Mario GOMEZ
Andre GRAY116Stevan JOVETIC
Manager
Chris WOOD12Danny WELBECK
Paul ROBINSON13Gregory VAN DER WIEL
Charlie TAYLOR14Aleksei BEREZUTSKY
Stephen WARD15Leighton BAINES
Fredrik Stensøe ULVESTAD16Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER

Burnley 2 Darlington 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 32,544, Stadium: Turf Moor, Referee: Martin ATKINSON 7)
24 Guðmundsson, 44 GrayScorers85 Di María
53 Giaccherini <=> UlvestadSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners5
9Fouls14
5Offsides4
9Shots on6
4Shots off10
13Total shots16
7Shots saved5
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Phil BARDSLEY
2A header by GUÐMUNDSSON at the near post was easily collected by the Darlington 'keeper.
4A delightful shot from JOVETIC was dealt with by a good block from the Burnley 'keeper.
8LLORIS blocked a clever shot from WALTERS.
12A twenty-five yard shot from QUAGLIARELLA caused the Darlington 'keeper no problem.
13The motionless MANDANDA stared in disbelief as a backpass from GAGO fell just over.
19A useful ball from WALTERS on the left bobbled toward GUÐMUNDSSON who mishit his effort wide.
22GRAY's shot beat the Darlington 'keeper but rebounded off the Darlington woodwork.
23DE JONG made space on the right and knocked the ball to GUÐMUNDSSON who fired the ball wide.
24GOAL!! Burnley's GUÐMUNDSSON beat two defenders before firing just inside LLORIS's far post. (1-0 Burnley)
25A shot from BALOTELLI was smothered by the Burnley 'keeper.
44GOAL!! An exceptional ball from GAGO left QUAGLIARELLA in the clear, he made LLORIS commit himself before knocking the ball to GRAY to score. (2-0 Burnley)
 
47The Burnley 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot.
50WALTERS rushed a simple chance.
59A cross from GOMEZ left CHIELLINI in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
61A pin-point pass was collected by BALOTELLI and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
71JOVETIC headed over.
73A shot from GOMEZ held little difficulty for MANDANDA.
81CHIELLINI blasted a right foot shot wide from long range.
85GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from CHIELLINI caught the Burnley defence napping and DI MARÍA raced through to round the 'keeper and score. (2-1 Burnley)
87DI MARÍA's shot was well saved by MANDANDA.
89DI MARÍA dribbled away from BRADY and rattled a tame shot over the bar.
90MODRIC flicked a simple chance past the lefthand post.