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The Premier League fixture at Turf Moor on Sunday sees home side Burnley locking horns with Newcastle United.
Our Burnley v Newcastle United tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below including the latest game odds.
📏 Form Guide
Burnley
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Burnley will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-2 Premier League losing effort in their last game against Southampton.
In that match, Burnley had 45% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Burnley, the scorers were Chris Wood (12') and Matěj Vydra (28'). On the other side, Southampton got 24 shots at goal with 9 on target. Stuart Armstrong (31'), Danny Ings (42') and Nathan Redmond (66') scored for Southampton.
It has not been often in recent games that Burnley have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that The Clarets have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 10 goals on the way. That pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this match, though.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Burnley:
- have not beaten Newcastle United in their last 2 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.
- haven’t won at home in the past 6 matches in the league. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.
Newcastle United
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In their previous game, Newcastle United drew 2-2 in the Premier League match with Tottenham Hotspur.
In that game, Newcastle United managed 41% possession and 22 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Newcastle United, the goals were scored by Joelinton (28') and Joe Willock (85'). On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur got 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Harry Kane (30', 34') scored for Tottenham Hotspur.
The stats don’t lie, and Newcastle United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 10 goals in total. In defence, The Magpies have clearly had some problems.
Going into this contest, Newcastle United have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 31/01/2018 shows us that Burnley have won 1 of these games and Newcastle United 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.
A combined total of 12 goals were scored between them in this period, with 4 from The Clarets and 8 created by The Magpies. That is an average goals per game value of 2.
The last league contest between the two was Premier League match day 4 on 03/10/2020 which ended up with the score at Newcastle United 3-1 Burnley.
That time, Newcastle United had 47% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Allan Saint-Maximin (14') and Callum Wilson (65', 77').
At the other end, Burnley had 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. Ashley Westwood (61') scored.
The referee was David Coote.
ℹ️ Team News: Burnley
Burnley manager Sean Dyche has zero fitness concerns whatsoever before this game thanks to a fully healthy squad to choose from.
📋 Team News: Newcastle United
Newcastle boss Steve Bruce has some current player fitness concerns. Fabian Schär (Knee Injury) and Isaac Hayden (Knee Injury) miss out here.
🧠 Prediction
We believe that Newcastle United have the firepower to breach the defence of this Burnley outfit, but it is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We’re tipping a 2-1 advantage for Burnley by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Should be an interesting one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 23:29 06/04/2021

🏟️ Team Focus:
Burnley
Formed: 1882
Stadium: Turf Moor (21,944)
Captain: Ben Mee
Chairman: Mike Garlick
Manager: Sean Dyche
Competitions: Premier League position 15
🔑 Star Player: Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson

Regularly used in the Right Attacking Midfielder position, Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. Having made his senior debut playing for AZ in the 2010 - 2011 season, the accomplished Midfielder has scored a sum of 2 league goals in this Premier League 2020 - 2021 season to date coming from a total of 16 appearances.
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30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 60 | DDWWW |
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30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 56 | LDWWL |
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31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 52 | LLWWW |
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30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 52 | LWLDW |
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30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 49 | WWLWD |
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30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 44 | DDLWL |
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30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 42 | WDWDL |
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31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 38 | LDLLW |
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30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | -16 | 33 | LDDWL |
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Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 31 |
Time first goal conceded | 38 |
Yellow cards | 1.3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 1.9 |
Biggest victory | 3-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 66 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 2.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-2 |
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Ashley Barnes | 3 |
Matěj Vydra | 3 |
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 2 |
Dwight McNeil | 2 |
Callum Wilson | 10 |
Miguel Almirón | 4 |
Joelinton | 3 |
Allan Saint-Maximin | 3 |
Joe Willock | 3 |
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