Burnley vs. Man Utd Betting Tips: Best bets from Turf Moor

The Manchester City legend, Vincent Kompany, leads Burnley as they face Manchester United at Turf Moor in the Premier League Saturday evening, live on Sky Sports. Burnley recently drew 1-1 against Nottingham Forest, while Manchester United suffered a 4-3 loss to Bayern Munich in a Champions League clash. Our man Dean Woodward is on hand to preview the action and provide his best bets. 

Burnley's Lyle Foster had a frustrating outing at the City Ground, with a late disallowed goal and a red card for elbowing Ryan Yates. Before Foster's incident, Burnley took the lead with a Zeki Amdouni strike, but Callum Hudson-Odoi's sublime curler secured a point for Forest. This draw gave Burnley their first Premier League point of the season, moving them off the bottom of the table. However, Burnley have lost their last five Premier League home games, conceding at least two goals each time.

Burnley will miss striker Foster due to a three-match domestic ban following his red card against Nottingham Forest. Manager Kompany faces several injury concerns, with Obafemi, Ekdal, Churlinov, and Vitinho all unavailable, although Beyer should be fit. Jay Rodriguez is a likely replacement for Foster, but other options like Ramsey, Tresor, Zaroury, and Manuel will be considered.

Manchester United come into this match following a 4-3 loss to Bayern Munich, where despite scoring three goals, they couldn't secure a win and looked poor yet again. The Red Devils have faced challenges both on and off the field, with concerns about team unity. They are yet to secure an away point this season, suffering defeat in four of their last five away Premier League games. However, they have an unbeaten record against Burnley in their last five encounters, offering a glimmer of hope for the visiting team.

Manchester United, despite their recent troubles, have no new injury concerns after their match against Bayern Munich. Varane and Mount were seen in training, but Amrabat and Mainoo trained individually, and several players, including Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Malacia, Diallo, Antony, and Sancho, all remain unavailable. Maguire's muscular problem might keep him out of the Burnley clash, leaving ten Hag with limited options for changes yet again.

Three defeats on the bounce for the Red Devils conceding ten goals in that spell, ten Hag will be after a huge response from his side and this could be the perfect game to conduct that.

In their five Premier League games this season, Manchester United have registered over 12.5 shots and forced over 6.5 goal kicks in four of the five games, only failing against Arsenal. The other four Premier League games Manchester United had 14, 18, 22 and 15 shots, forcing 8, 9, 9 and 9 goal kicks. It’s a must win game for ten Hag and expecting a response from the players should see good attacking output.

Now this selection isn’t for the faint-hearted, but for those who can dare to dream. Manchester United have been in horrendous form, even scoring three against Germany champions they still looked hideous with the result not doing the performance justice. 

Although not winning a game since being back in the Premier League, this is the perfect time to face Manchester United and it wouldn’t surprise me to see them produce another poor performance. If this is the case, Burnley to nick a result could see 20 year-old James Trafford wasting time just like he did against Forest early on. Booked in just the 11th minute on Monday, a Burnley lead would most definitely see him in no rush to get the ball back into play. The clamping down on time-wasting has made these bets of even greater interest this season and this longshot could well be worth a small play.