Manchester United vs Burnley Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Manchester United

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Manchester United will play in this fixture coming off the back of a 3-3 FA Cup draw against Coventry City.

In that game, Manchester United had 58% possession and 28 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Manchester United, the goalscorers were Scott McTominay (23'), Harry Maguire (45') and Bruno Fernandes (58'). For their opponents, Coventry City got 19 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Ellis Simms (71'), Callum O'Hare (79') and Haji Wright (90') scored for Coventry City. Manchester United won the match 4-2 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

Manchester United have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, but they’ve also managed to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Manchester United have seen their goal breached in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 6 of those games.

Coming into this clash, Manchester United are unbeaten in the league by Burnley in their previous 5 matches.

Burnley

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Burnley head into the meeting following a 1-4 Premier League win with the defeat of Sheffield United in their last outing.

In that match, Burnley managed 51% possession and 16 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For Burnley, goals were scored by Jacob Bruun Larsen (38'), Lorenz Assignon (40'), Lyle Foster (58') and Jóhann Berg Guðmunds­son (71'). Sheffield United got 18 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Gustavo Hamer (52') was the scorer for Sheffield United.

The stats tell the story, and Burnley have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals in all. Defensively, Burnley certainly have room for improvement. Such a trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, however.

Going into this contest, Burnley haven't beaten Manchester United when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head results stretching back to 12/01/2021 reveals that these encounters have not been fruitful for Burnley. They’ve not been able to get themselves any victories at all whereas Manchester United have been too good for them, winning in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

In all, 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 of them for The Red Devils and 3 coming from The Clarets. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Premier League match day 6 on 23/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Burnley 0-1 Manchester United.

On that occasion, Burnley managed 62% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

On the other side, Manchester United got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Bruno Fernandes (45') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Tony Harrington.

📋 Team News: Manchester United

Tyrell Malacia (Knee injury), Luke Shaw (Muscle injury), Jonny Evans (Muscle injury), Raphaël Varane (Muscle injury), Victor Lindelöf (Hamstring injury) and Lisandro Martínez (Calf strain) aren’t available for Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag.

ℹ️ Team News: Burnley

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany has multiple availability issues to deal with. Luca Koleosho (Knee injury) and Jordan Beyer (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Burnley are certainly able to breach the defence of this Manchester United outfit, but that probably won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for a 2-1 win for Manchester United at full-time. Looking forward to this.

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Peter Guest, 16:01 24/04/2024