Premier League: Burnley vs Sunderland – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 2 match between Burnley and Sunderland and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

As the early season favourites, Burnley will look to justify their title credentials on Saturday when they take on Sunderland for a round 2 match in the Premier League.

Looking at the Premier League standings, the current difference between the sides is three points and 16 places.

Form: Burnley vs Sunderland

Burnley Form

Burnley are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Queens Park Rangers by 0-5, before beating Millwall by 3-1. The winning streak came to an end against Tottenham, who ran out 3-0 winners. Burnley just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the Turf Moor. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded 11 goals.

Sunderland Form

Sunderland look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Coventry, they were left empty-handed in a 0-1 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Sheffield United in a 1-2 win. They followed that up with a 3-0 win against West Ham in their most recent outing. Sunderland claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew zero and were defeated five times, as they were outscored by 11 goals to three.

Betting stats for Burnley and Sunderland

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Burnley and Sunderland played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Burnley vs Sunderland

Jacob Bruun Larsen found the target zero times in his previous six matches, whereas Wilson Isidor just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Popular betting markets: Burnley vs Sunderland

Full-time result

Burnley won eight of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing one as well. Sunderland won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost five in this run. Burnley lost their previous 4 matches. Sunderland have not lost to Burnley in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Burnley scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Sunderland scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Both teams have scored in the last 5 consecutive home games Burnley played. Sunderland should feel cheery over the chances of getting at least one goal in this coming Saturday, as Burnley only managed two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. Sunderland claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 games.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Burnley, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Sunderland, who scored 1.2 times on average in these matches. Astonishingly, Burnley conceded a goal in their last 21 matches.