Burnley host league leaders Manchester City in the first Premier League tie of Matchday 26 on Saturday at Turf Moor and the teams have revealed their respective lineups.
TEAM NEWS: Here’s your Clarets’ team to face @ManCity at Turf Moor today. pic.twitter.com/raqs9zVkt6
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) February 3, 2018
The Clarets trot out in a 4-4-2 system, with Ashley Barnes partnering Sam Vokes up top, with a four-man midfield of Jack Cork, new signing Aaron Lennon, Jeffery Hendrick and Johann Berg Gudmundsson.
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Phil Bardsley, Kevin Long, Ben Mee and Charlie Taylor line up in defence ahead of keeper Nick Pope.
How we line-up at Turf Moor! 🙌
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— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 3, 2018
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Pep Guardiola’s men are in their customary 4-3-3 formation with star striker Sergio Aguero flanked by Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva.
Ilkay Gundogan, Fernandinho and Kevin De Bruyne complete the midfield while Danilo starts at left-back in a four-man backline that has Nicolas Otamendi, club captain Vincent Kompany and Kyle Walker.
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Brazilian custodian Ederson retains his place between the sticks.
City, 15 points clear at the Premier League summit are heavy favourites to clinch Saturday’s early kick-off for their hosts are in freefall at the moment.
Sean Dyche’s side have slipped from a fourth to seventh in a span of two months and while they still seem safe from a relegation scrap, they could be in for a hammering if they don’t bring their A-game against the Sky Blues.
Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Long, Mee, Taylor, Lennon, Cork, Hendrick, Gudmundsson, Barnes and Vokes.
Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Danilo, Kompany (c), Otamendi, Fernandinho, Gündogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling, Agüero.
Match kicks-off at 12.30 GMT/1800 IST.