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Jacob Bruun Larsen (right) has scored two goals in his past three Burnley matchesBurnley missed out on boosting their Premier League survival hopes as they were held to a frustrating draw by Wolves at Turf Moor.
Jacob Bruun Larsen put the hosts in front after 37 minutes by superbly tucking away Dara O'Shea's cross.
But Wolves levelled just before half-time when Rayan Ait-Nouri headed in Pablo Sarabia's wide free-kick.
Had results gone their way Burnley could have moved within a point of Premier League safety on Tuesday.
Instead, Nottingham Forest's win over Fulham, combined with the Clarets' failure to find a winner against Wolves, means Vincent Kompany's side stay 19th - six points behind 17th-placed Forest.
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Burnley miss out on vital three points
Burnley have won just once in all competitions since 23 December and Tuesday's match felt like an opportunity missed.
The Clarets started cautiously with Vitinho testing Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa in the first half, before they took the lead through Bruun Larsen's tidy finish.
Even after being pegged back, the hosts had spells of dominance after the restart and chances to regain the advantage.
Goalscorer Bruun Larsen should have added a second in the 58th minute, but he fired Vitinho's cutback straight at Sa.
Sa also did well to keep out a Wilson Odobert shot moments later that had deflected wickedly off a defender.
Substitute Jay Rodriguez did find the net late on although his strike was rightly ruled out for offside.
Burnley boss Kompany cut a frustrated figure throughout the match and was particularly unhappy with referee Thomas Bramall's decision to award a foul on Ait-Nouri which led to the wing-back's leveller.
Ait-Nouri had gone down under pressure from Dara O'Shea, although it was unclear whether the Burnley defender made contact with the Algerian international.
Earlier this week Kompany, who was sent off in his side's 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Saturday, said this season's standards of refereeing in the Premier League "hasn't been good enough".
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Burnley
Squad number49Player nameMuric
Squad number22Player nameVitinho
Squad number2Player nameO'Shea
Squad number33Player nameEsteve
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number17Player nameFoster
Squad number24Player nameCullen
Squad number16Player nameBerge
Squad number34Player nameBruun Larsen
Squad number47Player nameOdobert
Squad number23Player nameFofana
Squad number9Player nameRodríguez
Squad number10Player nameManuel
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes
Squad number17Player nameBueno
Squad number2Player nameDoherty
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes
Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
Squad number21Player nameSarabia
Squad number84Player nameChiwome
Squad number4Player nameBueno
Squad number6Player nameTraoré
Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
Line-ups
Burnley
Formation 4-4-2
- 49Muric
- 22da Silva
- 2O'Shea
- 33Esteve
- 3Taylor
- 17FosterSubstituted forManuelat 86'minutes
- 24Cullen
- 16Berge
- 34Bruun LarsenSubstituted forRodríguezat 73'minutes
- 47Odobert
- 23Fofana
Substitutes
- 4Cork
- 7Gudmundsson
- 8Brownhill
- 9Rodríguez
- 10Manuel
- 18Ekdal
- 25Amdouni
- 29Vigouroux
- 44Delcroix
Wolves
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson SemedoBooked at 54mins
- 23Kilman
- 24Gomes
- 17BuenoSubstituted forBuenoat 68'minutes
- 2Doherty
- 5Lemina
- 8João GomesBooked at 90mins
- 3Aït-Nouri
- 21SarabiaSubstituted forTraoréat 83'minutes
- 84ChiwomeSubstituted forMatheus Cunhaat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Bueno
- 6Traoré
- 12Matheus Cunha
- 14Lemina
- 20Doyle
- 25Bentley
- 45Barnett
- 62Chirewa
- 63Fraser
Referee:Thomas Bramall
Attendance:21,528
Live Text
Match ends, Burnley 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Burnley 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Wilson Odobert (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Benson Manuel (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rayan Aït-Nouri is caught offside.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Boubacar Traoré is caught offside.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by José Sá.
Attempt saved. Benson Manuel (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilson Odobert.
Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dara O'Shea (Burnley).
Offside, Burnley. Jay Rodríguez is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Wilson Odobert (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Datro Fofana with a cross.
Substitution, Burnley. Benson Manuel replaces Lyle Foster.
Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri with a cross.
Foul by Santiago Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
David Datro Fofana (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Boubacar Traoré replaces Pablo Sarabia.
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