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wo teams positioned in upper half of table will meet in this match of the 24th round of English Premier League, where seventh-placed Burnley currently has big 16 points fewer than second-positioned Manchester United. Besides, Burnley has three-game losing streak, while the United won three times in a row in the same period. We need to add that their match played on the Boxing Day at Old Trafford had ended as 2-2 draw.

Burnley

Burnley was on verge to make a splash that day as it had a lead of 2-0 at the halftime, but the United reduced backlog in 53 minute, while in 91 minute it scored an equaliser and saved one point. How much the match affected coach Dyche players can be seen through fact that after it Burnley only once managed to play a goalless draw, which happened in the away match with Huddersfield, while they lost at home to Liverpool and away to Crystal Palace. In the FA Cup match played at the Etihad they stood no chance against Manchester United.

However, thanks to good results made in the first part of season Burnley still occupies very good seventh place in the Premier League table and has three points more than eight-placed Leicester and even seven than ninth Everton, so there is still no reason to start worrying. True, ahead of them is now a very demanding match with ever better Manchester United in which they cannot count on injured goalkeeper Heaton, defender Ward, midfielders Arfield and Brady, and forward Wood.

Probable lineups Burnley: Pope – Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor – Cork, Defour – Gudmundsson, Hendrick, N'Koudou –– Barnes

Manchester United

We have said in the introduction that the guests from Manchester won three previous matches in a row before this league match with Burnley. Two were won in the league; over Everton and Stoke and one in the FA Cup over second-division Derby County. However, fact that the United hasn’t received a single goal in last four matches is the one that makes coach Mourinho very happy, meaning it was Burnley which scored the last goal against Manchester United at the Old Trafford.

With those two wins the United kept the second place in the Premier League table and now it has three points more than Liverpool and Chelsea, while on the other hand the leading Citizens have even 12 points more than they. Of course, such backlog is very difficult to annul in remaining 15 rounds, especially as the United also competes in the FA Cup and Champions League. We need to add that due to injuries this match will skip stopper Bailly, midfielder Carrick and forward Ibrahimovic, as well as midfielder Mkhitaryan who is about to leave this club.

Probable lineups Manchester United: de Gea – Valencia, Smalling, Jones, Shaw – Pogba, Matic – Mata, Lingard, Martial – Lukaku

Verdict:

Current form of the two team suggests us that the United should win Burnley on Saturday, but on the other hand we should keep in mind that the home team still has one of the best defences in the league, which is why we have decided to play here on fewer goals.

Pick: under 2.5 goals 1.77 - 77/100 @1XBet