Game preview: Home fans have high expectations when Burnley receive Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Turf Moor (21401 seats)

1st spot in the Championship table for Burnley right now, a potent performance. The home team supporters pray for more entertainment as 11th-placed Preston North End visit Turf Moor.

Insights:
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (58) in Championship
  • Burnley have scored more than double the goals of Preston North End.

Little time to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a FA Cup match only four days earlier. This match was also played here at Turf Moor. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Preston North End have had more rest.

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Burnley form and stats

Burnley are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Turf Moor. 11 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 15 games. Burnley has won so many consecutive home games (nine in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Turf Moor. We remember; it was Stoke City.

Burnley's previous fixture was a FA Cup game also played at their home, ending 2-1 versus Ipswich Town. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Norwich City and winning 3-0.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows the future, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Watford in only three days. This game is also played here at Turf Moor.

The Burnley manager Kompany has got the team scoring with 32 from 15 home games in the league. From these home matches, Burnley have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

Playing away, Preston North End have won 8 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Preston North End are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The manager Lowe was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Deepdale. Preston suffered a 1-2 loss to Bristol City (placed 17th). Browne got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. Browne hit three key passes.

The match before was the FA Cup-battle against Tottenham Hotspur, a home loss (0-3).

After this away game Preston North End return home for a Championship game against Luton Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Preston North End find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Preston North End as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Burnley and Preston North End have faced each other before this season: Preston North End - Burnley 1-1. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Burnley won six, Preston North End were winners in two and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BurnleyN. Tella
N. Tella
9 goals
BurnleyJ. Rodriguez
J. Rodriguez
9 goals
BurnleyM. Benson Hedilazio
M. Benson Hedilazio
8 goals

Burnley missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Burnley Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 3 14 29
19 11 4 Won W 2 8 11
8 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 11
58 32 9 Scored S 5 18 27
26 12 2 Conceded C 3 13 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 79%
79% 87% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 52%
52% 60% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 38%
24% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 17%
17% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 14%
59% 60% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 38%
38% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 41%
3% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 41%
 
5.8 7.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.9 4
4.3 3.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.9 5.3
1.9 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.3 13.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.6 10.9
4.6 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 3.6
43% 44% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 26%
 
9 7.1 5.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 14.3 13.1
3 2.9 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.7 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Burnley have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Burnley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burnley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Burnley have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Burnley have scored more than double the goals of Preston North End.
  • Burnley have the most points (37) at home in Championship
  • Burnley have the most points from losing position (17) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (32) at home in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (58) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Championship
  • Burnley have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Championship
  • Burnley have the the best goal difference (+32) in Championship
  • Burnley have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Burnley is in the best form (6-0-0) in Championship
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 8 9 39 30 15 7 4 4 21 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 9 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
17 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
18 Birmingham City 29 9 8 12 34 38 15 4 5 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 35
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

Burnley:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 8 9 39 30 15 7 4 4 21 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 9 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
17 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
18 Birmingham City 29 9 8 12 34 38 15 4 5 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 35
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.