Manchester United vs Burnley Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Manchester United

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Manchester United will play in this game following on from a 3-3 FA Cup drawn game vs Coventry City.

In that game, Manchester United had 58% possession and 28 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Manchester United, the goals were scored by Scott McTominay (23'), Harry Maguire (45') and Bruno Fernandes (58'). Coventry City got 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Ellis Simms (71'), Callum O'Hare (79') and Haji Wright (90') scored for Coventry City. After a tense 4-2 penalty shootout, Manchester United were victorious.

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 will come into the match following a 1-4 Premier League win to defeat Sheffield United in their last outing.

In that match, Burnley had 51% possession and 16 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Burnley, the goalscorers were Jacob Bruun Larsen (38'), Lorenz Assignon (40'), Lyle Foster (58') and Jóhann Berg Guðmunds­son (71'). On the other side, Sheffield United had 18 attempts at goal with 11 on target. Gustavo Hamer (52') scored 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

Checking on their past head to head results going back to 12/01/2021 reveals that these encounters have not been kind to Burnley. They’ve not been able to register any wins whatsoever whereas Manchester United have been the better of the two, winning in 83 per cent of those games played.

14 goals were scored between them in this period, with 11 from The Red Devils and 3 netted by The Clarets. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The previous league encounter between the two was Premier League match day 6 on 23/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Burnley 0-1 Manchester United.

In that game, Burnley managed 62% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Manchester United got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Bruno Fernandes (45') scored.

The referee was 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) will not be taking part for Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag.

ℹ️ Team News: Burnley

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany has to currently contend with reduced team options. Luca Koleosho (Knee injury) and Jordan Beyer (Hamstring injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

🔮 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.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 11:07 23/04/2024