Ace Football previews the Premier League round 4 match between Burnley and Liverpool and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Burnley hope to live up to their early billing as the Premier League title favourites on Sunday when they welcome Liverpool over to the Turf Moor for a round 4 match.
A look at the Premier League standings shows that six points and 13 places currently separate the two teams.
Team form: Burnley vs Liverpool
Burnley Form
In their last three matches, Burnley beat Sunderland by 2-0 and Derby by 2-1, before losing against Manchester United by 3-2. Burnley only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Premier League matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded nine goals.
Liverpool Form
Liverpool are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Bournemouth got left behind in a 4-2 win, before Newcastle got hammered in a 2-3 victory. Arsenal was the most recent victim in a 1-0 win for Liverpool. Liverpool won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored 11 while also conceding 11 times.
Betting stats and facts for Burnley and Liverpool
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Burnley and Liverpool. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- Burnley have won 5 of the last 6 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 8 Burnley home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Burnley matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Burnley have lost 4 of the last 5 matches in the Premier League while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Burnley have won 5 of the last 7 home matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In 12 of the last 13 Liverpool matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Liverpool matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 5 Liverpool matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
- In the last 6 Liverpool away matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- Liverpool have won 5 of the last 6 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
Players in form: Burnley vs Liverpool
Josh Cullen is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. The Reds look to Mohamed Salah, hoping he can add to his current total of two Premier League goals in his latest games.
Betting markets: Burnley vs Liverpool
Full-time result
Burnley won eight of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing one as well. Liverpool won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost three in this run. Liverpool have not lost to Burnley in 5 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Burnley scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Liverpool scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten away from home. Burnley probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Sunday, as Liverpool managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Liverpool have scored in 6 consecutive meetings with Burnley when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Burnley saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Liverpool, who managed to hit the net 2.6 times on average in these games. Liverpool are on a nice streak of scoring at least once in their previous 37 matches.
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