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Burnley vs Brentford: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

  • Burnley have lost just one of their last 12 home league games against Brentford (W7 D4), winning each of the last three in a row (including both Premier League meetings).

  • Brentford have won three of their last four league games against Burnley (L1) and are looking to complete the league double over the Clarets for just the second time after 1934-35.

  • Brentford have won 10 of their last 12 Premier League games against promoted sides, though the two exceptions have come in their last four matches (1-2 vs Sunderland in August, 1-1 vs Leeds in December).

  • With a win over Crystal Palace and a draw at Chelsea, Burnley have earned four points from their last two Premier League games, just one fewer than they had in their previous 16 (D5 L11).

  • Burnley have won just four of their last 34 Premier League home games (D8 L22). Three of those four wins have come against fellow promoted sides (Sheffield United in 2023-24, Leeds and Sunderland this season), with the only one that wasn’t coming against Brentford in March 2024.

  • Brentford have won four of their last five Premier League away games (L1), more than they had in their previous 13 (W3 D2 L8). They’re looking to win three consecutively on the road for just the second time in the competition, after a run of five between January and March last season.

  • Burnley have had fewer shots (246), fewer shots on target (80) and have a lower xG (22.7) than any other side in the Premier League this season. The Clarets have also faced the most shots (446), shots on target (154) and have the highest xG against (52.8) in the competition this term.

  • Burnley (14.7%) and Brentford (14.5%) are the two teams with the highest long pass percentage in the Premier League this season. Burnley made 79 long passes in this season’s reverse fixture between these two sides; the most by any team in a game in 2025-26 (Brentford with 42).

  • No Burnley player has scored more Premier League goals this season than Zian Flemming (6). However, all six of his strikes have come away from home, making him the highest scorer not to score at home in the competition this term.

  • Only Igor Thiago (17) has scored more Premier League goals for Brentford this season than Kevin Schade (6). However, all six of his strikes have come at home, making him the highest scorer not to score away in the competition this term.

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