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  1. Burnley v Leeds: Team news published at 14:09 BST

    Burnley's lineup against Leeds

    Scott Parker makes three changes to the Burnley side that lost at Aston Villa before the international break.

    Zian Flemming, Lesley Ugochukwu and Jacob Bruun Larsen come in, while Jaiden Anthony is fit to start after suffering a knock at Villa Park a fortnight ago.

    Loum Tchaouna and Josh Laurent are among the substitutes, but Lyle Foster misses out after suffering a dead leg on international duty with South Africa.

    Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Ugochukwu, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Hartman, Bruun Larsen, Cullen, Florentino, Anthony, Flemming

    Subs: Weiss, Edwards, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Pires, Broja, Mejbri, Laurent, Barnes

    Daniel Farke makes one alteration to the Leeds team that lost at home to Tottenham Hotspur in their last league game.

    Jack Harrison replaces Noah Okafor, who misses out with an adductor injury.

    Daniel James and Lucas Perri are back on the Leeds bench after recovering from respective ankle and muscle injuries.

    Leeds XI: Darlow, Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson, Longstaff, Ampadu, Stach, Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin, Harrison

    Subs: Perri, James, Piroe, Nmecha, Bijol, Tanaka, Bornauw, Justin, Gruev

    Leeds United's lineup against Burnley
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  3. Sutton's predictions: Burnley v Leedspublished at 11:06 BST

    Chris Sutton smiling on a yellow and black background with 'Sutton's predictions' written below his face

    Burnley have been a bit unlucky to lose four out of four on the road so far, but they really need to get something at home, especially against another promoted team.

    The Clarets beat Sunderland at Turf Moor at the start of the season, which is their only league win to date.

    Scott Parker's side have been competitive in most of their other games too but so have Leeds, who have scored the same amount of goals as Burnley - seven - but feel like they carry a bit more of a threat.

    This is going to be very tight. I don't like going for too many draws, but this fixture finished 0-0 in the Championship last season and I am going for the same outcome this time.

    Sutton's prediction: 0-0

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  4. Burnley v Leeds United: Key stats and talking pointspublished at 19:42 BST 17 October

    Burnley and Leeds battled it out for the Championship title last season - now they face each other at Turf Moor in a Premier League clash which could have implications come the end of the season.

    BBC Sport takes a look at some of the key themes ahead of their meeting.

    This may only be Burnley and Leeds' eighth league game of the season, but this game between two promoted sides already has the whiff of a crucial six-pointer.

    Leeds have made a better start to life back in the Premier League than Burnley so far, and will have spent the international break smarting from coming away with nothing from their last match against Tottenham.

    Their narrow 2-1 defeat will have hurt given how well they competed against the Europa League winners. However, Spurs' extra bit of quality, shown by the likes of Mohammed Kudus and Xavi Simons, proved to be the difference between the sides.

    Where the goals are going to come from remains a hot topic for Leeds fans and a tally of just seven from seven top-flight games tells its own story. Winger Noah Okafor is their only player to score more than once this season, and while Dominic Calvert-Lewin has led the line well as the focal point of their attack, familiar questions remain about his ability to take chances.

    Maximum points from this fixture and next week's home match with West Ham will be seen as a must by boss Daniel Farke, who has named the same starting XI in each of their last four matches.

    For Burnley, one win from seven games represents a worrying start.

    Only West Ham have conceded more top-flight goals than the Clarets' 15, which is remarkably only one less than Scott Parker's side let in across their 46 games in the Championship last season. They could become only the second side in Football League history after Liverpool in the 1894-95 campaign to concede their previous season's tally within their first eight games.

    Two things Parker would like to see his side have more of is a) the ball and b) a lead. Their average possession stands at just 35.3%, while they have held a lead for an average of just eight per cent of their seven matches so far this season.

    In mitigation, their fixture list has not been kind and they have faced Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.

    They have been in contention in many of those games but Parker has bemoaned his side's lack of focus at crucial junctures:

    "There is a theme at the moment," he said after the loss to Villa. "We were hugely competitive, but switched off in certain moments."

    Their one win this season came against another promoted club in Sunderland, something they will be desperate to repeat against Leeds as they look to get their season up and running

    One statistic that neither Farke or Parker will look upon fondly is that they occupy the bottom two spots for the lowest Premier League points-per-game average of any manager to have taken charge of 50 or more matches.

    A graphic showing how Daniel Farke has the lowest average points per game of any Premier League manager to take charge of 50 or more matches.
  5. 'Every Championship game is tough' - Heckingbottompublished at 11:10 BST 17 October

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    'Regardless of results, we'll always be looking to improve' - Heckingbottom

    Preston North End manager Paul Heckingbottom says they "have got a chance in every game" but the Championship remains one of the toughest leagues.

    The Lilywhites, who are fourth in the table, have been without full-back Brad Potts due to injury and are also missing Will Keane after he got injured in the last pre-season friendly against Bolton.

    "[Brad Potts and Will Keane] are still not fit," Heckingbottom told BBC Radio Lancashire.

    "That's it, they are progressing. It is pointless trying to put a timeframe on it.

