This could be an interesting match as Burnley have their presumed home advantage while Manchester City are ahead 11 points in the Premier League table.
It's no vacation for neither Burnley nor Manchester City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Burnley form and stats
4-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Burnley, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Premier League, so far this season.
The Burnley crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Crystal Palace here at Turf Moor in a Premier League match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Watford and winning 3-0.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Burnley had similar winning odds as today, and found four games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 1 and lost 3. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Burnley lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Burnley as they are travelling to their away game against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
The Burnley fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Burnley have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Manchester City form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (39) in Premier League, are W4-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Manchester City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Newcastle United (placed 14th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Shakhtar Donetsk.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Manchester City given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 21 matches with 17 wins as expected, 1 draw and 3 surprise home wins. The favourites won 12 of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Manchester United in just four days.
Manchester City create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 18 goals in 7 travels. 10 goals have been conceded by Manchester City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Burnley won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Manchester City has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3Top Goalscorers
 
S. Agüero
9 goals
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R. Sterling
8 goals
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A. Barnes
6 goals
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Burnley missing players
Manchester City missing players
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| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | 39 |
| 20 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 86% | 64% |
| 7% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 43% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 71% | 57% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 7.9 | 9.1 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 153 | 79 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 138 | 286 |
| 50 | 30 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 50 | 99 |
| 40% | 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 36% | 39% |
- All of Manchester City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Burnley has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester City has the most scored goals (39)
- Manchester City has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 32 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 29 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Manchester United | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 10 | Burnley | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 17 | Everton | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -17 | 12 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
| 20 | Watford | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -19 | 8 |
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