2018–19 Burnley F.C. season
# 2018–19 Burnley F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Burnley's 137th competitive season, their third consecutive in the Premier League and their 56th in top flight English football. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League. This was the club's first qualification to a European competition in 51 years.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Match details

### Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 45 |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 45 |
| 15 | Burnley | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 40 |
| 16 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 39 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 36 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 12 May 2019. Source: Premier League

**Matches**

Premier League match details :

| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 August 2018 | 11th | Southampton | A | D | 0–0 | | 30,784 |
| 19 August 2018 | 15th | Watford | H | L | 1–3 | Tarkowski 6' | 18,822 |
| 26 August 2018 | 18th | Fulham | A | L | 2–4 | Hendrick 10', Tarkowski 41' | 23,438 |
| 2 September 2018 | 19th | Manchester United | H | L | 0–2 | | 21,525 |
| 16 September 2018 | 20th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | L | 0–1 | | 30,406 |
| 22 September 2018 | 16th | AFC Bournemouth | H | W | 4–0 | Vydra 39', Lennon 41', Barnes 83', 88' | 18,636 |
| 30 September 2018 | 12th | Cardiff City | A | W | 2–1 | Guðmundsson 51', Vokes 70' | 30,411 |
| 6 October 2018 | 12th | Huddersfield Town | H | D | 1–1 | Vokes 20' | 20,533 |
| 20 October 2018 | 13th | Manchester City | A | L | 0–5 | | 54,094 |
| 28 October 2018 | 15th | Chelsea | H | L | 0–4 | | 21,430 |
| 3 November 2018 | 15th | West Ham United | A | L | 2–4 | Guðmundsson 45', Wood 77' | 56,862 |
| 10 November 2018 | 15th | Leicester City | A | D | 0–0 | | 32,184 |
| 26 November 2018 | 17th | Newcastle United | H | L | 1–2 | Vokes 40' | 20,628 |
| 1 December 2018 | 19th | Crystal Palace | A | L | 0–2 | | 25,098 |
| 5 December 2018 | 19th | Liverpool | H | L | 1–3 | Cork 54' | 21,741 |
| 8 December 2018 | 17th | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | W | 1–0 | Tarkowski 40' | 18,497 |
| 15 December 2018 | 17th | Tottenham Hotspur | A | L | 0–1 | | 41,645 |
| 22 December 2018 | 18th | Arsenal | A | L | 1–3 | Barnes 63' | 59,493 |
| 26 December 2018 | 18th | Everton | H | L | 1–5 | Gibson 36' | 21,484 |
| 30 December 2018 | 18th | West Ham United | H | W | 2–0 | Wood 15', McNeil 34' | 20,933 |
| 2 January 2019 | 16th | Huddersfield Town | A | W | 2–1 | Wood 40', Barnes 74' | 23,715 |
| 12 January 2019 | 15th | Fulham | H | W | 2–1 | Hendrick 20', Odoi 23' (o.g.) | 19,316 |
| 19 January 2019 | 16th | Watford | A | D | 0–0 | | 19,510 |
| 29 January 2019 | 15th | Manchester United | A | D | 2–2 | Barnes 51', Wood 81' | 74,529 |
| 2 February 2019 | 17th | Southampton | H | D | 1–1 | Barnes 90+4' (pen.) | 19,787 |
| 9 February 2019 | 15th | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | W | 3–1 | Wood (2) 26', 61', Barnes 74' (pen.) | 29,323 |
| 23 February 2019 | 13th | Tottenham Hotspur | H | W | 2–1 | Wood 57', Barnes 83' | 21,338 |
| 26 February 2019 | 15th | Newcastle United | A | L | 0–2 | | 48,323 |
| 2 March 2019 | 16th | Crystal Palace | H | L | 1–3 | Barnes 90' | 19,223 |
| 10 March 2019 | 17th | Liverpool | A | L | 2–4 | Westwood 6', Guðmundsson 90+1' | 53,310 |
| 16 March 2019 | 17th | Leicester City | H | L | 1–2 | McNeil 38' | 20,719 |
| 30 March 2019 | 17th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | W | 2–0 | Coady 2' (o.g.), McNeil 77' | 20,990 |
| 6 April 2019 | 14th | AFC Bournemouth | A | W | 3–1 | Wood 18', Westwood 30', Barnes 56' | 10,446 |
| 13 April 2019 | 14th | Cardiff City | H | W | 2–0 | Wood (2) 31', 90+2' | 21,480 |
| 22 April 2019 | 15th | Chelsea | A | D | 2–2 | Hendrick 8', Barnes 24' | 40,642 |
| 28 April 2019 | 15th | Manchester City | H | L | 0–1 | | 21,605 |
| 3 May 2019 | 15th | Everton | A | L | 0–2 | | 39,303 |
| 12 May 2019 | 15th | Arsenal | H | L | 1–3 | Barnes 65' | 21,461 |

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.

