Chris Wood has scored three of their eight goals this season and he rescued a point for
the Clarets last weekend in a home draw with West Ham who played two thirds of the match with just 10 men.
The Merseyside club are keen to bring in the 22 - year - old, who scored 11 goals for the relegated
Clarets last time round.
Not exact matches
The
Clarets are yet to play City this season but managed a 3 - 3 draw at the Etihad when they
last graced the top flight — albeit conceded six at Turf Moor in the reverse.
This is despite being in a
Clarets side who have been around the bottom three for most of the campaign, and were eventually relegated
last week.
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.
Ings has been in fine form this season, netting four in his
last five games for the struggling
Clarets, as well as another two whilst on international duty with the under - 21s.
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Clarets
The
Clarets have only won one game in their
last ten matches, but drew with Chelsea in their
last fixture.
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?
Although the
Clarets lost 1 - 0 to Swansea on this season's opening day, that is actually there only home defeat in the
last 17 League games, stretching back to before Xmas.
Sean Dyche has made Turf Moor a fortress for the
Clarets for some time now and despite the fact that their home record so far this season has not been quite as impressive as
last time, when they only lost six Premier League games through the whole campaign, they are still very hard to beat there and have also started to do the business on the road as well.
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.
He scored eight goals in all competitions for Juventus
last campaign but hasn't looked remotely threatening in
claret and blue.
Ings has just a year to run on his
Clarets deal and could be available for a fraction of his real value and having scored 26 goals
last season the signs are that the former Bournemouth man is a player with a great deal of potential.
According to the Sun, the
Clarets were more than willing to keep Keane at the club for the
last year of his contract and risk him leaving on a free next summer, however talks between Everton and Burnley are at an advanced stage and the deal looks set to be completed soon.
Danny Ings will play his
last game for the
Clarets on Sunday and it looks a straight fight between Liverpool and Spurs to capture the striker's signature this summer.»
The
last time Royal Birkdale hosted The Open was 2008, when Padraig Harrington took home the
Claret Jug.
The defeat to Burnley is the only one the Hammers have suffered in their
last six home matches and the fact the
Clarets have won their
last five games provides some context.
The Foxes have only lost one of their
last 12 meetings with the
Clarets.
The Irons have won their
last two on home soil against the
Clarets in the top flight, both 1 - 0 victories.
The
Clarets collected a 2 - 1 home win over Everton
last weekend and that finally snapped their winless streak which was at eleven games.
Following on from
last week's news that Oliver Younger has signed a professional deal with the
Clarets comes further good news with three more young players signing on the...
The
Clarets have struggled on the road to put wins on theboard though and they are without one in their
last six road games (D4 L2).
The
Clarets are W9 D2 L3 at Turf Moor this season in the top flight and after a 1 - 1 draw with league leaders Chelsea in their
last home match, they may be confident of taking something in this one.
The
Clarets have suffered five defeats in their
last six games and need a spark of inspiration on home soil to get themselves out of their ever - increasing mess.
The
Clarets are doing alright at the moment with four points collected from their
last two games, one of those being an unexpected point at Old Trafford
last weekend.
Arsenal took one - goal margin victories over Burnley in both league meetings
last season and they are on a six match winning streak against the
Clarets in all competitions.
In the anytime goalscorer market, Danny Ings is a 3/1 quote at Bet365, but the
Clarets have failed to score in their
last two league outings.
They have scored at least two goals in each of their
last four on home soil against the
Clarets and the Gunners are good enough to win this one by a two goal margin.
The
Clarets are now without a win in their
last four Premier League matches (L3) and are sinking fast.
The Red Devils do have a great track record running against the
Clarets as they are unbeaten in their
last 12 home league fixtures against them in a W8 D4 record in that sequence.
The
Clarets pulled off a shock win against Liverpool
last weekend banking a clean sheet in the process.
The
Clarets have struggled for any returns against Liverpool in their previous Premier League clashes, but they have shown plenty of battling qualities this season already against the big guns away from home, which is surprising after how poor they were away from Turf Moor
last season.
Burnley to win: You would have to back the
Clarets to build on the momentum that they earned
last weekend in beating Chelsea.
On home soil, Southampton have lost just one of their
last 14 league games against the
Clarets now in a W7 D6 L1 record, which is pretty solid.
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.).
Leicester collected three points on home soil against Burnley earlier this season and that has made it three wins in their
last four games against the
Clarets (L1).
However, the
Clarets have won their
last four away trips to play the Tigers at the KC Stadium.
It looks like we have seen the
last of Dimitri Payet in
claret and blue, right?
So they will likely rest up a few players for the visit of Burnley on Saturday in the FA Cup fourth round and will be hoping for a repeat of the
last time they hosted the
Clarets in the competition.
The
Clarets won this corresponding fixture 1 - 0
last season and they are unbeaten in their three previous Premier League home games against Stoke (W1 D2).
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.
Bournemouth are four points above the
Clarets going into this one and
last weekend the Cherries produced the comeback of all comebacks.
It's at least two goals in four of their
last six league games and they should get pressure on the visiting
Clarets.
The
Clarets have gone W2 D2 L2 in their
last six games, so they are patchy.
The Citizens have won three of their
last four visits to Burnley (L1) and they have taken two wins over the
Clarets already this season.
But to suggest when we walked out through those big
claret painted doors for the
last time we somehow agreed to writing off the history of our great club is simply not true.
Away from home this season the
Clarets are W4 D2 L2 for the term and they have alternated between a win and loss in their
last five road games.
The
Clarets took a point from the visit to M16
last season, so Jose Mourinho's side will be more than aware of the problems Dyche's men can cause.
This is actually the first ever top flight meeting between the two at Vicarage Road but the Hornets have won only one of their
last nine league games against the
Clarets.