Burnley 1-2 Wolves: Super-sub Chirewa completes comeback win

Tawanda Chirewa made an immediate impact off the bench to complete Wolves' 2-1 comeback win over Burnley in the Championship.

Burnley started well at Turf Moor as Jamie Vardy scored his first goal for the club, but the Clarets gifted goals to Fer Lopez and Chirewa as Wolves piled more misery on Nicky Hayen.

After Jean-Ricner Bellegarde fired off-target in the second minute, it was all Burnley with Vardy forcing Jose Sa into a sharp, low save following a pacy counter-attack shortly after.

Vardy gave Wolves another warning before he then broke the deadlock 20 minutes in; Burnley worked it well down the left, with Jacob Bruun Larsen spinning to tee up the 39-year-old, who ghosted between the centre-backs to fire past Sa.

Largie Ramazani and Bruun Larsen both had chances to add to their tally, but only the latter hit the target, with Sa making a comfortable save to deny him.

Wolves rode out the pressure over the first half an hour before flipping momentum in their favour. Kyle Walker gave the ball away cheaply, and Sean Neave picked out Lopez, whose shot snuck in off the foot of the near post.

Bruun Larsen cleared the crossbar after the break, with Gregoire Coudert then pushing away a Lopez free-kick before making a double save to keep out Said and Jackson Tchatchoua.

But 72 minutes in, Burnley were punished for another mistake. Igor Julio took a heavy touch coming out of defence, and Mateus Mane picked out Chirewa's driving run, with his shot bouncing in off the underside of the bar just 21 seconds after his introduction.

Armando Broja slid in to rattle the crossbar – though Lucas Pires had been offside in the build-up – but Burnley could not find an equaliser as their torrid home form dragged on.

Turf Moor is not a happy place

It is nearly a year to the day that Burnley fans were given a win to cheer at Turf Moor, and after a promising first 30 minutes gave them hope, the mood soon soured.

They have now failed to win any of their last 21 home league games since a 2-0 win over Leeds United in the Premier League in October last year (D10 L11). It is the current longest streak across England's top four tiers.

Prior to this match, Wolves had failed to win each of their last eight league visits to Burnley (D4 L4) since a 2-1 Premier League win in 2009-10, but they impressed on Friday.

Wolves were deserving of their win, edging the shot count (20 to 15) and expected goals (xG) battle 1.82 to 1.0.

Cesar Peixoto's substitutions paid dividends, with Chirewa immediately making his presence known and another substitute, Mane, setting him up.

Tommy Doyle, who came on along with Chirewa, arguably should have added a third, having three shots worth a team-high 0.53 xG.

While Burnley still only have one win to their name in the league this term, Wolves have avoided three consecutive losses and have moved up into sixth ahead of the rest of the weekend's games.