Evenly matched teams: Burnley vs Fulham match preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 03.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Turf Moor (21401 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Burnley and Fulham experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 18th place.

Insights:
  • Burnley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fulham have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Burnley form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Burnley are 3-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Burnley after consecutive victories at their own ground.

A nice win for Burnley last time playing, versus Sheffield United. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Ben Mee scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as Burnley lost 0-1 at Leeds United's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Burnley have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost two.

Burnley have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Burnley have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Fulham form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fulham so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Fulham has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 28 days ago, in the Manchester City fixture.

There were no winners in Fulham's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs Southampton (placed 9th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Newcastle United that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fulham playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Fulham wins, two draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fulham have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. Fulham have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - one - two (Burnley wins - draws - Fulham wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamB. Reid
B. Reid
4 goals
BurnleyC. Wood
C. Wood
3 goals
FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
2 goals

Burnley missing players

Fulham missing players

Burnley Fulham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 7 15
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 2
4 1 0 Drew D 2 2 5
7 3 0 Lost L 0 4 8
9 5 2 Scored S 2 7 13
20 7 0 Conceded C 2 11 23
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
40% 43% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 73%
33% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
27% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 47%
40% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
53% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.1 8.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.4 11.4
3.2 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.7
19% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 24%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Burnley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Fulham have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 15 9 5 1 37 20 8 7 1 0 21 8 7 2 4 1 16 12 17 32
2 Manchester United 15 9 3 3 31 23 8 3 2 3 10 12 7 6 1 0 21 11 8 30
3 Leicester City 16 9 2 5 29 20 8 3 1 4 11 12 8 6 1 1 18 8 9 29
4 Everton 15 9 2 4 26 19 7 4 1 2 15 11 8 5 1 2 11 8 7 29
5 Aston Villa 14 8 2 4 28 14 7 3 1 3 15 11 7 5 1 1 13 3 14 26
6 Chelsea 16 7 5 4 31 18 8 4 3 1 18 8 8 3 2 3 13 10 13 26
7 Tottenham Hotspur 15 7 5 3 26 15 7 3 2 2 10 8 8 4 3 1 16 7 11 26
8 Manchester City 14 7 5 2 21 12 7 4 2 1 14 7 7 3 3 1 7 5 9 26
9 Southampton 16 7 5 4 25 19 8 4 1 3 13 9 8 3 4 1 12 10 6 26
10 West Ham United 16 6 5 5 23 21 8 3 3 2 12 10 8 3 2 3 11 11 2 23
11 Leeds United 16 7 2 7 30 30 8 3 2 3 13 13 8 4 0 4 17 17 0 23
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 6 3 7 15 21 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 0 5 6 13 -6 21
13 Arsenal 16 6 2 8 16 19 8 3 1 4 9 11 8 3 1 4 7 8 -3 20
14 Crystal Palace 16 5 4 7 20 29 8 2 3 3 9 15 8 3 1 4 11 14 -9 19
15 Newcastle United 14 5 3 6 17 24 7 3 1 3 9 13 7 2 2 3 8 11 -7 18
16 Burnley 15 4 4 7 9 20 7 3 1 3 5 7 8 1 3 4 4 13 -11 16
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 2 7 7 18 25 8 0 4 4 7 12 8 2 3 3 11 13 -7 13
18 Fulham 15 2 5 8 13 23 8 1 3 4 6 12 7 1 2 4 7 11 -10 11
19 West Bromwich Albion 16 1 5 10 11 35 8 1 2 5 5 20 8 0 3 5 6 15 -24 8
20 Sheffield United 16 0 2 14 8 27 8 0 1 7 4 12 8 0 1 7 4 15 -19 2

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.