The Clarets go into the game in sixth place in the league, a point above the Lilywhites and so you can see how important the three points would be for them.
The young
Clarets go into the game on 50 points, three behind Blackpool although a win would not see us take first place with us having a vastly inferior goal difference.
Bournemouth are four points above
the Clarets going into this one and last weekend the Cherries produced the comeback of all comebacks.
Not exact matches
Where do you
go for a breather from
claret and lavender socks?
The England international bagged just two goals in
claret & blue last season and was let
go by the club in the wake of their pursuit of tying Andy Carroll to a permanent deal.
Mourinho claimed that Barnes» tackle on Blues midfielder Nemanja Matic was «criminal» and could have been potentially career ending for the Serbian and even
went so far to describe the
Clarets man as having a «grey past».
Given the randomness of Koepka, Sergio Garcia (2017 Masters), Jimmy Walker (2016 PGA Championship), Henrik Stenson (2016 Open Championship), pre-injury Dustin Johnson (2016 U.S. Open), Danny Willett (2016 Masters), and Jason Day (2015 PGA) hoisting the last seven major trophies, the ’17
Claret Jug could
go to anybody (well, probably not perennial major champion wannabe Lee Westwood), but how about Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama, or Tommy Fleetwood?
To be fair to the
Clarets they are
going along very nicely under Sean Dyche this season, as they currently sit in the top half of the table and are through to the fourth round of the FA cup.
Nobody knew Ernie Els was
going to win his second British Open until Adam Scott missed his second - to - last putt, sealing his fourth straight bogey and handing the
Claret Jug over to the Big Easy.
Under 2.5 goals on this one is running at 5/6 and that is likely the only way that the
Clarets are
going to get close to getting anything out of this.
The Reds do have the home from
going over the
Clarets as they are on a nine match winning streak at Anfield against Burnley.
The
Clarets have now mustered up just the one goal in their last three home fixtures and therefore Manchester City to win to nil at William Hill for even money odds is
going to appeal * (betting odds taken January 31st at 4:47 p.m.).
Burnley Home Win: The
Clarets have
gone well at home this season and with the Baggies in a bit of a mess at the moment, it's just worth running with the
Clarets to bank the home win.
Mee and his defensive partner Michael Keane have been swapping places in the last few weeks and it is Mee who has now
gone clear again after his outstanding performance as the
Clarets finally ended that run of seven games without a win.
Burnley are surviving off their home form and were boosted by that victory over Middlesbrough on Monday and somehow the
Clarets are scraping out the results at home and it is
going to have appeal on them doing that again.
The
Clarets have
gone W2 D2 L2 in their last six games, so they are patchy.
The
Clarets are not strong enough
going forward to
go and take a win at Old Trafford, so get behind the home side although they may well have to work hard for it.
But because of the great defensive setup that the
Clarets have
going for them at the moment, it may be worth a flutter on the under 2.5 goals option at bet365 for a price of 11/10 because they aren't
going to give up anything easy.
Brighton haven't done badly at home, but aren't likely to break the
Clarets and therefore the visiting Burnley have to be some value to
go and get another three points for themselves and the 1 - 0 win for them has to be appealing again.
They have been playing some good stuff under Paul Clement and they have
gone W4 L3 in their last seven games, but each of those defeats were against a top four side so there's really nothing wrong with their form and they should be able to bag three points against the
Clarets who have been poor on the road.
Overall this season on home soil the
Clarets have
gone W5 D1 L3 and that's probably enough to suggest that they will be alright in this game.
With the
Clarets struggling
going forward, Boro can bankt themselves a clean sheet in this one and they have the head to head form at Turf Moor to
go out and collect all three points.
The
Clarets have had a tremendous season on home soil in the top flight having
gone W10 D2 L4 and they have lost just one of their last eight there and that was recently against the high - flying Tottenham.
