Burnley vs Manchester United Prediction & Match Preview

After an unpleasant streak of three successive losses, Manchester United are finally looking ahead of a winnable affair on Saturday evening when they visit Turf Moor to take on Burnley in the sixth round of the Premier League.

The Red Devils had a complicated schedule in recent weeks with the fixtures against Tottenham, Arsenal, Brighton, and Bayern Munich in the last five outings in all competitions.

To make things worse, Erik ten Hag has faced serious issues with sidelined players in his team’s back line. The horrendous run of at least three goals conceded in each of the last three matches in all competitions only came as a consequence.

The latest of the failures came on Wednesday night when the Red Devils suffered a defeat despite scoring three goals past Bayern Munich on German soil.

Manchester United now have three losses and two wins in the opening five Premier League affairs and they desperately need to shift their fortunes around before it gets too late.

The clash with Burnley is an ideal opportunity for something like that because the Clarets are still trying to adjust to the elite class football.

Vincent Kompany’s troops collected just a single point in the inaugural four league outings. They own the competition’s worst defensive record with 12 conceded goals despite having a game in hand on the rest of the league.

That said, Burnley’s first league point in the top flight has just come last Monday thanks to Zeki Amdouni’s goal in a 1-1 stalemate against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground.

Latest Meetings

These two sides net each other in December last year in the last 16 round of the League Cup when Manchester United claimed a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils have, however, managed only 17 wins in the previous 44 away clashes against Burnley.

Only two of the previous seven clashes between these rivals provided three or more goals.

The Verdict

Manchester United can ill afford another slip-up. They do have a lot of issues with injured players at the moment but the Red Devils should still have too much for the league’s worst defensive line on Saturday.

On top of the away win at the 1.72 odds, we are very much interested in backing the Over 2.5 goals FT pick at the 1.61 odds knowing how easy to break down both these outfits have been of late.

Steffen Schmidt- September 21, 2023

Burnley vs Manchester United Betting Tips

Manchester United to win

OK

1.70 Odds

Over 2.5 goals

OK

1.60 Odds