Burnley will host Tottenham under fire in the last Premier League match this Saturday.
Burnley still has European aspirations this season and will want to take revenge for his 5-0 pounding in North London in December.
They face the Spurs this weekend who risk imploding.
Jose Mourinho’s men are injured and have lost their last four games in all competitions.
Their exit from the FA Cup in Norwich on Wednesday also saw Eric Dier’s extraordinary scenes leap into the crowd to face a fan.
Tottenham is in desperate need of a boost but Turf Moor is still a difficult place to visit. In fact, the Spurs lost to Lancashire last season, losing 2-1.
Can they bounce back or will Burnley cause the Special One more pain?
Burnley vs Tottenham: How to listen
The Premier League shock will begin at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7.
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Burnley vs Tottenham: Team News
Matthew Lowton is a major doubt with a knee injury while Johann Berg Gudmundsson also seems poised to miss.
Ashley Barnes remains absent as he recovers from hernia surgery.
Tottenham remains without Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Moussa Sissoko
Hugo Lloris could return to the goal while Juan Foyth is also in great shape.
Victor Wanyama joined the Montreal Impact for a permanent agreement earlier this week.
Burnley vs Tottenham: What was said?
Jose Mourinho says he can only prioritize one of Tottenham’s next two games.
The Spurs visit Burnley on Saturday before going to RB Leipzig, which must reverse a 1-0 deficit to keep their hopes in the Champions League.
“Right now, I’m really sad for the players and the fans, but I’m already thinking about what’s coming next and I’m really, really worried about playing in two days,” said Mourinho.
“Trying to give my boys a chance to go to Leipzig with as many conditions as possible to fight a new team, a team with incredible solutions, options and rotations.
“I have to think about a Saturday and a Tuesday game and try to decide which one is the priority and which one is where I can give some of my boys under enormous fatigue the best possible chance.”
Burnley vs tottenham: match statistics
- Burnley has won only two of its 11 Premier League games with the Spurs (W2 D2 L7), although these two victories came at Turf Moor in May 2010 and February 2019.
- This is the 100th league game between Burnley and Spurs, with the Spurs winning slightly more games (39) than Burnley (36) in the previous 99 games.
- Burnley are undefeated in their last six Premier League games (W4 D2), conceding only two goals in this round and never more than once in a match. They had a final streak of unbeaten streak in February 2019 (8 games).
- Tottenham has lost its last two Premier League games, conceding more than 2 goals in each loss – it suffered three consecutive losses in November 2012 under Andre Villas-Boas.
- Only Liverpool (12) have kept more clean sheets in the Premier League this season than Burnley (11), while it wasn’t until 2017-18 (12) that the Clarets recorded more shutouts in a single campaign. Premier League than in 2019-2020. .
- Tottenham conceded at least two goals in 50% of their 16 Premier League games under Jose Mourinho (8/16) – their highest ratio in a single run as competition manager (next highest, Man Utd 24 , 7%).
- Burnley has conceded fewer set kicks (excluding penalties) than any other Premier League team this season (2).
- Burnley’s Chris Wood has scored exactly 10 goals in each of his last three seasons in the Premier League and could only become the third player to collect more than 10 in a single PL campaign for the Clarets after Ashley Barnes in 2018-19 ( 12) and Danny Ings in 2014-2015 (11).
- Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has been directly involved in six goals in his last six Premier League games against Burnley, scoring twice and helping four. Alone against Southampton (9) and Chelsea (7), Alli scored more PL goals than against the Clarets (6).
- Spurs manager Jose Mourinho faced Swansea City (9) more often in the Premier League without losing than against Burnley (8), winning five and shooting three against the Clarets.