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:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

 

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