First Half : Burnley 0—0 Liverpool

Burnley vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Reds bid to continue strong their start to the season at Turf Moon

Burnley vs Liverpool LIVE

Alexander Isak will not make his Liverpool debut as Arne Slot’s side return to the Premier League action against Burnley. The £125million summer signing has trained with his new team-mates for the first time this week, but has been left out of the matchday squad at Turf Moor after missing pre-season and the first three games of the season for Newcastle having gone on strike to force his move to Anfield.

He was involved for Sweden over the international break, playing his first competitive minutes since May in a 2-0 defeat by Kosovo, but evidently has not proven his fitness to Slot. Liverpool are out to continue their strong start to the season and, after a 1-0 win against title rivals Arsenal before the international break, know a fourth straight win will send them back to the top of the table.

Burnley have three points from their first three games but pushed Manchester United close and were unfortunate to lose 3-2 at Old Trafford in their last game. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog.

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Kick-off: 2pm BST | Turf Moor

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1 minute ago

Scott Parker’s record against Liverpool

This will be Scott Parker’s first Premier League match against Liverpool since losing 9-0 with Bournemouth in August 2022.

But he has beaten Liverpool before, a 1-0 win in March 2021, and could become the second manager to beat both Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot in the Premier League, along with Marco Silva.

12 minutes ago

Liverpool have had to rely on their considerable attacking options to bail them out of a couple of situations this season and Arne Slot knows they remain key to their success.

The defending champions have won all three of their fixtures so far but required late goals against Bournemouth and Newcastle after twice conceding two-goal leads, which pointed to defensive frailties.

Against Burnley, he will again need those resources up front against a team they will find hard to break down.

Liverpool have scored eight goals, the most in the top flight, without actually creating that many clear-cut chances and Slot was asked how he hoped to improve that.

“To implement as best as possible the way we want to play,” he said.

“But in the end the final third it is also the form of your wingers mainly because of their playing style you end up more on the sides.

“The better they are, the bigger threat they are, the more chances we will generate and then nine out of 10 times it is about scoring.

“If you can score an early goal that normally helps you in a game like that.

“There are a lot of factors going into a game like this but as always we are hoping that our attackers make the difference and that is what they have to do every single game.”

26 minutes ago

No Isak!

Alexander Isak’s absence is something of a surprise.

Slot said pre-match that he would have to build up gradually before being involved in a match, but it was expected that he would at least make the bench at Turf Moor.

He had played for Sweden in a 2-0 loss to Kosovo in the international break, making an 18-minute cameo in which he was booked and missed a brace of big chances.

32 minutes ago

Burnley confirmed team news

Here’s how the hosts line up.

Burnley starting XI: Dubravka; Walker, Hartman, Esteve, Ugochukwu, Foster, Anthony, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Cullen, Laurent

Subs: Weis, Worrall, Edwards, Humpreys, Florentino, Flemming, Pires, Broja, Hannibal

35 minutes ago

Liverpool confirmed team news

Arne Slot leaves Isak on Merseyside!

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Szboszlai, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Wirtz; Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Bradley, Chiesa, Robertson, Frimpong, Nyoni, Ngumoha

41 minutes ago

Stats

– Burnley have lost 14 of their 18 Premier League matches against Liverpool (W2 D2), including each of their last five in a row since a 1-0 win at Anfield in January 2021.

– Liverpool have won eight of their nine away Premier League matches at Turf Moor against Burnley (L1), winning the last six in a row.

– Liverpool are looking to win their opening four Premier League matches in a season for a third time, also doing so in 2018-19 (finished 2nd) and 2019-20 (won the title).

– Burnley have already shipped 37.5 per cent of their total league goals from 2024-25 (16) in the Premier League this season (6). If they concede two in this game, it’d be the joint earliest in Football League history a side had already conceded 50 per cent or more of their goal tally from the previous campaign.

49 minutes ago

Burnley vs Liverpool match odds

Burnley to win: 17/2

Liverpool to win: 3/10

Draw: 9/2

Odds via Betfair (subject to change)

1 hour ago

Head-to-head record

Burnley wins: 38

Liverpool wins: 61

Draws: 29

1 hour ago

Slot: Isak will have to ‘build-up gradually’ with Liverpool

Arne Slot has tempered expectations surrounding Alexander Isak by suggesting he is unlikely hit the ground running after a disrupted pre-season.

The £125million deadline-day signing’s dispute with Newcastle over his entitlement to a move meant a late substitute appearance against Kosovo represented his first minutes of football since May.

Slot, who has said Isak was “maybe the best striker in the world”, has asked for fans to be patient with him if the striker was taken off or not brought on until late on as he tries to get him up to speed.

“Don’t expect him to be every single game 90 minutes on the pitch. That’s definitely not going to happen for the next few weeks. He missed a proper pre-season,” said the Dutchman.

“I think he missed three or four months of team sessions, so now we have to build him up gradually with us playing so many games and hardly any training time.

“That is going to be a challenge, but we have not just signed him for the upcoming two weeks, we have signed him for six years so this is what we have to keep in mind and what the fans have to keep in mind if I take him off in a certain moment or I only bring him in for a few moments. That is all for the fitness of the player.”

1 hour ago

Prediction

Liverpool are the top scorers in the division this season, and that is without being able to call upon Isak so far. The good news for Burnley is the Swede is unlikely to be firing on all cylinders given his lack of game time.

The bad news for the hosts is the likes of Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike and Cody Gakpo will be keen to get amongst the goals after being kept quiet by Arsenal last time out.

If Burnley can catch the Reds in a post-international break slump then a result is possible, but it’s hard to see past a comfortable win for the reigning Premier League champions.

Liverpool to win, 3-0.