KARL WHITEHOUSE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V BURNLEY
First Meetings
Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs in Division 1 was on the 22nd September 1888 the game finished 4-1 to Wolves.
Championship – The first meeting of the two clubs in Championship was on the 21st August 2004 the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the FA Cup was in the 3rd Round of the competition on the 3rd January 1970 the game finished 3-0 to Burnley.
Premier League – The first meeting of the two clubs in Premier League was on the 20th December 2009 the game finished 2-0 to Wolves.
League Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the League Cup was on the 28th August 1979 in the 2nd Round 1st Leg of the competition the game finished 1-1.
Most Recent Meetings
Championship – The most recent game that Wolves played against Burnley was on the 19th March 2016 the game finished a 1-1 draw.
Division 1 – The most recent game that Wolves played against Burnley was on the 26th December 2002 the game finished 2-1 to Burnley.
League Cup – The most recent game that Wolves played against Burnley was on the 21st September 2004 the game finished 1-1 after 90 minutes but it ended in a 4-2 win on penalties for Burnley.
Premier League – The most recent game that Wolves played against Burnley was on the 5th December 2023 the game finished 1-0 to Wolves, the home goal scorer was Hee Chan Hwang.
Biggest Win
Division 1 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 7th December 1889 the game finished 9-1 to Wolves.
Championship – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 15th March 2008 the game finished 3-1 to Wolves.
Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 20th December 2009 the game finished 2-0 to Wolves.
League Cup – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 4th September 1979 which was a 2nd round 2nd leg game and 28th October 2003 which was a third round game the games finished 2-0 to Wolves.
Biggest DEFEAT
Division 1 – The biggest defeats between the two clubs was on the 1st November 1890, 14th April 1894 and 17th December 1898 the games finished 4-2 to Burnley.
Championship – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 8th December 2007 the game finished 3-2 to Burnley.
Premier League – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 25th April 2021 the game finished 4-0 to Burnley.
FA Cup – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 3rd January 1970 in the third round of the competition and the game finished 3-0 to Burnley.
Other Meetings
Sherpa Vans Trophy – The game between the two sides was the final 29th May 1988 the game finished 2-0 to Wolves.
FA Charity Shield – The game between the two sides was on 13th August 1960 the game finished in a 2-2 draw and that gave both teams the trophy 6 months to have at the clubs.
MATCH OF THE DAY
There was a game on the date of the upcoming meeting which was played on the 2nd April 1983 the game finished 1-0 to Wolves and 2nd April 1988 the game finished 3-0 to Wolves.
Do you remember?
Burnley 1 Wolves 2 13th March 2010 at Turf Moor in the Premier League.
Wolves were gifted the best start to the game when Mears the Burnley defender headed a weak back pass towards Jensen the goalkeeper which fell short on the intended target only for Jarvis to win his race with him and score in the unguarded net to give Wolves the lead 1-0.
Burnley chasing the game suffered a blow when fox had to be stretchered off with a serious injury and after that had happened Burnley had a chance to score just before half time when Nugent’s shot on the turn bounced into the ground and off the bar.
Second half had barely started, and Wolves managed to get a 2nd goal in the game with an own goal from Carlisle when Guedioura’s angled shot hit Carlisle to go into the back of the net and beat Jensen in the Burnley goal to make it 2-0 to Wolves.
The Burnley fans were clearly not happy with the performance of the team and with this happening the manager Laws went and make a double substitution to try and get back into the game.
The introduction of substitute Thompson did the trick bringing Burnley back into contention of the game when he diverted Alexanders shot to the back of the net from the edge of the area to halve Wolves lead to 2-1.
Burnley dominated the game late on when Nugent and Blake both hit the woodwork in search of the equaliser of the game, but Wolves held onto the end the game to win 2-1 for a massive 3 points in their quest for survival.
Burnley Team: Jensen, Mears, Fox, Carlisle, Bikey, Cort, Eagles, Alexander, Elliott, Nugent, Paterson.
Subsitutes: Jordan, Blake, Thompson, Weaver, Duff, Edgar, Rodriguez.
Manager: Brian Laws
Wolves Team: Hahnemann, Foley, Zubar, Berra, Craddock, Henry, Jarvis, S Ward, DF Jones, Guedioura, Doyle.
