Week 1 brings us a match on Jan 12th, where Manchester United will travel to Burnley to battle Burnley in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Burnley sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Milton Keynes Dons. Cameron Jerome struck first for Milton Keynes Dons in the 29th minute on a feed from Scott Fraser, then Matěj Vydra tied it up for Burnley in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Mumbongo . With 18 points in their last 10 matches Burnley should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Manchester United recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Watford. Scott McTominay struck first for Manchester United in the 5th minute on a feed from Alex Telles, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Watford couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester United ran away with the shutout win. Manchester United is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Manchester United is glad to have Bruno Fernandes in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes are the top scorers for Burnley in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Sean Dyche’s Burnley squad will be without Jóhann Guðmundsson, while Victor Lindelöf, Edinson Cavani, Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones are unavailable to play for Manchester United.