Burnley v Southampton: what the stats say

Burnley have lost just one of their six Premier League home games against Southampton (W3 D2), though it did come in this exact fixture last season (0-1).

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Following their 1-0 win at Turf Moor last season, Southampton are looking to pick up back-to-back away league wins against Burnley for just the second time, previously doing so in 2006 and 2007 in the Championship.

Southampton have lost two of their last three Premier League games against sides in the relegation zone (W1), as many as they had in their previous 14 (W8 D4). However, they’ve not lost consecutive such matches since November 2003.

Southampton haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 13 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games, shipping 35 goals in total in this run (2.7 per game).

Burnley won their last home league game 3-2 against Everton, scoring more goals in that victory than they had in their previous eight at Turf Moor combined (2). The Clarets haven’t won consecutive home league games since December 2020

Southampton beat Arsenal 1-0 in their last Premier League game, having conceded 15 goals in their five league games before this (D1 L4). However, Saints have conceded in each of their last 10 away league games (24 goals in total) since a 1-0 win at Watford in October.

This will be Burnley’s first home league game without Sean Dyche in charge since October 2012, and a 1-0 Championship victory over Blackpool under caretaker Terry Pashley. The last Burnley manager to lose their first home league game with the club was Brian Laws (vs Chelsea in January 2010).

Maxwel Cornet scored and assisted a goal in Burnley’s 3-2 win against Everton, as many goal involvements as he’d registered in his first nine league games at Turf Moor (2 goals).

Southampton’s Jan Bednarek has scored four goals in his last 17 Premier League games, more than he had in his first 110 appearances in the competition (3). Three of these strikes have been the first goal of the game, while two of them have proved to be the winning goal in the match.

Wout Weghorst scored his second Premier League goal for Burnley in their 1-1 away draw with West Ham, with his other goal also coming away from home against Brighton. He’s scored with two of his four shots in away games but failed with all 12 efforts at goal at Turf Moor in the Premier League.