Burnley vs Manchester United Preview


Burnley vs Manchester United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Turf Moor

Date: 8th February 2022

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

After their FA Cup heartbreak, Manchester United will turn their attention to their Premier League top-four quest when they travel to Turf Moor on Tuesday to face Burnley.

After a long absence from football, Burnley returned to competitive action on Friday as they played out a goalless draw with fellow relegation strugglers Newcastle.

That draw means that Sean Dyche’s side are still looking for their first league win since October. Since beating Brentford 3-1 in October, the hosts have gone ten games without a win (D6, L4) and were even beaten by Championship side Huddersfield field in that period.

Their quest for another season in the Premier League is looking increasingly impossible by each game day. They come into this tie sitting bottom of the table with only 13 points, albeit with four games in hand.

With fellow relegation contenders Norwich City improving in recent times and Newcastle signing big players in January, it will take a huge miracle for the Clarets to avoid the drop.

They will be desperate to avoid the drop this season but must begin by picking up maximum points from this game.

Meanwhile, Manchester United will look to get back to winning ways when they travel to Burnley on Tuesday.

The Red Devils were sent packing out of the FA Cup by Middlesbrough last week, losing on penalties after a 1-1 draw in normal time.

However, just before the winter break, they defeated West Ham United 1-0 to move into the top four, nine points behind third-placed Chelsea.

Given that they have lost just one of their PL games since the departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, they will come into this tie confident of taking all three points.

Despite the supposed gloom around their camp, Ralf Rangnick’s side have won three of their last five PL games (D1, L1). They have won six of their last ten league games and have collected more points than every other team in that period apart from Man City, Liverpool and Tottenham.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

November 23, 2024
Leicester City 13:30 Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 16:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 16:00 Brentford
Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 18:30 Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton 15:00 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United 21:00 West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford 16:00 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 16:00 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 18:30 Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea 14:30 Aston Villa
Manchester United 14:30 Everton
Tottenham Hotspur 14:30 Fulham
Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
2 Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 +9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 21 13 +8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 18 12 +6 19
5 Nottingham Forest 11 5 4 2 15 10 +5 19
6 Brighton & Hov… 11 5 4 2 19 15 +4 19
7 Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 18
8 Newcastle United 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 18
9 Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 +0 18
10 Tottenham Hotspur 11 5 1 5 23 13 +10 16
11 Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 +0 16
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 +0 15
13 Manchester United 11 4 3 4 12 12 +0 15
14 West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 -6 12
15 Leicester City 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 10
16 Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 -7 10
17 Ipswich Town 11 1 5 5 12 22 -10 8
18 Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 -7 7
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 1 3 7 16 27 -11 6
20 Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 4

Latest Premier League Results

November 10, 2024
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Newcastle United
Manchester United 3 - 0 Leicester City
November 9, 2024
Liverpool 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Brighton & Hov… 2 - 1 Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Southampton
West Ham United 0 - 0 Everton
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Fulham
Brentford 3 - 2 AFC Bournemouth
November 4, 2024
Fulham 2 - 1 Brentford
November 3, 2024
Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 1 Aston Villa
November 2, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 2 Crystal Palace
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 West Ham United
Liverpool 2 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Leicester City
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 1 Manchester City
Newcastle United 1 - 0 Arsenal

 

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