The two-time champion of England barely managed to stay in the elite championship last year. The team took only 17th place and started the new season with hope for the best. By the way, the team is one of the five in England, which managed to win the first four in terms of league strength. In addition, today’s hosts have won the Cup of the country, although this achievement is already 108 years old. This year Burnley failed to perform in this tournament. the Clarets flew out already in the first stage, losing to the modest Huddersfield (1:2). The same fate overtook the wards of Sean Dyche in the English League Cup, where they failed to go beyond the 1/8 finals. In the Premier League championship, the “burgundy” got just one win and eight peaceful outcomes over 17 rounds, which brought 11 points and 20th place in the table. The weakest link of the team is the attack, which differed less than once per match. In the last five rounds today’s hosts got only two points, having a draw with Wolverhampton (0:0) and West Ham (0:0). In 2022 the Lancashires played only one match, in which they lost to Leeds United (1:3). Today Gudmudsson, Barnes and Kornet, who left for Cameroon, will not be able to enter the field. In isolation with the coronavirus are Otter, Collins, McNeil, Peters and Taylor.
Alaves failed to surprise this season, having six defeats in a row at the start, followed by a confident victory over the reigning champion. Such a success gave hope to the hearts of the team’s fans and helped the “glorious” to temporarily leave the relegation zone. Unfortunately, they did not have enough strength for a long time and after 20 rounds of the current championship, the “white-blue” chalked up four wins and five peaceful outcomes, which brought 17 points and 18th place in the relegation zone. The performance of the Basques in the attack line, which differed only 16 times, looks terrible. In the last five rounds the “bean destroyers” lost twice and drew three times with Getafe (1:1), Real Sociedad (1:1) and Athletic (0:0). The start of Jose Mendilibar’s wards in the Cup of the Sun ended in a fiasco, where after success in the first game with Unami (3:0), the Basques lost to the more modest Linares (1:2). Today will not be able to play Pons and Navarro, who has a knee injury. More expert prediction today can be obtained from the link provided.
