Burnley beat fellow promoted side Sunderland 2-0 at Turf Moor, with Josh Cullen opening the scoring and later setting up Jaidon Anthony's late goal. The victory was Burnley's first since promotion following a 3-0 opening-day defeat, and extended their Championship home unbeaten streak into the Premier League. The three points provided an early boost in the top flight and energized players and supporters. Sunderland registered nine shots to Burnley's seven but managed only one on target and 0.67 expected goals. Eliezer Mayenda played over 60 minutes while completing no more than one pass, a rare occurrence in Opta records.
The Clarets netted two second-half goals on Saturday at Turf Moor to seal their first victory since returning to the top flight, following their 3-0 opening day defeat away at Tottenham. Josh Cullen opened the scoring before turning provider for Jaidon Anthony to wrap up the win late on, as Burnley extended last season's unbeaten home run in the Championship into the new campaign.
Sunderland actually managed nine shots to Burnley's seven, albeit the Black Cats only got one on target and accumulated just 0.67 expected goals. In fact, their forward Eliezer Mayenda, who spurned a great chance early on, became only the third player on Opta's records (from 2003-04) to play 60+ minutes of a Premier League match and make no more than one pass, after Hameur Bouazza for Watford v Wigan in September 2006, and Brennan Johnson for Nottingham Forest v Brigh
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