(Football news) Following their 4-2 victory over Sheffield United on Wednesday night, the Red Devils are back in sixth place in the table. Burnley, in 19th place, also defeated the Blades 4-1 at Bramall Lane last weekend, while the Blades were on the field last weekend.
Wednesday saw Manchester United go behind Sheffield United twice at Old Trafford, raising the possibility of yet another terrible outcome in a season beset by many. However, the Red Devils overcame both sets of setbacks to win 4-2 at home.
The win was their first in the Premier League since March 9, picking up just three points from their four league matches heading into the clash against Chris Wilder’s side, but they did manage to book their spot in the FA Cup final courtesy of a chaotic penalty-shootout success over Coventry City last weekend.
Erik ten Hag has the chance to deliver another trophy this season following on from the EFL Cup triumph last term, but it has been a hugely disappointing league campaign, with the team currently sixth in the table, 13 points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa, albeit with a game in hand.
Manchester United have lost 12 of their 33 league fixtures this term and are facing the prospect of playing in the Conference League next season or missing out on Europe altogether.
The Red Devils will be aiming to make it successive league wins for the first time since the middle of February, and they will then take on Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion in their final four matches of the league season ahead of the final of the FA Cup against Manchester City.
Man United have won nine of their 16 league games at Old Trafford this season but have also been beaten five times, and they will be hosting a Burnley outfit that have performed better on their travels this term than at Turf Moor, claiming 13 of their 23 points on the road in 2023-24.
Burnley will enter this clash off the back of a morale-boosting 4-1 success over Sheffield United last weekend, with the Clarets putting in an excellent attacking performance against the Blades.
Vincent Kompany’s side have now only lost one of their last seven league games, recording two wins in the process, and they are in with a fighting chance of staying in the division this season.
Burnley currently sit 19th in the table on 23 points, three points behind 17th-placed Nottingham Forest, who will welcome the champions Man City on Sunday afternoon.
The Clarets will tackle Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur in their next two fixtures after this one before the small matter of a home game against Forest to finish the campaign, and it is set to be a fascinating conclusion, with Luton Town also bidding to pull themselves out of trouble in the final stages of the season.
Burnley has only ever defeated Manchester United twice in the Premier League, but that victory came at Old Trafford in January 2020 as they defeated the 20-time English champions 2-0. However, in their last six games, the Red Devils have triumphed five times and drawn once. Earlier this season, at Turf Moor, Bruno Fernandes scored the game-winning goal to defeat Kompany’s team 1-0.
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