Burnley goal a primary Premier League win since 26 October in opposition to an Everton facet who’ve misplaced their previous two league fixtures.
BBC Sport examines a number of the key themes forward of Saturday’s assembly at Turf Moor (15:00 GMT).
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Burnley’s first level since October
Burnley averted equalling the membership document run of eight successive Premier League defeats with a creditable draw at final weekend. Nonetheless, whereas choosing up a primary level since 26 October might have offered some welcome aid to supporters, the style of the end result has been Burnley’s 2025-26 marketing campaign in microcosm to this point.
The Clarets haven’t received a sport since defeating two months in the past, due to an undesirable mixture of an absence of creativity in assault along with struggles in defence.
Burnley didn’t document a shot of any form till the 86th minute on the Vitality Stadium, whereas Armando Broja’s injury-time equaliser was their first, and solely, shot on track.
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Scott Parker’s facet merely can’t maintain such paucity in assault with the variety of possibilities they’re conceding to opposing groups.
The Clarets have confronted probably the most pictures, allowed probably the most opposition touches of their field and have the best anticipated targets tally in opposition to of any Premier League facet this season. Though Broja’s first purpose in additional than two years will probably be a lift to supervisor and participant alike, the Albania worldwide has solely as soon as scored in back-to-back matches in 87 appearances within the Premier League.
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Everton’s misfiring assault
Broja subsequent faces an Everton facet the place he spent an injury-hit season on mortgage in 2024-25, failing to attain in all 11 outings for the Toffees.
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The place Burnley and Broja can take consolation is that Everton are experiencing their very own issues in entrance of purpose, a season-long seek for firepower additional undermined by the lack of high scorers Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury Corridor to the Africa Cup of Nations and damage respectively.
In consequence, David Moyes’s males are considered one of solely two sides, together with , to have failed to attain up to now two match rounds.
In the meantime, Everton common only a level per sport throughout their 10 Premier League matches with out Ndiaye within the beginning line-up because the begin of final season, in comparison with 1.4 per sport when he begins.
The Toffees’ issues in assault, nonetheless, differ barely from these of Saturday’s hosts. Whereas Burnley are struggling to create possibilities, Everton are unable to take them, with strikers Beto and Thierno Barry mustering simply two Premier League targets in complete to this point between them.
Everton are lacking the providers of an elite striker to this point this season [BBC Sport]
Moyes, although, has document in opposition to the Clarets. He hasn’t misplaced any of his previous six Premier League conferences with them, all as West Ham supervisor between January 2021 and March 2024, whereas his final sport in opposition to Burnley as Toffees supervisor was in December 2009, profitable 2-0 because of targets from James Vaughan and Steven Pienaar.