Key occasions
66 min One other brilliant Burnley transfer perishes as a result of the cross from Koleosho goes straight into the arms of Onana. I don’t wish to put a jinx on Onana, however he’s been flawless to this point tonight.
64 min Jay Rodriguez is about to return on. He has 4 targets in opposition to United – the Pascal Gross of the north.
63 min Rashford and Hojlund mix to arrange one other good cross from Dalot. It finds McTominay on the sting of the field, however his shot is definitely saved by Trafford.
61 min The sport slips previous the hour mark as a greater cross from Dalot is nicely blocked by Jordan Beyer.
58 min The spectacular Koleosho has oodles of time to cross from the correct, however picks out Onana.
58 min United handle an assault. Fernandes chips the ball to Rashford, who heads down for Hojlund, however he’s nicely policed. It might need been extra fruitful if it had been Hojlund heading down for Rashford.
56 min Sergio Regiuilon calls for a yellow for a Burnley foul and will get one himself. United have solely two full-backs of their squad, and each are actually one false transfer away from being despatched off.
55 min Actually, it’s like the primary half, solely extra so: possession since half-time has been 73-27. It wouldn’t have occurred in Sean Dyche’s day.
53 min The sport has settled again into its acquainted form – Burnley passing, United scrapping.
51 min Half-chance for United: Dalot crosses, low and laborious, too laborious for Hojlund. “Nice cross,” says Ally McCoist, who might not have seen how usually Dalot overhits it.
49 min A stat field reveals that United, when profitable at half-time, have gone unbeaten for 136 PL video games, profitable 117 of them. I wouldn’t be so positive.
47 min Burnley play it round on the again, then lastly get ahead and win a free kick as Casemiro lunges in, not that anyhing comes of it.
46 min Vincent Kompany strides to his seat in his baseball cap. Gareth Southgate is right here too, by the way in which.
“Properly,” says Adam Hirst in Rio, “I informed you so about Evans’ lengthy balls! Nice stuff.” You actually did (19:51).
A aim price seeing.
And 1 disallowed aim.
“Even this early within the season,” says Justin Kavanagh, “there’s nothing like a relegation six-pointer below the lights to heat the center as winter nears.” Good line.
HALF-TIME! Burnley 0-1 United
Name the police, Aaron Ramsey has been robbed. He’s been the star of the present, simply forward of Jonny Evans. However his elegant craftsmanship hasn’t produced a aim, so Fernandes’ Aim of the Month contender is the distinction between the edges. See you shortly.
45+3 min United are nice ones for conceding straight after they’ve scored, however now they threaten to attain one other. Evans to Fernandes once more! The identical ball, besides right-footed; the identical run, besides that this time Fernandes squares for Hojlund, who shoots over the bar – and is offside anyway.
45+2 min That was harsh on Burnley.
GOAL! Burnley 0-1 United (Fernandes 45)
Evans’s scriptwriter is again! He floats an extended ball ahead, left-footed, and Fernandes volleys it immaculately into the far nook. That was virtually within the Rooney-van Persie class.
43 min Save! By Onana from Ramsey.
41 min The group roar for a penalty as Koleosho makes an incredible mazy run. Tony Harrington is unmoved and United go on the counter, however Fernandes’ contact is just too heavy.
39 min Burnley threaten as Connor Roberts goes on the overlap and crosses, twice. Each occasions the ball os cleared by Evans, who’s displaying no signal of rust.
37 min United have succeeded in that modest purpose: the possession now divides 58-42.
35 min United attempt to get their possession share over 40. The sport slows down, permitting me to look at that Casemiro is carrying gloves. Magnificent.
35 min Burnley, a stat field informs us, have the youngest crew within the Premier League this season, simply forward of Arsenal.
33 min Burnley win a nook, then one other. Fernandes hacks the second away.
31 min Evans, again within the United field, pours his frustration right into a thumping header to see off the hazard from Charlie Taylor’s cross. Burnley, performed by Ramsey, are enjoying some good tunes.
29 min Hojlund will get a shot away, into the facet netting, however there was a greater opening a second earlier, on the break, which he bungled by dithering.
28 min United rarely rating from corners. Itv was curled in properly by Area, and Evans made a canny transfer away from aim, only a yard or so, earlier than twisting to nod it in.
