Burnley 4-2 Peterborough United, FA Cup third round

Jay Rodriguez scored twice against Peterborough as Burnley cruised into the FA Cup fourth round.

He tapped in from close range to open the scoring before Erik Pieters made it two with a 25-yard half-volley.

Jeff Hendrick scored Burnley's third inside 23 minutes with the help of a deflection, before Ivan Toney pulled a goal back for Posh before half-time.

Rodriguez scored again after the break and Ricky Jade-Jones added a second for Peterborough late on.

In what was the first FA Cup meeting between the two sides, Sean Dyche made eight changes to the Burnley side that lost to Aston Villa on New Year's Day, but their experience still shone against Darren Ferguson's team, who are sixth in League One despite winning only one of their past six matches.

Following Rodriguez's opener, which came after Posh stopper Christy Pym had saved a Chris Wood point-blank header, the Clarets - who are 15th in the Premier League - went two up when Pieters chested the ball down before his left-foot strike found the bottom corner.

In a rare early foray forward for Peterborough, debutant Reece Brown - who joined on loan from Huddersfield on Friday - went close to a first goal, but the ball was soon in the back of Pym's net again, Hendrick's strike from outside the area wrong-footing the goalkeeper after a deflection off Mark Beevers' boot.

Peterborough pulled a goal back through Toney before the break, their top scorer latching on to a Matthew Lowton mistake to round Joe Hart moments after the former England keeper had scuppered a chance in front of goal.

Rodriguez's second of the day came after clever play by Hendrick and Aaron Lennon, the latter feeding an inch-perfect ball through to his Burnley-born team-mate to slot under Pym.

Posh academy graduate Jade-Jones pulled a second goal back for his side with less than 15 minutes remaining after Pieters had cleared a Toney effort off the line.

Hendrick nearly scored his second in the dying moments of injury time, rattling a free-kick against the bar.

'A very professional performance' - what they said

Burnley manager Sean Dyche speaking to BBC Sport: "It was a good performance. Darren [Ferguson] has got a good side and we know they are good offensively.

"We knew we could affect them offensively and we did very early in the game.

"We've had a tough period, and there wasn't any sign of that. It was a very confident performance.

"I thought the energy of the side was important, to go out on the front foot.

"It was a very professional performance from all involved.

"We've had a tough Christmas spell and we've got tough games coming, but we took today seriously and we'll be looking for that again [in the fourth round]."

Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson speaking to BBC Sport: "Credit to my players, they kept going when they were 3-0 down to a Premier League team. It's difficult, there's no doubt about it.

"Ivan's goal gave us hope going into half-time and then we started again really well.

"We came off the pitch and got a good clap from our fans. We can take some positives out of the game, two goals.

"We've got to take a bit of belief out of it. For long periods of the game, we didn't look too much out of the game, but the start killed us.

"There were parts of the performance I liked."

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Burnley

Formation 4-4-2

20Hart
2Lowton
5Tarkowski
28Long
23Pieters
25Lennon
13Hendrick
4CorkSubstituted forWestwoodat 90'minutes
7Berg GudmundssonSubstituted forTaylorat 45'minutes
9WoodSubstituted forVydraat 74'minutes
19Rodriguez

Substitutes

3Taylor
6Mee
15Peacock-Farrell
18Westwood
26Bardsley
27Vydra
42Koiki

Peterborough

Formation 4-1-2-1-2

1Pym
24Mason
16Bennett
5Beevers
3Butler
14ReedSubstituted forBarkerat 63'minutes
12BrownBooked at 59mins
21Boyd
11Maddison
17Toney
7EisaSubstituted forJade-Jonesat 58'minutes

Substitutes

6Kent
20Tasdemir
23Ward
25O'Malley
31Barker
32Burrows
37Jade-Jones

Referee:: Robert Jones
Attendance:: 8,043

Match Stats

Home TeamBurnleyAway TeamPeterborough

Possession: Home59%; Away41%

Shots: Home11; Away15

Shots on Target: Home7; Away4

Corners: Home6; Away6

Fouls: Home10; Away12

Live Text

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Match ends, Burnley 4, Peterborough United 2.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Burnley 4, Peterborough United 2.

