Burnley — refereeing decisions
Panel-confirmed errors involving Burnley · 2023-24 onward
Since the Premier League's independent Key Match Incidents panel began publishing, 5 confirmed refereeing errors have involved Burnley — 2 in their favour and 3 against them, a net expected-goals swing of -0.60 across 5 matches.
More calls against a club is not evidence of bias — the spread between clubs is close to what chance produces. RefCard publishes the ledger, not an accusation.
By season
| Season | Errors involving them | In their favour | Against them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Every confirmed error involving Burnley
- 2025-26 · Burnley v Manchester United (2026-01-07) — referee Stuart Attwell; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2025-26 on-field below-threshold (B#16): goal_disallowed — Burnley v Manchester United. No votes (below clear-and-obvious threshold). | Match-report confirmed 2026-06-23: Man Utd goal wrongly disallowed (Lisandro Martinez foul on Walker; KMI said goal should stand; ref Attwell). affected=Man United.
- 2025-26 · Arsenal v Burnley (2026-05-18) — referee Paul Tierney; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): red_card_not_shown — Arsenal v Burnley. OF vote 0-5, VAR vote 1-4.
- 2023-24 · Chelsea v Burnley (2024-03-30) — referee Darren England; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): penalty_awarded_wrongly (Assignon on Mudryk; not overturned) + Assignon 2nd yellow also wrong — Chelsea 2-2 Burnley, min —. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
- 2023-24 · Burnley v Liverpool (2023-12-26) — referee Paul Tierney; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): goal_disallowed_wrongly (Gakpo; wrong foul call on Núñez) — Burnley 0-2 Liverpool, min —. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
- 2023-24 · Everton v Burnley (2024-04-06) — referee Michael Oliver; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): red_card_wrongly_shown (O'Shea DOGSO; should be yellow) — Everton 1-0 Burnley, min —. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.