Huddersfield 1-2 Burnley: Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood punish the home team after both sides receive red cards Steve Mounie opened the scoring for Huddersfield Town, but they weren't able to hold onto their lead Chris Wood equalised the match for Burnley, and then Huddersfield's Schindler received a red card Huddersfield hung on for a while, however Ashley Barnes turned the advantage into a Burnley goal It became a nervy final few minutes for Burnley though, after Robbie Brady received a red card of his own By Mike Keegan For Mailonline Published: 21:41 GMT, 2 January 2019 | Updated: 21:45 GMT, 2 January 2019 Viewcomments Advertisement Ahead of this trans-Pennine tussle, cruelly branded El Scrapico by one heartless radio phone-in punter, Huddersfield chairman Dean Hoyle had vowed not to allow the Terriers to ‘sleepwalk into relegation’. Defender Chris Schindler did not appear to get the memo, needlessly seeing red in what was a surprisingly entertaining relegation battle which saw two dismissals. The bottom-of-the-table hosts had taken the lead on 33 minutes when Steve Mounie nodded home Isaac Mbenza’s deep cross to become the first Huddersfield Town striker to score this season. The shot from Huddersfield Town striker Steve Mounie heads into the top right corner beyond the grasp of Tom Heaton Burnley's Chris Wood scores the equalising goal for his team after they went 1-0 down to Huddersfield Town in the match Referee Mike Dean brandishes the red card after Huddersfield Town's Christopher Schindler picked up a second yellow card Burnley's Ashley Barnes celebrates scoring the goal which took his team into the lead against Huddersfield in the match MATCH FACTS, PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE, AND MATCH ZONE Huddersfield: Lossl 6; Hadergjonaj 5 (Lowe 71,5), Jorgensen 5, Schindler 4 (OFF 42), Kongolo 6; Hogg 6, Billing 6.5; Kachunga 6, Pritchard 5.5 (Durm 44, 6, Depoitre 82), Mbenza 6.5; Mounie 7 Subs: Hamer, Bacuna, Diakhaby, Stankovic Manager: David Wagner 6 Goals: Mounie (33) Yellows: Schindler Reds: Schindler Burnley (4-4-2): Heaton 6; Bardsley 6 (Lowton 58, 6), Tarkowski 7, Mee 6.5, Taylor 6; Gudmundsson 6, Westwood 6, Cork 6.5, McNeil 7 (Brady 63, 4 OFF 90); Wood 7, Barnes 7 (Hendrick 90) Subs: Hart, Vokes, Vydra, Long Manager: Sean Dyche 7 Goals: Wood (40), Barnes (74) Yellows: Mee, Bardsley, Wood, Heaton Reds: Brady Star man: Barnes Referee: Mike Dean 7 How Chris Wood scored Burnley's equalising goal. Check out more from Sportsmail's amazing Match Zone feature here. But two minutes after Burnley had swiftly equalised with a smart finish from close-range by Chris Wood, Schindler - already on a yellow - decided to rugby tackle impressive Clarets winger Dwight McNeil to the floor. Mike Dean had little option to go to his pocket and, all of a sudden, the bottom-of-the-table Terriers were up against it. The Lancashire side, with Joe Hart again on the bench, went onto the front foot, and they grabbed victory when, on 74 minutes, Ashley Barnes latched onto an Ashley Westwood pass to slot home to spark chants of ‘going down’ from a delighted away end. A scramble in the box occurs between Huddersfield and Burnley with Pritchard, Schindler, Heaton, Mee and Cork involved Huddersfield Town's Steve Mounie clashes with Burnley's James Tarkowski and Phil Bardsley as they compete for the ball Striker Steve Mounie celebrates emphatically after scoring Huddersfield Town's first goal of the match against Burnley A shocking tackle from behind by sub Robbie Brady to bring down a breaking Isaac Mbenza saw the Burnley sub dismissed to set up a grandstand finale. Philip Billing fired a free-kick narrowly over the bar but that was as close as David Wagner’s side got. A second win a row for a resurgent Burnley who appear to have gone back to basics upon the realisation that they are in a fight to avoid the drop. However, there were some positives for Huddersfield, who at least showed signs of emerging from their slumber. Steve Mounie celebrates by pointing to the sky after scoring the opening goal of the match for Huddersfield Town Burnley's Chris Wood wheels away in celebration after scoring his team's equalising goal and leaving defenders on the floor Huddersfield Town's goalkeeper Jonas Lossl gets down low to his left to save a shot which came in from the Burnley striker Burnley's Ben Mee consoles his team-mate Chris Wood after the striker missed a chance to score against Huddersfield Town Burnley's frustrations were alleviated after Ashley Barnes scored the goal which took his team into the lead over Huddersfield Mike Dean shows the second red card of the match, this time for Burnley's Robbie Brady after a bad challenge Goalkeerp Joe Hart sits on the bench for Burnley against Huddersfield, having lost his spot to Tom Heaton between the sticks Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner prepares for his team's Premier League clash with Burnley at the John Smith's Burnley manager Sean Dyche reacts as he watches his players take on Huddersfield Town in the Premier League Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility