Burnley are set to meet Brighton & Hove Albion at Turf Moor on Saturday in their first premier league match of the season with kickoff at 17:00.
The two sides in the previous season flirted a lot with relegation with Burnley on top of the 18th placed Fulham with a difference of 11 clear points and Brighton one position on top of Burnley with a 2 points difference.
Burnley’s pre-season went well in the preparation for the campaign awaiting them to get a better position away from relegation. They won six of their seven matches having only lost to Cadiz in their final outing.
Brighton had most of their matches ending in draw last season, 14 matches ended in a draw being the premier league’s draw holics.
Brighton didn’t have a busy pre-season, unlike Burnley, they had only three friendlies which are hard to determine their readiness to the campaign. Won one match, drew one and lost one.
The two clubs last faced each other earlier this year in the English Premier League, with the game ending in a 1-1 draw. Burnley have played 12 home matches with no win in a row. Brighton haven’t won any of their last 6 away matches.
Neither of these two sides has been on the active side of the transfer windows and it will be another season to put their squad in finer forms for top flight survival.
Burnley vs Brighton & Hove Albion head to head
On the head to head encounters since 2002, the two sides have had very even performance, both with 5 victories and 12 matches ended draw.
- Burnley 1-1 Brighton 06/02/21
- Brighton 0-0 Burnley 06/11/20
- Burnley 1-2 Brighton 26/07/20
- Brighton 1-1 Burnley 14/09/19
- Brighton 1-3 Burnley 09/02/19
Home Team
- Burnley 0-2 Cadiz
- Blackpool 0-1 Burnley
- Oldham 0-2 Burnley
- Sheffield 1-0 Burnley
- Burnley 0-3 Liverpool
Away Team
- Brighton 0-2 Getafe
- Rangers 0-0 Brighton
- Arsenal 2-0 Brighton
- Brighton 3-2 Man City
- Brighton 1-1 West Ham
Burnley team news
Dale Stephens and Kevin Long will be absent for this match. Right-back Matthew Lowton is doubtfully unavailable.
Brighton & Hove Albion team news
Brighton lack the services of Danny Welbeck, Tariq Lamptey, Dan Burn, Kjell Scherpen and Moises Caicedo due to injuries.
Prediction and odd
- Both teams to score.
- Goals over 2.5
- A draw