GOAL DISALLOWED! Burnley 0-0 United
26 min Poor outdated Evans, however that’s honest sufficient. The keeper was being impeded.
25 min Dangle on, the VAR is on the case, wanting into offside in opposition to Hojlund…
GOAL!!!! Burnley 0-1 United (Evans)
Who writes his scripts?
23 min Fernandes finds Hannibal in his personal common place – in house, behind the striker – however Hannibal’s ball doesn’t discover Hojlund on the correct. Fernandes does nicely once more a minute later and wins a nook …
20 min Trésor has gone on to the left wing, with Luca Koleosho switching to the correct. They’re spectators for now as United have a spell of possession.
20 min Gudmundsson, Burney’s father of the home, goes off with an damage. He offers strategy to Mike Trésor, who has arrived from Genk bearing a killer stat: final season he received 24 assists.
16 min Large probability for Burnley! Ramsey performs a beautiful via ball to Amdouni, who beats Onana with a low shot, however hits the submit.
16 min The 2 finest gamers on the sector sop far have been Rashford and Ramsey, who has the chutzpah to nutmeg McTominay.
14 min A Burnley surge down the left this time attracts a foul from Diogo Dalot, who goes into the e book. And United have no one to switch him with.. At a pinch, Lindelof might go to right-back and Varane might come on. However Burley are doing nicely sufficient down the flanks in opposition to specialist full-backs.
11 min Hannibal, despatched via by Rashford, bursts into the field and flicks again in the direction of Hojlund, who can’t pounce on the half-chance. Will probably be astonishing if this recreation stays goalless.
9 min Onana saves United! Beautiful transfer from Burnley, getting in behind down the correct. The cross finds Zeki Amdouni, whose nice downward header brings out the Gordon Banks in Onana. A a lot better begin than he made in Munich.
9 min Onana goes lengthy to Hojlund – extra Burnley than Burnley.
7 min Likelihood for United! Rashford slips in Fernandes, whose first rate left-foot shot is saved.
“Evening is darkest earlier than daybreak,” says Pramith Pillai. “Let’s hope Man Utd is nearer to daybreak than nightfall. I’ve stopped following all United information, evaluation, articles and so on. Now I hear that unnamed sources don’t like his administration. If ETH doesn’t work out, nobody would.”
3 min Burnley get down the correct and into the United space however the cross is definitely held by André Onana. It appears as if United are enjoying with the midfield diamond – Casemiro on the base, Fernandes and McTominay in entrance of him, Hannibal on the tip.
1 min United assault! They pounce with the press and Rashford finally ends up capturing into the facet netting.
1 min Burnley kick off and string some passes collectively. They’re in claret and blue, United in all white.
The gamers are on the market and the gang are making a lot noise that you simply surprise if the capability is admittedly solely 21,000.
“The lesser noticed van de Beek is within the Man Utd squad,” says Richard Hirst. “Will he bear in mind which crew he’s a part of?”
Ha. As an alumnus of whole soccer, he might have to return on as a full-back: the one defender on the United bench is Raphael Varane.
That is Jonny Evans’s first United begin since March 2015, in keeping with The Athletic. His first full debut for United was in a 1-1 draw in opposition to Chelsea in September 2008. He’s gone from deputising for Nemanja Vidic to deputising for Lisandro Martinez. He joined United’s centre of excellence in Belfast in 1997, when he was 9. He’s now 35 and has an MBE.
An e-mail has landed, all the way in which from Rio. “Night Mr de Lisle!” Night Mr Adam Hirst. “Mr Smyth subsequent door has James Garner enjoying nicely, a United junior who ought to by no means have left and was adequate to be a good squad possibility.” You’re so proper.
“Identical for Johnny Evans, so I’m blissful to see him again and beginning. Hopefully he nonetheless has his nice lengthy passes out vast, like Scholes + 20 yards.” Isn’t that the keeper’s job today?
Burnley have an issue they could not have seen coming. Everton have leapt out of the underside three. Their win at Brentford lifts them to the heady heights of sixteenth and signifies that, for now, the three promoted golf equipment are stranded on the backside on one level apiece.
