We are looking at a noteworthy gulf in form between these teams based on the league table so far, with Burnley leading Stoke City by 6 points.
- Burnley have not yet lost a game at home.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Burnley form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Burnley have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Burnley has recorded two wins in a row here at Turf Moor, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Burnley travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cardiff City that ended 1-1. Midfield player Brownhill got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Brownhill hit two key passes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bristol City in a game that was won 2-1.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 latest league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.
The manager Kompany will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Coventry City in only three days.
A decent goal production from Burnley in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Stoke City form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Baker was the last player to score for the away team. Stoke haven't scored a league goal in the last 206 minutes.
Stoke City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Watford proved too strong as Stoke City slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Bet365 Stadium. Stoke City lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Defender Wilmot was the best team player with a rating of 7.55. Wilmot won 13 of 16 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Queens Park Rangers.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Stoke when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sheffield United in just three days.
7 goals have been conceded by Stoke City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Burnley, five draws and two wins for Stoke City. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodriguez 5 goals |  J. Brownhill 4 goals |  N. Tella 4 goals |
Burnley missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Burnley | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 91% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 73% |
| 27% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 4.9 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14.8 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 34% | 36% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | 29% |
| 10.5 | 10 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 14 | 12.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | 3.9 |
- All of Burnley's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Burnley have not yet lost a game at home.
- Burnley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burnley have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Burnley have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Sheffield United | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Reading | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 4 | Burnley | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Watford | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Hull City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
- Burnley FC
- Burnley Express - (local newspaper)
- Up the Clarets! - (supporter site)
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)
