In this week 31 match on Apr 2nd, Burnley will play host to Manchester City in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Burnley is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Brentford. Ivan Toney scored the first goal for Brentford in the 85th minute, then Ivan Toney added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty In the end, Burnley couldn’t muster any offence and Brentford ran away with the shutout win. Burnley looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while manchester City is fresh off their 4-1 win against Southampton. Raheem Sterling struck first for Manchester City in the 12th minute, but Aymeric Laporte got the equalizer for Southampton on an own goal in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 16th, Manchester City hosted Burnley at the Etihad Stadium in their last match together. Manchester City was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 53000 fans. Bernardo Silva struck first for Manchester City in the 12th minute, then Kevin De Bruyne added another in the 70th minute In the end, Burnley couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win.
Riyad Mahrez has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Manchester City. Burnley hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Ben Mee and Luka Milivojević, and they each have 1 goal
Sean Dyche’s Burnley squad will be without Jóhann Guðmundsson, Matěj Vydra, Erik Pieters and Ben Mee, while Manchester City will be without Benjamin Mendy and Rúben Dias.