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Burnley

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Burnley will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Brighton & Hove Albion.

In that match, Burnley managed 40% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Brighton & Hove Albion had 15 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Georginio Rutter (29') and Yasin Ayari (47') scored for Brighton & Hove Albion.

It has not been often in recent times that Burnley have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Burnley have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 11 goals in the process. Let’s find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Their past results show that Burnley:

• have not won against Manchester United in their last 7 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 6 league games. That's never good.

Manchester United

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Previously, Manchester United drew 1-1 in the Premier League match with Leeds United.

In that game, Manchester United had 55% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Manchester United was Cunha (65'). Leeds United got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Brenden Aaronson (62') scored for Leeds United.

Rúben Amorim's Manchester United have seen their goal attempts be successful 11 times in the course of their previous six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes comes to 8.

Going into this one, Manchester United remain unbeaten by Burnley when they've played them away from home in the last 8 league games. An amazing record against them.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head to head results going back to 30/12/2021 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Burnley. They’ve not been able to get any wins at all while Manchester United have just been stronger than them, getting wins in 67% of those matches played.

A combined sum of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 5 of them from The Clarets and 11 belonging to The Red Devils. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The previous league clash between these sides was Premier League match day 3 on 30/08/2025 when it finished Manchester United 3-2 Burnley.

On that day, Manchester United managed 62% possession and 26 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Bryan Mbeumo (57') and Fernandes (97').

Burnley got 6 shots on goal with 3 on target. Josh Cullen (27' Own goal), Lyle Foster (55') and Jaidon Anthony (66') scored.

The referee was Samuel Barrott.

📰 Team News: Burnley

Jordan Beyer (Hamstring injury), Joe Worrall (Muscle injury), Zian Flemming (Knock), Connor Roberts (Knee injury), Zeki Amdouni (Cruciate ligament tear) and Josh Cullen (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for Burnley gaffer Scott Parker.

It seems likely that The Clarets will possibly kick off with a 3-4-3 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Martin Dubravka, Josh Laurent, Hjalmar Ekdal, Bashir Humphreys, Kyle Walker, Lesley Ugochukwu, Florentino, Lucas Pires, Marcus Edwards, Armando Broja and Jacob Bruun Larsen.

📋 Team News: Manchester United

We’re of the thinking that The Red Devils could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Senne Lammens, Diogo Dalot, Ayden Heaven, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw, Manuel Ugarte, Casemiro, Patrick Dorgu, Bruno Fernandes, Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Burnley certainly have the ability to breach the defence of this Manchester United outfit, but one goal isn’t likely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Manchester United after 90 minutes. We’ll have to see what happens.

Lucas Pereira, 20:03 07/01/2026