Burnley vs Tottenham Hotspur

High-flying Tottenham Hotspur head to Turf Moor to lock horns with out-of-sorts Premier League newcomers Burnley.

Despite securing a swift top-flight return in emphatic fashion last season, becoming only the fourth side in Championship history to hit a 100-point milestone, Burnley’s Premier League struggles appear endless. Vincent Kompany’s maiden managerial fixture in England’s elite society yielded a disastrous 3-0 home loss to his former side Manchester City before Aston Villa stunned Turf Moor into silence last weekend with a comprehensive 3-1 victory. Slow out of the blocks, the ‘Clarets’ conceded the opening goal within the first eight minutes in both defeats and went to capitulate one more time before halftime each time. However, a hard-fought 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest in midweek League Cup action might have offered devastated Burnley fans a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.

Visiting Tottenham will be eager to douse the optimism at Turf Moor after scoring on either side of halftime to dispatch Bournemouth 2-0 last weekend and maintain Ange Postecoglou’s impressive managerial start in the Premier League. Unfazed by Harry Kane’s departure, ‘Spurs’ are firing on all cylinders this term, netting precisely two goals in all three Premier League outings (W2, D1), including an enthralling 2-2 draw away to Brentford on day one. That result forms part of Tottenham’s three-game unbeaten league streak on hostile turf (W2, D1), which is a significant improvement on a dismal three-match losing run beforehand. However, this won’t be a walk in the park for Tottenham, considering they’ve emerged victorious just once on their last four Premier League visits to Burnley (D1, L2).