Burnley welcome Brentford to Turf Moor this Saturday in the Premier League. Both sides sit in the bottom half of the table and find themselves embroiled in the relegation battle.
Date: 16/03/2024
Kick-off time: 15:00
Location: Turf Moor
The bottom six are separated by just 15 points, with all potential candidates for relegation. Brentford, with a win, could find themselves eight points clear, whereas Burnley are looking to close in on Luton who are also in the relegation zone.
Burnley currently sit 19th in the Premier League after 28 games. The Clarets have three wins, five draws and 20 losses, leaving them on 14 points, ten points from safety.
The Clarets have struggled in front of goal this season, scoring just 25 goals in 28 games, an average of just 0.93 goals a game. Burnley have been even worse defensively, conceding 60 goals and keeping just two clean sheets.
Brentford sit just above Burnley in 15th in the Premier League. In 28 games, The Bees have seven wins, five draws and 16 losses which leaves them on 26 points, five points above the relegation zone.
The Bees have outperformed their league position attacking-wise this season. In 28 games, Brentford have scored 40 goals giving them an average of 1.43 goals a game. However, at the other end of the pitch, Brentford have struggled, conceding 52 goals and keeping four clean sheets.
Burnley and Brentford have met 33 times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in 1933. Burnley have a marginally better record in the fixture with 13 wins in comparison to Brentford’s ten wins. In fact, there have been just as many draws as Brentford wins, points being shared on ten occasions.
The last five games in this fixture there have been three Burnley wins and two Brentford wins. However, those two Brentford wins came in the most recent meetings. Along with this, three of the last five games have seen at least three goals a game.
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