Subsitutes: Ebanks-Blake, Keogh, Mancienne, Hennessey, Elokobi, Milijas, Vokes.
Manager: Mick McCarthy
A LITTLE MORE HISTORY
Burnley 1 Wolves 3 15th March 2008 at Turf Moor in the Championship.
Burnley started the game brightly where they had a shot a goal on the 13th minute of the game when Blake hit his shot at goal straight at Hennessey.
Then a minute later in the game Wolves took the lead in the game when Ebanks-Blake setup a neat pass of the ball toward Olofinjana for his first goal since August from 6 yards out past Kiraly in the Burnley goal to make it 1-0 to Wolves.
Then soon after the opening goal went in Wolves went and scored again when Gray made the most of a defence mix-up and to charge down Kiraly’s clearance for his second goal in four games which was deflected in to make it 2-0 to Wolves.
Hennessey was tested with a shot by Alexander from 12 yards and he managed to tip it away around the post to preserve his clean sheet so far in the game.
Half time whistle blew Wolves lead the game 2-0.
Three minutes into the second half of the game Ebanks-Blake tested Kiraly with a volley just inside the penalty area just went wide of the goal.
But Ebanks-Blake made amends afterwards getting his goal when hit his shot past Kiraly from 18 yards with his right foot to make it 3-0 to Wolves for his 19th goal of the season and put the game out of sight to Burnley.
Hennessey then denied Alexander again with a fingertip save and Keogh had a shot which was close to adding a 4th goal for Wolves that rolled inches wide of the net.
Ex Wolves player Akinbiyi had a shot at goal but this was comfortable saved by Hennessey and Lafferty had another shot but that went wide of the goal.
Akinbiyi did manage to get a goal against his former club by getting a rebound from 6 yards high into the net after his first shot he headed from an Elliott cross was saved by Hennessey and this made game 3-1 to Wolves.
Wolves held on for the victory 3-1 and send the fans home happy.
Burnley Team: Kiraly, Alexander, Varga, Carlisle, Harley, Elliott, Gudjonsson, J O’Connor, Lafferty, Akinbiyi, Blake.
Subsitutes: Unsworth, Mahon, Randall, Jensen, Spicer.
Manager: Owen Coyle
Wolves Team: Hennessey, Foley, Elokobi, D Ward, N Collins, Olofinjana, Henry, Potter, Gray, Keogh, Ebanks-Blake.
Subsitutes: Eastwood, Gibson, Kyle, Stack, R Edwards.
Manager: Mick McCarthy
HEAD TO HEAD STATS
Premier League Stats
There has been 11 Meetings between the two sides.
Wolves have won 4 times with 3 home wins and 1 away win.
Burnley have won 4 times with 3 home wins and 1 away win.
There have been 3 draws between the two sides.
Wolves has scored 9 Goals and Burnley has scored 12 Goals.
Overall Head-to-Head
There have been 138 games in total.
Wolves have won 67 Games.
Burnley have won 41 Games.
There has been 30 Draws.
Last 6 Matches
15th July 2020 Burnley 1 Wolves 1 at Turf Moor
21st December 2020 Burnley 2 Wolves 1 at Turf Moor
25th April 2021 Wolves 0 Burnley 4 at Molineux
1st December 2021 Wolves 0 Burnley 0 at Molineux
24th April 2022 Burnley 1 Wolves 0 at Turf Moor
5th December 2023 Wolves 1 Burnley 0 at Molineux
Playing for both teams
Ade Akinbiyi
Played for Wolves 1999-2000 made 37 appearances scored 16 goals and played for Burnley in two spells 2005-2006 and 2007-2009 made 109 appearances scored 26 goals.
Mo Camara
Played for Wolves 2000-2003 made 45 appearances played for Burnley 2003-2005 made 90 appearances.
Nathan Collins
Played for Burnley 2021-2022 made 19 appearances scored 2 goals played for Wolves 2022-2023 made 26 appearances.
Paul Cook
Played for Wolves 1989-1994 made 193 appearances scored 19 goals played for Burnley 1999-2003 made 135 appearances scored 11 goals.
Gordon Cowans
Played for Wolves 1994-1995 made 37 appearances played for Burnley 1997 made 6 appearances.
