Tottenham vs Burnley – Prediction (Premier League – 07.12.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Tottenham manager José Mourinho suffered his first defeat as the Lilywhites’ boss on Wednesday night at Old Trafford (2-1). Worryingly for him, his side have conceded two goals in all matches under his fledgling tenure (W3, L1), while two of the three Premier League (PL) matches played under him have seen ‘Spurs’ concede late goals (70th+ minute). Despite conceding goals late, ‘Spurs’ have tended to start their games fast, scoring the first goal in 60% of their PL matches so far this season. Additionally, they have also netted 60% of all their PL goals inside the opening 45 minutes of their matches.

Burnley travel to London having lost five of their last seven PL matches (W2, L5), and they too are struggling in defence, having conceded two or more goals in all five of those losses. Both wins were accompanied by a cleansheet though, and they have in fact won all five PL matches when they have shut out the opposition. Squads representing the Lancashire club have lost six of their previous seven competitive visits to Tottenham (D1, L6). Worryingly, they failed to keep a clean sheet in any of those matches, conceding an average of 2.71 goals per visit.

Players to watch: Dele Alli has enjoyed a resurge under his new manager, scoring four goals in his three most recent Tottenham appearances.
Chris Wood scored in Burnley’s last away win, and he scored vs Spurs in the last H2H meeting. Both goals came within the 46th-60th minute period.
Stat attack: There have been over 2.5 match goals in 73.33% of Tottenham’s PL matches. Tottenham have kept just one PL cleansheet at home this season. Despite averaging 2.1 offsides per-PL game, Burnley have scored 33.33% of their PL goals after the 75th minute.

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