Burnley, although, have a recreation in hand: this one. And so they could also be impressed by Everton’s triumph, which is the primary win by any of the underside seven in opposition to one of many 13 golf equipment larger up – on the thirty sixth try. The opposite two wins achieved by the not-so-magnificent seven, which went to Chelsea and Wolves, each got here in opposition to fellow strugglers.
United, by the way in which, are backside of the highest 13, with six factors from 5 video games.
Erik ten Hag doesn’t like surprises, however he has sprung a couple of tonight. Evans beginning, Eriksen dropped, Mejbri beginning, McTominay recalled. If Eriksen is being punished for failing to defend the defence in Munich, McTominay appears to be being forgiven for a similar offence. He, or Casemiro, might nicely give strategy to Sofyan Amrabat after an hour.
Information round-up
Luton picked up their first level, in opposition to Wolves. Harry Kane scored a hat-trick for Bayern, plus two assists. Man Metropolis confirmed that they’ll hold a clear sheet even once they play half the sport with ten males.
Extra unexpectedly, Everton are on track for an away win! At Brentford. Do comply with the compulsory 11 six minutes of added time with Rob Smyth.
Groups in full
Burnley (potential 4-2-3-1) Trafford; Roberts, Al Dakhil, Beyer, Taylor; Cullen, Brownhill; Gudmundsson, Ramsey, Koleosho; Amdouni.
Subs: Muric, Delcroix, Cork, Ndayishimiye, Berge, Zaroury, Bruun Larsen, Benson, Rodriguez.
Man Utd (potential 4-D-2) Onana; Dalot, Lindelof, Evans, Reguilon; Casemiro, McTominay, Mejbri, Fernandes; Hojlund, Rashford.
Subs: Bayindir, Varane, Gore, Amrabat, Eriksen, van de Beek, Pellistri, Martial, Garnacho.
Referee Tony Harrington.
Groups briefly: Aaron Ramsey is available in
Why change a drawing crew? Vincent Kompany retains religion with ten of the starters from the 1-1 at Forest. His solely change is an enforced one, as Aaron Ramsey replaces the suspended Lyle Foster within the gap.
Groups briefly: a begin for Jonny Evans!
Lisandro Martinez isn’t within the squad, neither is Harry Maguire, and Raphael Varane is barely reckoned to be match sufficient for the bench… so heeeeere’s Jonny.
Additionally beginning: Hannibal Mejbri, instead of Facundo Pellistri. Erik ten Hag is both going again to the diamond that gleamed for 20 minutes in opposition to Brighton, then shattered, or he’s placing Bruno Fernandes out on the correct.
Preamble: the tough second album
Night everybody and welcome to what could possibly be a comedy basic. The plot goes like this: a well-known outdated membership with no factors at residence this season entertains an much more well-known outdated membership with no factors away.
No different Premier League crew have leaked targets on their very own patch like Burnley (11 in three video games), and solely Luton have finished worse on the highway than Manchester United (performed two, misplaced two). So we’re about to see what occurs when a resistible power meets a movable object.
For Burnley, this ought to be their best residence fixture to this point after the strict examinations set by Man Metropolis, Villa and Spurs. Vincent Kompany’s forwards have been getting higher at discovering the online – from no targets to at least one, then two – whereas the defence has gone the opposite means by transport three, three and 5.
For United, what ought to be a stroll within the park is now a squeak within the bum. They’ve misplaced 4 of their first six matches and seemed shaky within the different two, which turns a tussle like this right into a cup tie. Confronted with 4 medium-sized league video games earlier than the massive one in opposition to Metropolis in a month’s time, they need to win no less than three of them.
If they’ll rating thrice at Bayern, they need to have the ability to brush Burnley apart. Rasmus Hojlund, particularly, looks as if the form of character who can do it on a loud Saturday night time at Turf Moor. The issue is that United haven’t only a catalogue of accidents however a thriller malaise.
Erik ten Hag, like Kompany however extra so, has gone from an assured debut to the tough second album. He’s been blaming everybody however himself – the gamers, the refs, the VARs. A few of his squad have been anonymously blaming him back, making it clear that Jadon Sancho just isn’t alone in feeling that Ten Hag’s finger-pointing may be unfair. Will probably be fascinating to see if he makes an instance of anybody tonight.
The kick-off is at 8pm BST, so I’ll see you quickly after 7 with the crew information.