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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Turf Moor
  • Attendance: 12749
  • Referee: Walton, P

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

86mins

Seyi George Olofinjana is being taken off, Freddy Eastwood has come on in his place.

83mins

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is being taken off, Kevin Kyle has come on in his place.

79mins

George Elokobi goes into the referees book for timewasting.

76mins

Goal!! Burnley have scored with Ade Akinbiyi putting it in the back of the net.

75mins

Robbie Blake is being taken off, Mark Randall has come on in his place.

71mins

Stanislav Varga is replaced by David Unsworth.

70mins

Wolverhampton are replacing Michael Gray with Darron Gibson.

66mins

Kyle Lafferty is booked for unsporting behaviour.

56mins

Joey Gudjonsson is replaced by Alan Mahon.

56mins

Goal!! Wolverhampton have scored with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

38mins

James O'Connor goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

16mins

Goal!! Wolverhampton have scored with Michael Gray putting it in the back of the net.

14mins

Goal!! Wolverhampton have scored with Seyi George Olofinjana putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, March 15th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Individual mistakes from centre-half Clarke Carlisle and goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly handed the three points to visitors Wolverhampton Wanderers and, in doing so, enhanced their play-off prospects.

Burnley should have gone in front as early as the third minute but striker Ade Akinbiyi headed a cross from Wade Elliott wide of the target.

Wolves went in front on 13 minutes when striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake sent Seyi George Olofinjana racing clear to place his shot beyond Kiraly.

The visitors increased their lead just two minutes later as central defender Carlisle underhit his backpass to goalkeeper Kiraly, whose attempted clearance was charged down by Michael Gray with the ball bouncing into an empty net.

Burnley tried to respond to this double setback and from a Robbie Blake corner central defender Stanislav Varga headed wide at the far post.

Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey made a fine save from Graham Alexander on 32 minutes, pushing a shot from the full-back behind for a corner.

Burnley continued to make life difficult for themselves defensively, as five minutes into the second half Neil Alexander was robbed of possession by Gray, but was rescued by goalkeeper Kiraly who dived bravely at the feet of the Wolves player.

Kiraly then turned villain five minutes later as he allowed a shot from Ebanks-Blake to trickle over the goal-line after the striker had played a one-two with Andy Keogh on the edge of the penalty area.

Olofinjana then slipped a pass to Keogh in behind two Burnley defenders, but the striker dragged his shot wide.

Kyle Lafferty went close to pulling a goal back but his shot from 20 yards flew just wide of the target.

The home side did manage to get on the scoresheet 14 minutes from time, when Akinbiyi scored at the second time of asking after his initial effort had been parried by Hennessey.

The result boosts the hopes of Wolves making the play-offs, while the scoreline was a major blow to Burnley's hopes of being involved in the end of season shake-up.

Burnley Team

Wolverhampton Wanderers Team

Burnley

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Corners

72

Fouls

713

Goal attempts

138

Shots off target

35

Offsides

12

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