Steve Daley
Played for Wolves 1971-1979 made 212 appearances scored 38 goals played for Burnley 1983-1984 made 23 appearances scored 4 goals.
Peter Daniel
Played for Wolves 1978-1984 made 157 appearances scored 13 goals played for Burnley 1987-1989 made 41 appearances.
Roger Eli
Played for Wolves 1986-1987 made 18 appearances played for Burnley 1989-1994 made 99 appearances scored 20 goals.
Steven Fletcher
Played for Burnley 2009-2010 made 35 appearances scored 8 goals played for Wolves 2010-2012 made 61 appearances scored 22 goals.
Joe Gallagher
Played for Wolves 1981-1982 made 31 appearances played for Burnley 1983-1987 made 47 appearances scored 3 goals.
Joey Gudjonsson
Played for Wolves 2003-2004 made 11 appearances played for Burnley 2007-2010 made 88 appearances scored 7 goals.
Ray Hankin
Played for Burnley 1973-1976 made 112 appearances scored played for Wolves 1985 made 10 appearances scored 1 goal.
Wayne Hennessey
Played for Wolves 2006-2014 made 152 appearances played for Burnley 2021-2022 made 2 appearances.
Chris Iwelumo
Played for Wolves 2008-2010 made 46 appearances scored 14 goals played for Burnley 2010-2011 made 45 appearances scored 11 goals.
David Jones
Played for Wolves 2008-2011 made 66 appearances scored 6 goals played for Burnley 2013-2016 made 124 appearances scored 2 goals.
Mark Kendall
Played for Wolves 1986-1990 made 147 appearances played for Burnley in a loan spell 1991-1992 made 2 appearances.
Michael Kightly
Played for Wolves 2006-2012 including a loan spell made 114 appearances scored 23 goals played for Burnley 2014-2017 made 40 appearances scored 1 goal.
Steve Kindon
Played for Wolves 1972-1977 made 138 appearances scored 28 goals played for Burnley in two spells 1968-1972 & 1977-1979 made 185 appearances scored 46 goals.
Keith Lowe
Played for Wolves 2004-2008 made 14 appearances played for Burnley in a loan spell 2005 made 16 appearances.
Kevin McDonald
Played for Burnley 2008-2011 made 51 appearances scored 2 goals played for Wolves 2013-2016 made 120 appearances scored 8 goals.
Will Norris
Played for Wolves 2017-2020 made 2 appearances played for Burnley 2020-2023 made 2 appearances.
Geoff Palmer
Played for Wolves in two spells 1971-1984 & 1985-1986 made 416 appearances scored 13 goals played for Burnley 1984-1985 made 34 appearances.
John Pender
Played for Wolves 1982-1985 made 117 appearances scored 3 goals played for Burnley 1990-1995 made 171 appearances scored 8 goals.
Barry Powell
Played for Wolves 1972-1975 & 1986-1988 made 80 appearances scored 7 goals played for Burnley 1984-1985 made 11 appearances.
Jason Shackell
Played for Wolves 2008-2010 made 12 appearances played for Burnley 2012-2015 made 128 appearances scored 4 goals.
Dave Thomas
Played for Burnley 1966-1972 made 157 appearances scored 19 goals played for Wolves 1979-1980 made 10 appearances.
Sam Vokes
Played for Wolves 2008-2012 made 47 appearances scored 6 goals played for Burnley 2012-2019 made 230 appearances scored 56 goals.
Stephen Ward
Played for Wolves 2007-2014 made 222 appearances scored 9 goals played for Burnley 2014-2019 made 101 appearances scored 3 goals.
Peter Zelem
Played for Wolves 1985-1987 made 45 appearances scored 1 goal played for Burnley 1987-1989 made 19 appearances scored 2 goals.
Others Who Played for Both Clubs
George Bellis, Marlon Beresford, David Black, Gordon Clayton, Tommy Dunn, Andre Gray, Roger Hansbury, Harry Hargreaves, Tommy Mayson, Jack Mitton, Chris Pearce, Alex Scott, Paul Stewart, Walter Weaver.
Played, Coached, Managed Both Teams
Steve Davis
Played for Burnley 1987-1991 made 147 appearances scored 11 goals managed Wolves U18 2019-2022 and caretaker Wolves manager for 8 games in 2022.