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Burnley

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Burnley will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-0 EFL Cup defeat in their last game at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In that match, Burnley had 50% possession and 3 shots on goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Wolverhampton Wanderers got 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. Gonçalo Guedes (38', 54') scored for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Burnley haven’t conceded. The reality is that Burnley have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 7 goals during that time.

Coming into this fixture, Burnley have not lost a league tie with Blackburn Rovers in their last 8 matches. A decent run, indeed.

Blackburn Rovers

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Blackpool in EFL Cup competition, Blackburn Rovers and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Blackburn Rovers managed 60% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Blackburn Rovers was Makhtar Gueye (21'). Blackpool got 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. Jake Beesley (72') and Hayden Coulson (77') scored for Blackpool.

Blackburn Rovers have been dangerous up front in their most recent fixtures, having scored 17 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Blackburn Rovers have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same games. That pattern might not be sustained here, however.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Blackburn Rovers:

• are winless against Burnley in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not good at all.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs going back to 09/03/2014 reveals that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Blackburn Rovers. They have not managed to come away with any victories whatsoever while Burnley have maintained the edge over them, getting wins in 100% of those matches played.

11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 from The Clarets and 1 created by Rovers. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Championship match day 38 on 25/04/2023 when it finished Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley.

On that occasion, Blackburn Rovers had 50% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

Burnley had 8 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Manuel Benson (66') scored.

The referee was Tim Robinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Burnley

It seems likely that The Clarets will possibly line up in a 4-4-2 system for the game featuring Vaclav Hladky, Connor Roberts, CJ Egan-Riley, Maxime Estève, Lucas Pires, Shurandy Sambo, Josh Cullen, Josh Brownhill, Andreas Hountondji, Lyle Foster and Jay Rodriguez.

🗞️ Team News: Blackburn Rovers

We are inclined to think that Rovers could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Owen Beck, Sondre Tronstad, Lewis Travis, Joe Rankin-Costello, Tyrhys Dolan, Ryan Hedges and Yuki Ohashi.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Blackburn Rovers are certainly able to breach the defence of this Burnley lineup, however that possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 winning margin for Burnley by the conclusion of the game. It’s a very tough call.

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Lucas Pereira, 11:03 31/08/2024