Burnley face a difficult match in their fight for Premier League survival as Sean Dyche’s Clarets host Liverpool at Turf Moor.
Victory would see Burnley climb above Watford and Norwich into 18th, whereas a win would see Liverpool reduce their deficit to Manchester City in the title race to nine points.
Team News
Maxwel Cornet could be available for Burnley after recovering from a hamstring injury.
Charlie Taylor (ankle) is a doubt but Johan Berg Gudmundsson (illness) and Matej Vydra (hernia) are still ruled out.
Liverpool could welcome Sadio Mane back into the starting line-up after he recently returned from international duty, following Senegal’s title winning run in 2022 Africa Cup of Nations.
Joe Gomez (illness), Jordan Henderson (back) and Divock Origi (knee) are also set to be in contention for selection.
Stat Attack
- Burnley have lost three of their last five meetings against Liverpool (W1, D1, L3).
- Liverpool have won each of their last four visits to Turf Moor in which they scored 11 goals and conceded twice.
- Roberto Firmino has scored in each of Liverpool’s last three away matches against Burnley, although two of his three goals were scored after half-time.
- Coming into this matchweek, no team has scored more league goals this season than Liverpool who have netted 60 goals in 23 matches.
- Burnley have made more blocks in Premier League so far this season than any other team coming into this matchweek, having produced 125 blocks.
Prediction
Having often ridden their luck in the first half of their midweek draw against Manchester United amidst poor marking, Burnley will be relieved to come out of that game with a third straight draw but they need to realistically score first to give themselves a shot here. at victory.
Liverpool meanwhile dominated Leicester on Thursday but had to be patient in terms of executing their chances clinically, yet the return of Mane meanwhile gives Jurgen Klopp a headache because he needs to find a balance between continuing form and squad rotation.
This game though is realistically Liverpool’s to lose given their form in this fixture and if Burnley repeat their sloppy first-half defending from midweek, this should be one route traffic.
Prediction: Burnley 0-3 Liverpool
Result: Burnley 0-1 Liverpool