Match ends, Burnley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
BurnleyBurnley0BrightonBrighton & Hove Albion0
Burnley lost ground on the top two in the Championship as they were held to a goalless draw by Brighton.
Michael Kightly hit the post for the Clarets in the first half after a clever corner routine.
Brighton midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey then headed the ball off his own post in the second half from David Jones's free-kick.
Andrea Orlandi had the chance to win the game for the visitors but Tom Heaton kept his close-range shot out.
The Clarets are unbeaten at home in the league since March but are now three points off QPR and 11 behind leaders Leicester.
Their first big chance came when Kightly played a short corner to Danny Ings, who backheeled it to him before the winger hit the base of the post from an angle.
Sam Vokes headed a Jones free-kick wide and Michael Duff toe-poked an Ings cross over from close range.
Visiting keeper Tomasz Kuszczak saved a Vokes header on the line and Jones's free-kick was diverted onto the post by the Seagulls' Forster-Caskey.
Brighton almost won it when Heaton denied Orlandi and Burnley's Ashley Barnes then put an overhead kick wide against his old side.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche:
"That's the nature of the division, we're the surprise package. I certainly don't think Leicester are and I certainly don't think QPR are.
"We are that surprise package and that can be favourable to us. We have got a team who play without that feeling that them other clubs have got because there is that demand on those clubs to get the job done.
"Ours is slightly different - we have our own expectation, of course - but the outside expectation is lesser so on Burnley than them boys who are up there now."
Brighton assistant boss Nathan Jones:
"I don't think we were defensive-minded in any way. We never set up to defend and to just get a point. We came here to win the game.
"Credit to them, they put long balls in, put us on the back foot with aerial play so we had to defend well and we defended fantastically well.
"Ironically, we had a great chance at the end to take all three points but, I'm being brutally honest, that would have been slightly harsh on Burnley."
Line-ups
Burnley
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Heaton
- 2Trippier
- 6Mee
- 14Jones
- 4Duff
- 5Shackell
- 19KightlySubstituted forBarnesat 75'minutes
- 8Marney
- 9Vokes
- 10Ings
- 37Arfield
Substitutes
- 11Stanislas
- 12Cisak
- 15Edgar
- 22Stock
- 28Long
- 30Barnes
- 33Hewitt
Brighton
Formation 4-3-3
- 29Kuszczak
- 2Bruno
- 17Ward
- 4Andrews
- 3Greer
- 20Upson
- 38Ince
- 18Forster-Caskey
- 19UlloaBooked at 90mins
- 21López MorenoSubstituted forOrlandiat 67'minutes
- 25Lua LuaSubstituted forMarchat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Brezovan
- 5Dunk
- 10Agustien
- 11Orlandi
- 14Calderón
- 22Obika
- 27March
- Referee:
- Oliver Langford
- Attendance:
- 11,054
Match Stats
Home TeamBurnleyAway TeamBrighton
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home14
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away5
- Corners
- Home9
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away16
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Burnley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
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Hand ball by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
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Foul by Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Jake Forster-Caskey (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking
Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Michael Duff (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Sam Vokes with a headed pass.
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Foul by Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt saved. Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Orlandi with a cross.
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Attempt saved. Andrea Orlandi (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Forster-Caskey.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match Keith Andrews (Brighton and Hove Albion) because of an injury.
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Jake Forster-Caskey (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Sam Vokes (Burnley).
Substitution
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Kazenga Lua Lua.
