Burnley vs Norwich City; Premier League
Burnley vs Norwich City. Premier League.
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Burnley vs Norwich preview
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Sunday 22 September 2019 19:56, UK
Team news, key stats and predictions ahead of Burnley vs Norwich in the Premier League.
Team news
Burnley could have Johann Berg Gudmundsson back for the visit of Norwich. The Icelander has been sidelined for nearly a month with a calf problem but has returned to training, leaving Danny Drinkwater (ankle) as the only absentee.
Norwich will have Patrick Roberts available again after the on-loan winger was not eligible to face parent club Manchester City last weekend.
Moritz Leitner has recovered from a calf injury, while Grant Hanley has shaken off his groin problem, but back-up goalkeeper Ralf Fahrmann (groin) will not be involved.
Max Aarons (ankle) continues his recovery, along with Mario Vrancic (calf) and Tom Trybull (ankle). Captain Christoph Zimmermann (foot), Timm Klose and Onel Hernandez (both knee) are long-term absentees.
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Opta stats
- Burnley have only lost one of their last nine league meetings with Norwich (W6 D2), with all of these matches coming in the Championship between 2006 and 2011.
- This will be the first ever Premier League meeting between Burnley and Norwich - their last encounter in the top-flight was in January 1976, with Norwich winning 3-1 at Carrow Road.
- In their league history, Burnley have only lost one of their 17 home meetings with Norwich (W13 D3), going down 3-5 in April 2004. The Clarets have won their last five home league games against the Canaries.
- Burnley have won their last four Premier League matches against newly-promoted teams, having won just four of their first 20 such games in the competition (W4 D9 L7).
- Norwich City have lost 15 of their last 17 away games in the Premier League (W2), losing their last five on the road, while also shipping six goals in their two matches in 2019-20.
- Burnley have won just once in their last nine Premier League matches (W1 D3 L5), after winning the previous three.
- Norwich striker Teemu Pukki has been directly involved in eight goals in his first five Premier League appearances (6 goals, 2 assists); only Sergio Aguero (9) registered more in his first five games in the competition's history. Indeed, Mick Quinn (11) and Aguero (10) scored and assisted the most goals in their first six games in PL history.
Charlie Nicholas' prediction
Norwich are a good watch - they like to attack. Daniel Farke does not believe that injuries will change his philosophy. Teemu Pukki and Todd Cantwell are not a pair but they link up so well. It suits them both and gives a nice edge to Norwich on the counter-attack.
Even with fit players, you do not know who they will play. Away from home is where the problems lie for me. They want to play on the front foot but cannot quite change it.
Ashley Barnes is delivering for Burnley and Chris Wood needs to start doing the same. Burnley have got their honesty back. They will be saying, 'This is how we set up and how we play, and this is why we are a Premier League team'. It will be a pretty comfortable afternoon for Burnley.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-0 (9/1 with Sky Bet)
