Burnley v Man City: Clarets must hope Turf Moor can inspire them again
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The weekend’s Premier League action gets underway in Lancashire when Burnley host Manchester City. Pep Guardiola makes his first trip to Turf Moor and he’ll be wise to have done his research on the historic old ground.
The Clarets may have slumped to a 4-0 drubbing away at West Brom on Monday night, but on their home patch they’re a very different proposition.
Only Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea can boast as many home victories as Sean Dyche’s charges this season.
They’re 9/1 to win, but that’s a price which will tempt many, especially with City losing 1-0 on their last visit.
Liverpool’s sole defeat this season came here, while Arsenal only escaped with a 1-0 victory thanks to some a fortunate last-gasp bundle from Laurent Koscielny.
City are 3/10 favourites, and after a six-game winless run, now find themselves unbeaten in five.
But such is Burnley’s strength at home, there could be plenty of value to be had.
Although if you fancy City to repeat their rampant 6-1 win here in 2010, the Citizens can be backed at 5/6 Half-Time/Full-Time or 8/11 on the -1 handicap.
Yaya Toure marked his return to first-team action with a brace against Crystal Palace last week, and the former Barcelona man is 5/1 to score first once again.
Sergio Aguero leads the betting at 5/2, while Burnley’s top scorer this season, Sam Vokes is 10/1 to break the deadlock.
And ahead of the game, we’re enhancing Man City to win and both teams to score from 6/4 to 2/1.
All Odds and Markets are correct as of the date of publishing
