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Wednesday 20 April 2022 19:47, UK
Team news, stats, predictions and how to follow the Premier League this week, including Thursday's match between Burnley and Southampton.
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Burnley vs Southampton - Thursday, kick-off 7.45pm, live on Sky Sports Premier League
Team news: Ashley Westwood was stretchered off with a serious ankle injury as Burnley held West Ham to a hard-fought draw at the weekend.
Club captain Ben Mee, Erik Pieters (both knee) and Johann Berg Gudmundsson (calf) are also sidelined and set to be ruled out for the rest of April.
Southampton will travel to Turf Moor with plenty of "options", manager Ralph Hasenhüttl advocated ahead of the rearranged tie. Following victory over Arsenal last time out, Saints once again have a full squad of players to select from.
Jones Knows prediction...
Burnley's change of mentality to playing "must-win" football in the last three matches has seen a positive effect on how many goals there will be in their games. Games have been much more open affairs with their past three seeing seven goals scored and a total expected goals figure of 13.45 when collating both teams. That xG figure tells the whole story.
How the 1-1 draw with West Ham stayed under 2.5 was all about the sheer brilliance of Nick Pope and general wasteful nature of Maxwell Cornet from 12 yards.
Southampton are a reliable team when it comes to goal heavy matches, too. Their away games this season have averaged 3.27 goals per 90 minutes with 60 per cent of those matches producing four or more goals.
The markets have the goal line around 2.5 goals, which I think is too low. This means backing overs is the way to go.
SCORE PREDICTION: 2-2 | BETTING ANGLE: Back over 3.5 goals (11/4 with Sky Bet - Bet Here!)
Opta stats...
- Following their 1-0 win at Turf Moor last season, Southampton are looking to pick up back-to-back away league wins against Burnley for just the second time, previously doing so in 2006 and 2007 in the Championship.
- Burnley won their last home league game 3-2 against Everton, scoring more goals in that victory than they had in their previous eight at Turf Moor combined (2). The Clarets haven't won consecutive home league games since December 2020
- Southampton beat Arsenal 1-0 in their last Premier League game, having conceded 15 goals in their five league games before this (D1 L4). However, Saints have conceded in each of their last 10 away league games (24 goals in total) since a 1-0 win at Watford in October.
- This will be Burnley's first home league game without Sean Dyche in charge since October 2012, and a 1-0 Championship victory over Blackpool under caretaker Terry Pashley. The last Burnley manager to lose their first home league game with the club was Brian Laws (vs Chelsea in January 2010).
How to follow: Burnley vs Southampton is live on Sky Sports Premier League from 7.30pm; kick-off 7.45pm. Sky Sports customers can watch in-game clips in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.
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