The 34-time champion and 19-time Cup winner failed the start of the current championship. The team barely made it to the playoffs of the Champions League, where only in the last battle with Borussia Gladbakh they snatched a place in the spring part of the tournament. The start of the team in the Super Cup ended in failure, where Zinedine Zidane’s players were eliminated in the semifinals, losing to Athletics (1:2). The first stage of the Cup of the country ended with even greater disappointment, where the whites lost in extra time to the team from the third league, Alcoyano (1:2). In the La Liga championship the Galacticos managed to score 14 victories in 22 rounds and drew four times, which brought 46 points and second place in the standings. After the success in the duel with Alaves (4:1), the creamy lost to Levante (2:1), beat Huesca (2:1) and Getafe (2:0). The capital club scored 39 times, 11 of which were scored by Karim Benzema. In the infirmary of the team are Militao, Ramos, Rodrigo, Audriosola, Lucas, Marcelo, Carvajal, Valverde and Hazard, who has a muscle injury.
Winter successes put Burnley ahead of the struggling survivors by eight points. This distance looks safe, but if any of the outsiders start winning match after match, Burnley will have problems. Burnley is approaching the duel with Crystal Palace with a streak of four without a win. In the Premier League the Burgundy lost to Chelsea (0:2), Manchester City (0:2) and tied with Brighton (1:1), while in the FA Cup Sean Dych lost to Bournemouth (0:2). Although before that Burnley defeated Liverpool (1:0) and Aston Villa (3:2). Away in the Premier League Burnley tend to play extremely cautious and destructive football. The “total under 2.5” bet has played in all six previous away matches of the “Burgundy” in the Premier League. During this time Daich’s wards defeated Arsenal (1:0), Liverpool (1:0), drew with Aston Villa (0:0) and lost to Leeds (0:1), West Ham (0:1) and Chelsea (0:2). Burnley has no injuries, but the involvement of Robbie Brady, Charlie Taylor, Josh Brownhill and Chris Wood is in question.