FA Cup match details :

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Third round | 5 January 2019 | Barnsley | H | W | 1–0 | Wood 90+2' (pen.) | 11,053 | |
| Fourth round | 26 January 2019 | Manchester City | A | L | 0–5 | | 50,121 | |

### EFL Cup

EFL Cup match details :

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Third round | 25 September 2018 | Burton Albion | A | L | 1–2 | Long 40' | 2,449 | |

### UEFA Europa League

**Qualifying stage**

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round match details :

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Second qualifying round first leg | 26 July 2018 | Aberdeen | A | D | 1–1 | Vokes 80' | 20,313 |
| Second qualifying round second leg | 2 August 2018 | Aberdeen | H | W | 3–1 (a.e.t.), 4–2 agg. | Wood 6', Cork 101', Barnes 114' (pen.) | 17,404 |
| Third qualifying round first leg | 9 August 2018 | İstanbul Başakşehir | A | D | 0–0 | | 4,503 |
| Third qualifying round second leg | 16 August 2018 | İstanbul Başakşehir | H | W | 1–0 (a.e.t.), 1–0 agg. | Cork 98' | 16,583 |
| Play-off round first leg | 23 August 2018 | Olympiacos | A | L | 1–3 | Wood 33' (pen.) | 25,010 |
| Play-off round second leg | 30 August 2018 | Olympiacos | H | D | 1–1, 2–4 agg. | Vydra 86' | 15,234 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 July 2018 | Josh Benson | Arsenal | Free |
| 3 July 2018 | Ed Cook | | Free |
| 3 July 2018 | Anthony Glennon | Liverpool | Free |
| 3 July 2018 | Robert Harker | Bury | Free |
| 3 July 2018 | Teddy Perkins | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 4 July 2018 | Mace Goodridge | Newcastle United | Free |
| 31 July 2018 | Vinnie Steels | York City | Free |
| 5 August 2018 | Ben Gibson | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2018 | Joe Hart | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2018 | Matěj Vydra | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2018 | George McMahon | Rotherham United | Free |
| 31 January 2019 | Peter Crouch | Stoke City | Part exchange |

    † Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Burnley.

### Out

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 | Tom Anderson | Doncaster Rovers | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | Scott Arfield | Rangers | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | Arlen Birch | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | Josh Ginnelly | Walsall | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | Bradley Jackson | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | Harry Limb | King's Lynn Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | Chris Long | Fleetwood Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | Dean Marney | Fleetwood Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | Khius Metz | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | Rahis Nabi | Alvechurch | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | Jamie Thomas | Free agent | Released |
| 5 July 2018 | Jordan Barnett | Barnsley | Free |
| 31 August 2018 | Connor King | Chester | Free |
| 31 January 2019 | Sam Vokes | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 20 March 2019 | Michael Fowler | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Player | Club | Return |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 July 2018 | Conor Mitchell | St Johnstone | 30 January 2019 |
| 27 July 2018 | Aidan Stone | Lancaster City | January 2018 |
| 15 August 2018 | Aiden O'Neill | Central Coast Mariners | End of season |
| 21 August 2018 | Jimmy Dunne | Hearts | 7 January 2019 |
| 23 August 2018 | Nahki Wells | Queens Park Rangers | End of season |
| 30 August 2018 | Ntumba Massanka | Dover Athletic | January 2019 |
| 30 August 2018 | Jonathan Walters | Ipswich Town | January 2019 |
| 6 September 2018 | Michael Fowler | Padiham | Work experience |
| 19 November 2018 | Bobby Thomas | Kendal Town | 22 December 2018 |
| 19 November 2018 | Kian Yari | Kendal Town | 22 December 2018 |
| 9 January 2019 | Jimmy Dunne | Sunderland | End of season |
| 9 January 2019 | Ntumba Massanka | R.W.D. Molenbeek | End of season |
| 10 January 2019 | Ali Koiki | Swindon Town | End of season |
| 18 January 2019 | George McMahon | Ashton United | End of season |
| 30 January 2019 | Conor Mitchell | Linfield | End of season |

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.
    Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players contracted for the 2018–19 season :

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | UEL | UEL | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Tom Heaton | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Matthew Lowton | 19 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 (2) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Charlie Taylor | 35 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 41 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Jack Cork | 37 | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 2 | 41 (4) | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | James Tarkowski | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 40 (2) | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Mee | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 19 (10) | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 24 (12) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Sam Vokes † | 10 (10) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (3) | 1 | 14 (14) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ashley Barnes | 26 (11) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 30 (13) | 13 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood | 29 (9) | 10 | 0 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 2 | 33 (13) | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Robbie Brady | 6 (10) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (10) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | IRL | Jeff Hendrick | 25 (7) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 32 (9) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Ben Gibson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Peter Crouch | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Steven Defour | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ashley Westwood | 31 (3) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 (4) | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IRL | Jonathan Walters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | ENG | Joe Hart | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BER | Nahki Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | DEN | Anders Lindegaard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Stephen Ward | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lennon | 14 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 18 (4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Phil Bardsley | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra | 3 (10) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 6 (11) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 5 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ENG | Nick Pope | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Adam Legzdins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Dwight McNeil | 19 (2) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 23 (3) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Dan Agyei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | NIR | Conor Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Ali Koiki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Anthony Glennon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | ENG | Josh Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