Just 36 % of their away games have
gone over 2.5 goals and the
Clarets have failed to score in 36 % of their road games in the top flight as well this term.
They will
go as firm favourites, but this could be a tricky afternoon for them with the
Clarets in some battling, good home form at the moment.
The Toffees do have some winning home from
going over the
Clarets as they have won each of their last three on home soil over them, including a 3 - 1 victory over them in last season's corresponding fixture.
The
Clarets have conceded nine goals in their eight away fixtures and have conceded the nine with just 38 % of their road games
going over 2.5 goals.
The
Clarets are W2 D2 L1 at Turf Moor so far this season and just one of those games have
gone over 1.5 goals.
The
Clarets have been defensively immense at home this season but this is
going to be a huge test for them, probably one that they aren't
going to get through.
The
Clarets are in sixth
going into this game and that's a tremendous return from them.
The
Clarets have managed only the seven home goals this season and in total, just 10 % of their home games have
gone over 2.5 goals.
Newcastle have only scored two goals more than Burnley have this season and they
go into the weekend one place and one point above the
Clarets.
The
Clarets have been so impressive on home soil this season in the top flight that it will be massively interesting to see how they
go at Turf Moor against the league leaders on Sunday.
It has been a great season from the
Clarets, who only suffered just the second defeat of the season last weekend when they
went down at Man City but they stuck in there well and only a penalty from Sergio Aguero separated the two until the final twenty minutes.
Things didn't
go so well for Burnley the last time that these two met in the Barclays Premier League, as the
Clarets lost both meetings 4 - 0.
The
Clarets have posted a W5 D2 L4 record on home soil this season and they have lost their last two at home, having
gone down against Spurs and Liverpool.
The
Clarets have
gone D3 L2 in their last five away and the best that they are
going to hope for is a draw in this one.
Leicester just are a defensive risk to back wholeheartedly
going into this as they face up to the in - form
Clarets.
You can
go under 2.5 goals for a price of 8/15 with online betting site Bet365 and interestingly, the last four fixtures between these at Turf Moor (all competitions) have been settled by a 1 - 0 scoreline (the
Clarets winning three of those).
The Eagles lost 3 - 2 out at Turf Moor earlier in the season but they have
gone W2 D2 in their last four at home against the
Clarets.
The
Clarets beat United 1 - 0 in their first ever Premier League meeting back in August 2009, but have
gone just D1 L2 since then against them.
The joint chairman of West Ham finds himself facing criticism from a few sections of the
Claret and Blue support, who see him as a hurdle in their club's progress and want him
gone.
The Toffees
go to Burnley on Saturday, targeting the win which would draw them level on points with the seventh - placed
Clarets.
The
Clarets had shown nothing
going forward but they broke the deadlock against the run of play in painfully familiar fashion on 27 minutes.
Being in Liverpool yesterday it reminded me once more of that chat I had with former
Claret Billy Rodaway in 1977 when he asked me why I kept
going to away games when we were so poor.
I agree Tyson we need more than that we keep being liked with these players but he is
going to cost as much as Hernandez, Rhodes is the same at Blackburn or Mcormack Fulham, We need to look at a standard above that, Gignac is a proven international Player and even if his wages are high ne is free, But then Salkho came from a 2nd division side, We should be fighting for players like Inges at Burnley free and looks good in
claret and blue.
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Bjarnason was introduced as a second half substitute in the Bristol game and
went on to score his first goal in
claret and blue to contribute to Villa's biggest win in four years.
The gap between themselves and safety has now grown to three points, a win in reality, although perhaps two considering how dire Burnley goal difference is, but a win on Saturday would atr least ease some of the pressure currently on the players and my how they could do with a well needed win as The
Clarets have
gone nearly two months without one.
He joined the
Clarets in the summer of 2008, making his debut in the last pre-season friendly against Inverness Caledonian Thistle and
went on to make 120 league appearances for us in three seasons, in which he scored 33 goals.