On Tuesday Feb 8th, Burnley will play host to Manchester United in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Burnley recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Arsenal. Neither Arsenal nor Burnley could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Burnley looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while manchester United is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough. Jadon Sancho struck first for Manchester United in the 25th minute, but Matt Crooks got the equalizer for Middlesbrough in the 64th minute . Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Manchester United won by a score of 3 to 1. Scott McTominay scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 8th minute, then Ben Mee added another on an own goal in the 27th minute.
Both Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford have been the hottest scorers for Manchester United in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Burnley is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Aaron Lennon and Maxwel Cornet each only have 1 goal in their last five
Ashley Barnes is unavailable to play for Sean Dyche’s team, while Paul Pogba, Victor Lindelöf, Mason Greenwood, Luke Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are unavailable to play for Manchester United.