LAWRO’S PREDICTION
Spurs are on a good run but I see this trip as a very tough test for them. Burnley are unbeaten in the league since Boxing Day, and their performances have been as good as their results.
A big improvement in the Clarets’ defence has played a big part in that and I don’t think they will give much away on Saturday either.
Prediction: 1-1
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MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Burnley are winless in their last nine league and cup games against Tottenham.
- The Clarets beat Spurs 4-2 on the final day of the 2009-10 season, but that is their only top-flight win against Tottenham in the past 44 years.
- Spurs have kept clean sheets in each of their last three visits to Turf Moor.
- This fixture could see Mike Dean become the first referee to show 100 red cards in the Premier League.
Burnley
- Burnley are one of just two Premier League sides unbeaten in 2019.
- They are undefeated in seven league games – only Manchester United are currently on a longer run, with nine matches.
- It is Burnley’s longest unbeaten sequence in the top flight since a nine-match streak in 1966.
- Sean Dyche’s side have taken just two points from the last 42 available in home matches against sides from the established top six.
- They have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of those games, conceding 27 goals and scoring just six in return.
- Ashley Barnes has scored in each of his last three Premier League games, including from the penalty spot in his last two appearances.
- The Clarets have not lost a Premier League game in which Tom Heaton has played since August 2017 (against West Brom).
Tottenham Hotspur
- Tottenham have won all 16 of their Premier League games this season against sides currently outside the top eight.
- They are chasing their 12th league away win – which would be their highest total in a single season since a similar tally in 1984-85.
- Spurs have scored a league-high 12 Premier League goals from outside the penalty area this season, while Burnley have conceded a league-high 12 from that range.
- They have lost their last two away games in all competitions: at Chelsea in the Carabao Cup and at Crystal Palace in the FA Cup.
- Son Heung-min has scored eight goals in his last eight Premier League appearances, netting in each of his last three matches.
Source: BBC News