For the Clarets eased to the Championship title last season, collecting 101 points and finishing ten clear of runners-up Sheffield United.

However, they find themselves bottom of the Premier League standings with only five points to show from their 13 games and they are on a six-game losing streak.

Sheffield United, meanwhile, are only a point better off and they have lost ten of their opening 13 games.

That means something has to give at Turf Moor but, rather than being a cagey contest which is the normal expectation of a relegation tussle, the goals could flow.

Burnley have conceded 32 goals across their opening 13 games, losing 11 times, and they inherit a goal difference of -22.

The Blades’ goal difference of -23 is even worse and they have been breached 34 times this season.