Manchester United to Move One Step Closer to Second Place
Manchester United vs Burnley - 18/04/2021
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One of the Premier League fixtures to be played on Sunday the 18th of April is between Manchester United and Burnley.
The game will be played at Old Trafford and Manchester United begin the weekend in second place on 63 points while the visitors are in 16th place on 33 points.
Manchester United come into the match having recorded a 2-0 home victory over Spanish club Granada in the Europa League on Thursday night.
That results sees them progress to the semi-final stage of the competition having also won the first leg 2-0 in Spain.
The win over Granada on Thursday means Manchester United have won each of their last 4 matches in all competitions, including Premier League wins over Brighton at home and Tottenham Hotspur away.
Trends show Manchester United have been difficult to beat in the Premier League and they are undefeated in their last 11 games.
In fact, they have lost only one of their last 25 Premier League fixtures and that was a shock defeat at home against Sheffield United at the end of January.
Manchester United have found the back of the net in each of their last 9 games in all competitions. That includes their 9 most recent home Premier League matches and the Red Devils have scored 2 more goals in 5 of their last 7 league fixtures at Old Trafford.
Burnley come into the match having tasted defeat at home against Newcastle United last weekend. Burnley took the lead in the game after only 18 minutes and went into the interval winning the match.
However, Newcastle United scored two goals in a 5 minute period in the second half and Burnley could not find the equaliser in the 26 minutes that remained.
That result means Burnley have lost each of their last two Premier League fixtures having gone down 3-2 away at Southampton the previous week. Burnley were leading 2-0 in that game but conceded 3 goals to leave with nothing.
Burnley have been struggling to win matches in the Premier League recently and they have picked up just a single victory from their 8 most recent league games.
They have been inconsistent away from home with 3 wins and 5 defeats from their last 8 Premier League fixtures on the road.
Burnley have conceded 2 or more goals in 3 of their last 5 away Premier League matches and have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 4 on the road.
Team news and Manchester United will be without the injured trio of Eric Bailly, Anthony Martial, and Phil Jones. Marcus Rashford should be available having been rested in the Europa League on Thursday.
Burnley are without Robert Brady and Ashley Barnes who are injured. They also have doubts over the fitness of Nick Pope, Jay Rodriguez, and Kevin Long.
Manchester United come into this game as favourites and a victory will be another step towards securing second place. We expect to see the hosts score 2 or more goals and keep a clean sheet.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
592318
1
3 - 0
2.50
14°
1.37
1.37
5.20
9.30
1
-1
-1
3 - 1(0 - 0)
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