Burnley vs Leeds United

Burnley and Leeds United will both be desperate to kick-start their Premier League campaigns at Turf Moor this weekend.

A pair of losses to Brighton and Liverpool to start the new Premier League season has extended Burnley’s losing streak in the top-flight to five matches – their worst-ever such run. Yet, a penalty shoot-out victory over Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup midweek could serve as an inspiration for the ‘Clarets’ to get going in the Premier League league and defy relegation forecasts once again. But, Sean Dyche’s men are enduring an underwhelming five-game losing run in home Premier League fixtures, conceding an average of 2.6 goals per match in that period. Additionally, last season’s 4-0 defeat at Turf Moor brought Burnley’s three-game winning streak in home league H2Hs to a halt. Before drawing a blank in this exact fixture in 2020/21, the hosts had found the net in eight straight competitive home H2Hs.

On the other hand, Leeds United came back from behind twice to earn a hard-fought 2-2 home draw against Everton last weekend in response to a humiliating 5-1 defeat away to Manchester United on Matchday 1. The visitors’ sluggish start to the new Premier League season comes as a sharp contrast to their impressive form down the final stretch of 2020/21 that had seen them put together four consecutive league wins to sign off for the previous campaign. Interestingly, the ‘Whites’ have yet to draw an away Premier League match under current boss Marcelo Bielsa, winning ten of their 20 top-flight trips while losing the other ten. In turn, just one of the last 22 league meetings between Burnley and Leeds has ended level, with the Yorkshire outfit claiming a resounding 15 victories in that sequence (L6).