Burnley take on Stoke City in a match that whilst playing “best supporting actor” to the theatre of dreams, is still a key game.
Burnley are in deep trouble and can only look down on the bankrupt team on the South Coast but they can't even do this for the last eight games table – they are bottom. One win and seven defeats is the balance sheet on that particular set of accounts. They have a reputation for being tough at the Turf, but this is primarily based in what happened at the start of the season. The 2-1 victory over West Ham on the 6th February was the first time they had won at home since October. Three points tonight pulls them out of the relegation zone but at puntinplay.com we think this has been factored into the price and value lies elsewhere.
Stoke City have had a great season. Safe again they played well against Chelsea on Sunday and in their last three away games they are unbeaten.Out of thirteen road matches this season they have drawn six and won two.
City are very hard to beat but given they have drawn 46% of their away games and Burnley have drawn three from their last six at home the draw has to be the choice. Skybet are offering the most attractive price and based on the stats 1-1 is the most likely scoreline.
