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Mee header moves Burnley up to eighth

29 Jun 2020
Ben Mee, Burnley

Centre-back nets first goal since January 2017 at Crystal Palace as Sean Dyche's side make it back-to-back 1-0 victories

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Ben Mee's first Premier League goal since January 2017 moved Burnley up to eighth in the table as they won 1-0 at Crystal Palace

The Clarets had the better of the first-half chances, with a clearance from Palace centre-back Gary Cahill nearly cannoning in off team-mate Patrick van Aanholt before Dwight McNeil twice went close.

Mee broke the deadlock after 62 minutes, stooping low to head Ashley Westwood's free-kick as Vicente Guaita could only palm it in off a post. 

Race for the top eight

Position Pos Club Played Pl GD Points Pts
3 Man Utd MUN 38 +30 66
4 Chelsea CHE 38 +15 66
5 Leicester LEI 38 +26 62
6 Spurs TOT 38 +14 59
7 Wolves WOL 38 +11 59
8 Arsenal ARS 38 +8 56
9 Sheffield Utd SHU 38 0 54
10 Burnley BUR 38 -7 54
11 Southampton SOU 38 -9 52
12 Everton EVE 38 -12 49
13 Newcastle NEW 38 -20 44
14 Crystal Palace CRY 38 -19 43
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Jordan Ayew headed over from close range with 11 minutes remaining as Palace were unable to stop Nick Pope from keeping his 13th clean sheet of the Premier League campaign and moving clear in the Golden Glove race. 

Burnley are now above Arsenal and Sheffield United on 45 points, behind seventh-placed Tottenham Hotspur on goal difference. 

Palace drop to 11th position, with 42 points.

See: Palace report | Burnley report

Next fixtures

Crystal Palace: 4 Jul v Leicester (A)
Burnley: 5 Jul v Sheff Utd (H)

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