Burnley v City: play-off push meets early survival fight | OneFootball

Burnley host Bristol City in the Championship at Turf Moor on Saturday, 5 September 2026, with the visitors in the play-off places and the hosts in the relegation zone after four games.

Burnley have won the past five meetings between the sides, including 1-0 wins home and away in 2024/25. That streak meets a Bristol City team sitting sixth after a confident start.

The Clarets have two points from four and have conceded 10 goals, though they have carried a threat with five scored. City arrive on back-to-back league wins and seven goals so far, having drawn once after an opening day defeat.

The Clarets are without Joshua Cullen, Louis Jodan Beyer, Bashir Humphreys, Lucas Pires and Jaydon Banel through injury. The Robins list Luke McNally as an injury absentee.

On the ball, the Clarets have had 50% possession with 83.21% passing accuracy and have split their goals between inside and outside the box, yet none from set pieces. City have been more direct, with 93 aerial duels won, all seven goals from inside the area and two headed finishes, so deliveries into the box could trouble the home defence. Dom Ballard has two league goals, while Rio Cardines leads the assists chart with three (per the league rankings).

The Clarets are 23rd on two points. A win would take them to five and could lift them out of the relegation places. City are sixth on seven points. Victory would move them to 10 and could strengthen their grip on the play-off spots.