Match preview Premier League: Burnley - Wolverhampton Wanderers at Turf Moor

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 21.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Turf Moor (21401 seats)

Season ticket holders at Turf Moor haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Burnley languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Wolverhampton Wanderers will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Burnley has the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have scored more than double the goals of Burnley.

The hosts Burnley saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Aston Villa.

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Burnley form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Burnley, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League, have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.

The Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

The home team returns to Turf Moor after being equal after 90 minutes with Aston Villa (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Arsenal.

Burnley's goalie Nick Pope played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Aston Villa with a stunning six saves.

Burnley has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

3-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wolverhampton Wanderers in their Premier League matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Wolves's previous game versus Chelsea (placed 7th), a Premier League 2-1 win played at home. A loss against Aston Villa was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Late drama in the previous game, when Pedro Neto scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Chelsea.

The attacking power of Wolverhampton Wanderers when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Wolverhampton Wanderers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Burnley-Wolverhampton Wanderers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Burnley three wins, Wolverhampton Wanderers three wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Wolverhampton WanderersP. Lomba Neto
P. Lomba Neto
4 goals
Wolverhampton WanderersR. Jiménez Rodríguez
R. Jiménez Rodríguez
4 goals
Wolverhampton WanderersD. Castelo Podence
D. Castelo Podence
3 goals

Burnley missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 2 6 13
2 1 1 Won W 2 3 6
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
6 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
6 2 1 Scored S 4 5 13
18 6 3 Conceded C 1 10 17
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
42% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
33% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 38%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 23%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 38%
42% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 31%
58% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.8 9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9 12.5
2.9 2.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3 4.4
17% 15% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 28% 23%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Burnley has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Premier League
  • Burnley has the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League
  • Burnley has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Burnley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have scored more than double the goals of Burnley.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 13 8 4 1 29 19 7 7 0 0 20 7 6 1 4 1 9 12 10 28
2 Tottenham Hotspur 13 7 4 2 25 12 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 4 2 1 15 6 13 25
3 Southampton 13 7 3 3 25 18 6 4 0 2 13 8 7 3 3 1 12 10 7 24
4 Leicester City 13 8 0 5 24 17 7 3 0 4 9 10 6 5 0 1 15 7 7 24
5 Everton 13 7 2 4 23 18 6 3 1 2 13 10 7 4 1 2 10 8 5 23
6 Manchester United 12 7 2 3 22 19 6 1 2 3 3 10 6 6 0 0 19 9 3 23
7 Chelsea 13 6 4 3 26 14 6 3 2 1 14 7 7 3 2 2 12 7 12 22
8 West Ham United 13 6 3 4 21 16 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 21
9 Manchester City 12 5 5 2 18 12 6 3 2 1 12 7 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 20
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 6 2 5 13 17 7 3 2 2 8 7 6 3 0 3 5 10 -4 20
11 Aston Villa 11 6 1 4 21 13 6 2 1 3 12 11 5 4 0 1 9 2 8 19
12 Crystal Palace 13 5 3 5 19 18 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 3 1 3 11 11 1 18
13 Leeds United 13 5 2 6 22 24 7 2 2 3 12 13 6 3 0 3 10 11 -2 17
14 Newcastle United 12 5 2 5 16 21 6 3 0 3 8 12 6 2 2 2 8 9 -5 17
15 Arsenal 13 4 2 7 11 16 7 2 1 4 6 10 6 2 1 3 5 6 -5 14
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 13 2 5 6 15 21 6 0 3 3 6 10 7 2 2 3 9 11 -6 11
17 Burnley 12 2 4 6 6 18 5 1 1 3 2 6 7 1 3 3 4 12 -12 10
18 Fulham 13 2 3 8 12 22 7 1 2 4 6 12 6 1 1 4 6 10 -10 9
19 West Bromwich Albion 13 1 4 8 10 26 6 1 2 3 5 12 7 0 2 5 5 14 -16 7
20 Sheffield United 13 0 1 12 7 24 7 0 1 6 4 11 6 0 0 6 3 13 -17 1

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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.