Week 8 brings us a match on Oct 16th where Manchester City hosts Burnley in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Manchester City sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Liverpool. Sadio Mané scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 59th minute, then Phil Foden tied it up for Manchester City in the 69th minute . Manchester City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Burnley recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Norwich City. Neither Burnley nor Norwich City could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 11 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 lost 4 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Manchester City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Burnley is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Chris Wood and Ben Mee each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Gabriel Jesus has been the most effective weapon for Manchester City lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches
Manchester City will be without Benjamin Mendy, while Sean Dyche’s Burnley squad will be without Dale Stephens, Kevin Long and Connor Roberts.