Burnley vs Stoke City. Premier League.
Turf MoorAttendance19,881.
Tuesday 4 April 2017 20:07, UK
Burnley will be looking to avoid back-to-back defeats at Turf Moor when they host Stoke in the Premier League on Tuesday evening.
The Clarets suffered their first home defeat in the top flight since November when they were beaten 2-0 by Spurs on Saturday, and have not lost consecutive league games in front of their own fans since April 2015.
Turf Moor has mostly been a happy hunting ground for Sean Dyche's men this season, with Burnley winning 28 of their 32 points at home, seeing them three places and five points above the drop zone.
Stoke are nicely nestled inside the Premier League's top ten heading into Tuesday's match, although they remain eight points off their next closest rivals ahead of them in West Brom.
The Potters are winless on the road in their last four Premier League outings, drawing one and losing three, including Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Leicester.
Dyche will select from the same Burnley squad as the weekend, with Johann Berg Gudmundsson (knee) "more or less" back in full training and could be considered for the trip to Middlesbrough at the weekend.
Although Dean Marney (knee) is out for the season, the Burnley boss still has other midfield options in Steven Defour and Robbie Brady, both of whom were used from the bench in the loss to Tottenham on Saturday.
Mark Hughes is hopeful that Geoff Cameron will be available for the trip to Turf Moor after he missed out at the weekend with a thigh strain.
Xherdan Shaqiri will remain sidelined although is expected to be back in first team training this week after missing the last eight games with a calf injury.
Burnley have won just one of their five previous Premier League meetings with Stoke (D2 L2), losing to the Potters in their first ever game in the competition in August 2009.
Stoke won the reverse of this fixture 2-0 in December. They haven't done the league double over Burnley since the 1978/79 Second Division campaign.
Eight of the nine goals scored in Premier League meetings between these sides have been in the first half of games, including all six of Stoke City's strikes.
Burnley have failed to score in three of their last four home league games against the Potters, with the last three between them at Turf Moor all ending in draws.
Stoke City have played 19 Premier League away games in midweek (Tues-Thurs) - in these 19 matches, they have won just seven points (W1 D4 L14).
The Clarets have collected just nine Premier League points in 2017, with only Sunderland (6) and Middlesbrough (5) picking up fewer.
Stoke are unbeaten in their last nine away Premier League matches against newly promoted sides (W4 D5), since a 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in January 2014.
Saido Berahino hasn't scored or assisted in any of his last 13 Premier League starts (10 for West Brom, three for Stoke) - however, he scored twice in his only previous Premier League start against Burnley in September 2014 while playing for the Baggies.
Burnley and Stoke are two of three Premier League teams yet to win a game this season in which they've fallen behind (along with Middlesbrough) - the Clarets last achieved this in the top-flight in May 2010 (4-2 v Spurs) and have lost 35 and drawn seven of the 42 games since then in which they were losing.
This is a big game. Burnley need to win, they're on the old glass mountain with moccasin slippers on. They are sliding.
That's seven games without a win. If they win this it takes the pressure off, but if they don't they go to Middlesbrough on Saturday and they're looking in trouble.
But they're decent at home, and I actually think the Spurs game on Saturday was quite even. I'm going for a big three points for Burnley.
PAUL PREDICTS: 1-0 (5/1 with Sky Bet)
Burnley are the 11/8 favourites with Sky Bet to bounce back from a first Premier League at Turf Moor since the end of November when they host Stoke City on Tuesday night. The Clarets were beaten 2-0 by second-placed Tottenham on Saturday and are on offer at 5/2 to recover by claiming a win to nil.
Stoke can be supported at 11/5 to get the three points as they look to end a three-match winless run. The draw is available to back at 11/5. Burnley striker Andre Gray is the 11/2 favourite in Sky Bet's first goalscorer odds, while Peter Crouch and Saido Berahino can't be split as the top Stoke contenders at 13/2.
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