    "You are fit when you are fit, and we have to do all we can to support them through that and that moment when they are training, when they get to that point, we will probably show a bit more caution and patience."

    Preston visit seventh-placed West Brom on Saturday with the top 10 in the Championship only separated by six points.

    "They are all tough in this league, home and away, it is shown all the time," Heckingbottom added.

    "The results are showing this season in particular, how close the league is, the league table is showing that.

    "Statistically it has been shown to be the tightest league in Europe, but there are reasons why it shouldn't be in terms of resources, finances, approaches compared to some clubs - but for some reason it is.

    "It means you have got a chance in every single game, and every game you need to perform at your best, and every game is a tough game."

  6. Man Utd giving up the best chances and Burnley the mostpublished at 09:02 BST 17 October

    Chris Collinson
    BBC Sport statistician

    Kobbie Mainoo of Manchester United and Hannibal Mejbri of Burnley battle for possessionImage source, Getty Images

    When we look at how teams are defending so far this season, Arsenal and Newcastle have been so impressive because they are giving up both the fewest shots per game and the hardest chances to score on average.

    But as the graphic shows, there are two teams that stand apart from all the rest for having key defensive problems: Manchester United and Burnley.

    A graph showing the shot quality and shots faced per game for each Premier League team so far this seasonImage source, BBC Sport

    If you look simply at the number of shots that teams are giving up, Manchester United look good defensively since only Arsenal and Newcastle are facing fewer than their 9.1 per game.

    But not all shots are the same and Ruben Amorim's side are currently giving up by far the easiest chances to score in the league, averaging 0.16 xG per shot faced.

    Burnley meanwhile are facing by far the most shots at 18.4 per game, four more than any other side, although thankfully for them the quality of those chances is not that high.

    Read more on what expected goals tell us about the start to the season

  7. Preston need to maintain momentum - Vukcevic published at 17:01 BST 16 October

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    '[The supporters] have been class since the first game. You notice on the pitch when you hear their voices' - Vukcevic

    Preston North End defender Andrija Vukcevic says they "have started the season really well" but the Lilywhites need to remain consistent to build momentum for the season.

    Vukcevic joined Preston in the summer on a three-year deal following the expiration of his contract at Mexican club Juarez.

    "When I heard about the option to come on a trial here, I didn't really think too much," Vukcevic told BBC Radio Lancashire.

    "Although I had other offers I said, ' I really want to go there to prove myself'.

    "It wasn't an easy decision, as you take a lot of risk, because you can get injured - but I decided to go and I didn't make a mistake."

    Preston are fourth in the Championship, following a start to the season that has seen them lose just one of their opening nine league fixtures, in a 1-0 defeat to Portsmouth.

    "We have started the season really well," Vukcevic added.

    "It is just about how consistent we want to be, and we have had really great games to start the season, we just need to keep that momentum going.

    "[The supporters] have been class since the first game. You notice on the pitch when you hear their voices, you just want to give your all."

  8. Parker on injuries, 'ambition' and what gives him 'massive encouragement'published at 16:04 BST 16 October

    Nicola Pearson
    BBC Sport journalist

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    Burnley boss Scott Parker has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Leeds United at Turf Moor (kick-off 15:00 BST).

    Here are the key lines from his news conference:

    • Parker confirmed that Zeki Amdouni is still "some time away" after his cruciate ligament injury but he is "moving in the right direction". Jordan Beyer will also not be "in contention for the foreseeable" after a set-back with his hamstring injury.

    • Connor Roberts needing a "little longer" to recover is a "big setback" for the team, but there is "better news" on Lyle Foster, who withdrew from the South Africa national squad, as it "seems to be a dead leg".

    • On the statement from the ownership after they completed a takeover of La Liga club Espanyol: "They are the comments of someone who is hugely ambitious. That ambition is clearly there and I sense that ambition. That ambition for me is no different. Sometimes you are part of that journey and an early part of it. They are the owners' ambitions, and when I sit down with him I've got my own ambitions as well for this football club."

    • He added: "The main aim at first was to get out of the Championship and we did that. The next part and the ambition for us is to stay in this division. The longer part of that is down the road a little bit."

    • Parker believes his side have given themselves "a brilliant opportunity" to meet their target of staying in the Premier League after facing "huge challenges" at the start. He said: "What gives me massive encouragement is how competitive we have been. There is still a lot of learning and we have fallen short a little bit. I don't think we've fallen short by wide margins, and we need to continue that - we need to keep learning and keep growing."

    • On the key things his side need to improve on: "Looking back in the first group of games we have had, we have probably just lacked at certain moments in concentration and a focus. It is what has just let ourselves down. Maybe there is a focus there we need to highlight."

    • The Burnley boss feels his side have "been a real threat in our way", despite questions around their goalscoring ability. Parker added: "I understand in the world we live in, and certainly the world I live in and us as players, you have one game where you may not be that threat or you have only had three shots and that gets magnified."

    Catch up on all of Thursday's Premier League news conferences and the rest of the day's football news

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    Scott Parker has 'built a reputation among the players that we want to play for him' - Cullen