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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
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Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Christy Pym.
90'+3'
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Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
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Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Kyle Barker (Peterborough United).
90'
Substitution
Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Westwood replaces Jack Cork.
89'
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Attempt blocked. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
86'
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Attempt missed. Matthew Lowton (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
85'
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Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Marcus Maddison.
83'
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Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Kyle Barker.
80'
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Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Peterborough United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
78'
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Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
78'
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Foul by George Boyd (Peterborough United).
76'
Goal!
Goal! Burnley 4, Peterborough United 2. Ricky Jade-Jones (Peterborough United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
76'
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
75'
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Attempt missed. Ricky Jade-Jones (Peterborough United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
74'
Substitution
Substitution, Burnley. Matej Vydra replaces Chris Wood because of an injury.
72'
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Attempt missed. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

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Comment posted by FireStick, at 14:51 4 Jan 2020
Well done Clarets, managed not to slip on that proverbial banana skin. Entertaining game without too many worries though Posh certainly played their part so credit due to them. An enjoyable Saturday afternoon.
Comment posted by bigphil079, at 14:29 4 Jan 2020
Good day at the turf well played to the posh up the clarets
Comment posted by He dont mean nuffin by it he only got one ear, at 15:03 4 Jan 2020
Businesslike from the Clarets and well played the Posh who never gave up.

Proper old school cup tie.

Belter.
Comment posted by Potato , at 16:28 4 Jan 2020
Only Burnley and Peterborough fans have a right to post on here. Any trolls. Firstly, you just embarrass yourself with your anger and jealousy of both our clubs. Secondly, just go back to your crayoning and try to keep inside the lines. Bless!
Comment posted by Raedwulf, at 15:19 4 Jan 2020
Well done, the Posh! No shame in 4-2 away to an established Premier League side.
Comment posted by Mikey49, at 16:01 4 Jan 2020
Nice to see some game-time for non-regulars in Clarets' line-up and some purposeful play resulting. Need to translate that into the PL matches coming up, if it is to have any lasting significance. Should be seeing that every week.
Comment posted by John, at 16:11 4 Jan 2020
@26 you obviously didn't see the game.What stupid comments.
Comment posted by saddletramp , at 14:47 4 Jan 2020
Nobody cares anymore,as the attendance of 8,000 proves.

More than Birmingham.
More than Millwall.

Remember being on the Turf in 73 for a Third round game with, 35,730 in attendance.

The FA cup is dead R.I.P.
Comment posted by we are Burnley , at 15:49 4 Jan 2020
@11 Graham
Rovers are a laughing stock beaten by 10 men Birmingham in the 90th min it was like music to my ears . How the times have changed hahaha
Comment posted by Darth Oracle, at 14:40 4 Jan 2020
Well done Burnley! I hope this proves a confidence booster because recent form has been poor.
Comment posted by yorkshire claret, at 14:58 4 Jan 2020
@11. Bitter and twisted or what. Don't remember Ben Mee being sanctioned for either tackle on Gomez or Wesley. Whilst it's sad to see players injured it's in the game, just ask Tom Heaton.
Comment posted by U16924133, at 15:35 4 Jan 2020
Nice to be in the HAT ,,, Not Playing Man city then , and 4.2 excellent ,,, who s next be difficult next round but make s a change ,, Blackburn Go out LoL
Comment posted by D1710866519222, at 15:08 4 Jan 2020
@Graham were Blackburn playing today?? How did they go on?? Oh don’t bother beaten by a side playing with 10 men for over 30 mins 😂😂😂
Comment posted by Away days FC, at 14:33 4 Jan 2020
Burnley to win the FA Cup for the first time since 1914
Comment posted by bladerunner, at 14:56 4 Jan 2020
remember being on turf v everton 1962 50,500 attendance
Comment posted by we are Burnley , at 15:33 4 Jan 2020
Well done the claret even tho it should have been an easy win no disrespect to posh when I so Hart in goal I thought here we go this doesn't look good from the start we are lacking confidence in front of goal and we are playing a keeper that has to let a goal or two in every game he plays in or he's not happy when posh so he was in goal they must have thought they had a grate chance of winning
Comment posted by Heckington Posh Blue Army, at 17:13 4 Jan 2020
The first 23 mins killed off any chance of a upset Posh have been very poor in the last three league matches and for 25 mins we continued that way.Played better later on but it was much to late.Fergie needs to take a realy good look at some members of this team as they are clearly not good enough.
Comment posted by U16924133, at 17:05 4 Jan 2020
some upsets today Brighton Villa ,, Newcastle draw with Rochdale , Burnley Win ,,, Blackburn Go out to Ten Men , and some sad Rovers fans Paddy Pants Down ,, sums him up
Comment posted by FireStick, at 09:58 5 Jan 2020
@39 Lpool6XI
When are Liverpool fans going to stop moving about Gomez? It was a good challenge, agreed by everyone outside Liverpool. Get over it. Just a case of men against boys I guess. You must also not have been watching Liverpool too closely over the years as you have had some real bruisers in your teams so people in glass houses.....
Comment posted by Popesgloves, at 20:03 4 Jan 2020
Why did we play Joe Hart? Surely he will be leaving this month (please god)? BPF should be playing as he will be our number 2 surely. Hart looked useless on the second goal.