Burnley vs Liverpool Preview: Champions out to preserve only 100% Premier League record left | OneFootball

Liverpool are back on Premier League duty on Sunday when they visit Turf Moor to face off against newly promoted Burnley.

This weekend’s visitors narrowly edged out Arsenal in their most recent outing before the international break, while the hosts came up short against Manchester United.

Liverpool preview

Liverpool have been far from convincing across their opening three matches, but they have managed to come away with maximum points.

The defending champions needed late goals to see off Bournemouth and Newcastle in the opening two rounds before netting yet another late winner against Arsenal courtesy of Dominik Szoboszlai last time out.

Liverpool are two points ahead of Chelsea at the summit of the Premier League table at the moment, although Arne Slot’s side undoubtedly still have gears to find if they are to retain their crown.

Having beaten their next opponents in five consecutive matches ahead of Sunday’s game, Liverpool will be confident of getting the better of Burnley once again.

With their Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid to come three days later, a win this weekend would be the ideal tone-setter for the Reds before their first European foray of the campaign.

Burnley Preview

With games against three of the traditional top six teams in their first four outings, Burnley have been given a baptism of fire on their return to the Premier League.

The Clarets got things underway with a 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur before seeing off fellow newcomers Sunderland in their first home outing.

Scott Parker’s men gave a good account of themselves in last month’s 3-2 defeat to United, where they came from behind twice and looked set to claim a point.

However, Jaidon Anthony gave away a late penalty, which Bruno Fernandes converted in second-half stoppage time to decide the game.

Burnley have conceded the opener in six of their last eight outings, and that does not make for good reading against a Liverpool outfit who have scored first in six straight matches.

Team News

Jeremie Frimpong, Calum Scanlon and Stefan Bajcetic are nursing hamstring issues and are huge doubts to feature here.

Luke Chambers is also unavailable for the away side due to a back injury he sustained during his loan spell at Wigan.

British record signing Alexander Isak is set to make his Liverpool debut, although Hugo Ekitike should get the nod to feature right from the off.

Burnley’s Zeke Amdouni is sidelined with a knee injury that has kept him out of action since the middle of June.

Jordan Beyer (hamstring) and Connor Roberts (groin) will also not play any part for the hosts alongside Hjalmar Ekdal after he was forced off with an injury in Sweden’s 2-0 defeat to Kosovo.

Burnley Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Dubravka; Hartman, Esteve, Worrall, Walker; Cullen, Ugochukwu; Anthony, Mejbri, Tchaouna; Foster

Liverpool Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike