Saturday 3rd February - Burnley 1-1 Manchester City

[Stan]

***This is a new feature we're trialling - games that are on TV (BT or SKY) will have their own match thread. ANY feedback is welcome.
All other matches will continue to be in a matchday group thread***

 

Kick-off 12.30pm
Coverage -

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Burnley last 5 matches
Newcastle 1-1 Burnley
Burnley 0-1 Man Utd
Crystal Palace 1-0 Burnley
Man City 4-1 Burnley (FA Cup)
Burnley 1-2 Liverpool

Man City last 5 matches
Man City 3-0 West Brom
Cardiff 0-2 Man City (FA Cup)
Bristol City 2-3 Man City (League Cup)
Man City 3-1 Newcastle
Liverpool 4-3 Man City

Top scorers
Burnley - Chris Wood (5); Ashley Barnes (4); Robbie Brady/Sam Vokes (3)
Man City - Sergio Aguero (24); Raheem Sterling (19); Kevin De Bruyne (11)

Discipline
Burnley - 46 Yellow Cards; 0 Red Cards; Steven Defour is the most booked player - 6
Man City - 40 Yellow Cards; 2 Red Cards; Nicolas Otamendi is the most booked player - 7

[Dave]

I've gone 3-0 Aguero on the poll, but given the way Manchester City play it could be 5-0 with Fernandinho scoring. 

[Stan]

I reckon Sterling and 2-0 win for Man City. 

[Dave]

Defours out injured. That's one less capable player of scoring a fantastic free kick to put Man City off.

[Guest Cannabis]

Burnley are quite good at keeping things tight so whilst I agree City will win I think it's going to be a lot closer than people think. 

1-0 Aguero.

[Dave]

Has Pep just named six subs? What a slap in the face to all the academy players.

[Dan+]

That is ridiculous. That's clearly a tactic to get into Mahrez' head.

[Lucas]

18 minutes ago, Dan said:

That is ridiculous. That's clearly a tactic to get into Mahrez' head.

Man City's under 23's played last night.

[Mel81x+]

Nice strike by Danilo. Burnley have had chances too they just need someone to put one away.

[Stan]

25 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Man City's under 23's played last night.

Surely just name one of them on the bench though? 

[Dave]

A great strike by Danilo that. Man City make football look so simple it's borderline boring.

[Batard]

Sterling had howler.

[Dave]

Can't believe that. Amazing how Burnley remain so competitive.

Sterling with a miss of the weekend, Danilo with a potential goal of the weekend, and Ederson with what will be one of the saves of the weekend. A great game to start proceedings.

[Lucas]

City missed David Silva big time today. Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero, Sane, Bernardo etc are great players having great seasons but I will harp on till the cows come home that David Silva is the key man for me.

And I think it's no coincidence the games they have dropped points in recently (Crystal Palace, Liverpool and Burnley) are all games he's not played.

Still the main man.

[Dave]

On a side note - Ashley Barnes using his elbows and shouting in the refs face again. Amazing how he gets away with it. If he didn't play for 'plucky Burnley' and played for 'demanding Newcastle' the media would be all over him.

[Cicero]

17 minutes ago, Lucas said:

City missed David Silva big time today. Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero, Sane, Bernardo etc are great players having great seasons but I will harp on till the cows come home that David Silva is the key man for me.

And I think it's no coincidence the games they have dropped points in recently (Crystal Palace, Liverpool and Burnley) are all games he's not played.

Still the main man.

Been saying that for a while now 

[Dan+]

I'm setting myself up for abuse here because someone will point to us at the latter end of 2015/16, but I swear Burnley are the luckiest side on the planet.

[Dave]

40 minutes ago, Dan said:

I'm setting myself up for abuse here because someone will point to us at the latter end of 2015/16, but I swear Burnley are the luckiest side on the planet.

.... Oh Dan

[Honey Honey]

1 hour ago, Dan said:

I'm setting myself up for abuse here because someone will point to us at the latter end of 2015/16, but I swear Burnley are the luckiest side on the planet.

They're absolute shite but organised. Really infuriating.