Match Report
The table gap was wide: 42 points between Burnley (2nd, 100 pts) and Sheffield Wednesday (12th, 58 pts). Sheffield Wednesday had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 12th in the table. Per game in the league, Burnley were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.35, Sheffield Wednesday 1.3 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Burnley carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 5 for Burnley, 1 for Sheffield Wednesday and 3 drawn, at 2.67 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 11% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Turf Moor in Burnley, with room for 21,944 spectators. On the scoreboard, Burnley led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-0.
Goal scorers
Burnley: Marcus Edwards (43'), Josh Brownhill (62'), Connor Roberts (70'), Manuel Benson (90')