Match ends, Huddersfield Town 1, Burnley 3.
Huddersfield Town 1-3 Burnley
- From the section Football
Burnley moved seven points clear at the top of the Championship by extending their winning run to six games with victory at Huddersfield Town.
Stephen Ward stretched to prod home the opener after Michael Keane headed down David Jones' corner.
Sam Vokes poked Burnley's second in off the post before Joe Lolley responded with a curled finish.
Ben Mee nodded in the visitors' third from a Jones corner, while Jason Davidson hit the bar for the Terriers.
Sean Dyche's Burnley have now taken 36 points from a possible 42 in a 14-game unbeaten league run, dating back to their loss at Hull City on 26 December.
Second-placed Middlesbrough, who had head coach Aitor Karanka walk out on training on Friday, can move back to within four points of the summit if they beat second-from-bottom Charlton Athletic at The Valley on Sunday.
Defeat leaves Huddersfield 18th in the table and six points above the relegation places.
Jones, returning from a Achilles problem which kept him out of Tuesday's win at Fulham, created the game's first goal - finding Keane to nod into the path of Republic of Ireland defender Ward, who netted his first league goal for the Clarets.
A neat touch from top scorer Andre Gray then afforded George Boyd space down the right-hand side, with Wales striker Vokes getting on the end of a piercing pass to net his 13th goal of the season from close range.
With Huddersfield's first shot on goal, Lolley - making his 50th Terriers appearance - reduced the deficit, only for Mee to restore the two-goal advantage almost immediately.
Huddersfield head coach David Wagner:
"Burnley are the best team in the league and if you are to beat the best team you have to be brave, and we weren't.
"At half-time I said we had to accept the situation. I said we can lose this game but we have to learn from the first half and impose our identity.
"If you play our style of football mistakes will happen but we are still creating chances. We made mistakes for the corners and were punished."
Burnley manager Sean Dyche:
"I felt we had control of the game at the end of the first half and we saw it out really well.
"In the second half Huddersfield played with more freedom, as you would expect from a side with nothing to lose, but we controlled it well.
"The energy of the side is great and we will physically go as hard as we can to get where we want to be.
"It was a very powerful performance and we never looked under pressure."
Line-ups
Huddersfield
- 1Steer
- 2Smith
- 5Hudson
- 14Cranie
- 3DavidsonSubstituted forHusbandat 84'minutes
- 16Huws
- 4Whitehead
- 7ScannellSubstituted forBunnat 55'minutes
- 10MatmourSubstituted forPatersonat 56'minutes
- 18Lolley
- 21Wells
Substitutes
- 8Paterson
- 13Murphy
- 15Husband
- 17Bunn
- 22Dempsey
- 33Lynch
- 36Bojaj
Burnley
- 1Heaton
- 2Lowton
- 5Keane
- 6Mee
- 23Ward
- 21Boyd
- 14Jones
- 13Barton
- 37ArfieldSubstituted forKightlyat 75'minutes
- 9Vokes
- 7GraySubstituted forHenningsat 85'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Marney
- 11Kightly
- 15Taylor
- 17Robinson
- 18Hennings
- 26Tarkowski
- 27Darikwa
- Referee:
- Scott Duncan
- Attendance:
- 13,917
Match Stats
Home TeamHuddersfieldAway TeamBurnley
- Possession
- Home58%
- Away42%
- Shots
- Home16
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away4
- Corners
- Home4
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away7
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 1, Burnley 3.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Foul by Mark Hudson (Huddersfield Town).
Sam Vokes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Tom Heaton (Burnley) because of an injury.
Foul by Mark Hudson (Huddersfield Town).
Tom Heaton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tommy Smith (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Michael Kightly (Burnley).
Substitution
Substitution, Burnley. Rouwen Hennings replaces Andre Gray.
Substitution
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. James Husband replaces Jason Davidson.
Offside, Huddersfield Town. Dean Whitehead tries a through ball, but Nahki Wells is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Joe Lolley (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Joe Lolley (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nahki Wells.
Attempt missed. Tommy Smith (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Nahki Wells.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Michael Kightly.
Substitution
Substitution, Burnley. Michael Kightly replaces Scott Arfield.
Attempt missed. Jamie Paterson (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by George Boyd.
Attempt blocked. Joey Barton (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Mark Hudson (Huddersfield Town).
Andre Gray (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. George Boyd (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by David Jones.
Foul by Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town).
Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Tommy Smith (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
Attempt blocked. Scott Arfield (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Jones.
Offside, Huddersfield Town. Martin Cranie tries a through ball, but Jason Davidson is caught offside.
Offside, Burnley. Sam Vokes tries a through ball, but George Boyd is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Joe Lolley (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dean Whitehead.
Attempt blocked. Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Paterson.
Jason Davidson (Huddersfield Town) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Jamie Paterson.
Attempt blocked. Emyr Huws (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Davidson.
Foul by Harry Bunn (Huddersfield Town).
Matthew Lowton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Jamie Paterson replaces Karim Matmour.
Substitution
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Harry Bunn replaces Sean Scannell.
