Premier League: What this match might lack in elegance it should compensate in pace and enthusiasm. Get ready for Manchester United - Burnley!
- Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burnley have yet to win a game away.
The hosts United saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Newcastle United.
Manchester United form and stats
Manchester United have collected 13 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-1-3. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Old Trafford.
An away draw last time out for Manchester United, facing Newcastle United in a game that ended 1-1. United's goalie Gea played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Newcastle United with a stunning seven saves. The hometeam coach Rangnick made a successful contribution in the game against Newcastle United, bringing on Cavani who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Goalkeeper Gea got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.83 out of ten. Gea stopped the opponent with seven saves.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Norwich City and winning 1-0.United are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew one and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Wolverhampton Wanderers are coming to town in four days.
United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Old Trafford with 14 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the United defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Burnley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Burnley so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of Burnley have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 311 minutes.
There were no winners in Burnley's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs West Ham United (placed 6th). Goalkeeper Pope got the top player rating of the team with 7.91/10. Pope stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Burnley manager Dyche faced defeat when travelling to Newcastle United and losing 0-1.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Burnley played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win three times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Burnley manager Dyche as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Leeds United.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Burnley have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Manchester United wins - draws - Burnley wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ronaldo 7 goals |  B. Borges Fernandes 5 goals |   G. Cornet 5 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Burnley missing players
| Manchester United | Burnley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 27 | 14 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 80% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 40% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 20% |
| 18% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.9 | 4.9 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.7 | 15.6 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.8 | 11 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 33% | 33% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 26% |
| 13.8 | 12.6 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 19 | 16.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 4.6 |
- Burnley have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Burnley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Burnley have yet to win a game away.
- Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Burnley have scored away.
- Manchester United 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 | Manchester City | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 38 | 47 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 35 | 41 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 41 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Brentford | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Southampton | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 11 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -31 | 10 |
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