Oliver Glasner kicks off a brand new chapter for the Eagles as he takes charge of Palace for the first time at Selhurst Park.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 3pm – 24th February 2024
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
Burnley last made the trip down to South London in February 2022. Jeffrey Schlupp gave the Eagles an early lead but an own goal from Luka Milivojevic ensured the visitors returned to Turf Moor with a point.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Michael Olise (7.9)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lewis Smith. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Eddie Smart. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: Michael Salisbury. Assistant VAR: Tim Wood.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Cheick Doucoure, Rob Holding, Michael Olise, and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi are expected to miss out. Marc Guehi, Will Hughes, and Ebere Eze could all be in contention for a return.
BURNLEY – Aaron Ramsey, Nathan Redmond, Lyle Foster, Luca Koleosho, and Jordan Beyer are rules out.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Jordan Ayew (1), Lyle Foster (1), Saner Berge (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Jefferson Lerma (6), Jordan Beyer (6), Charlie Taylor (6), Jordan Ayew (5), Sander Berge (5), Josh Cullen (5)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 04/11/23 Burnley 0-2 Palace
- 26/02/22 Palace 1-1 Burnley
- 20/11/21 Burnley 3-3 Palace
- 13/02/21 Palace 0-3 Burnley
- 23/11/20 Burnley 1-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 21/02/24 Everton 1-1 Palace
- 12/02/24 Palace 1-3 Chelsea
- 03/02/24 Brighton 4-1 Palace
- 30/01/24 Palace 3-2 Sheffield United
- 20/01/24 Arsenal 5-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Burnley;
- 17/02/24 Burnley 0-5 Arsenal
- 10/02/24 Liverpool 3-1 Burnley
- 03/02/24 Burnley 2-2 Fulham
- 31/01/24 Manchester City 3-1 Burnley
- 12/01/24 Burnley 1-1 Luton
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 15th in the Premier League with 25 points from 25 games played, while Burnley are 19th with 13 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST BURNLEY
- Played 54
- Won14
- Drawn 19
- Lost 21
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Michael Olise 7.54
- Eberechi Eze 7.25
- James Trafford 6.74
- Jordan Beyer 6.72
ONE TO WATCH
DAVID DATRO FOFANA
FORMER CLUBS – Abidjan City, AFAD (loan), Molde, Chelsea, Union Berlin (loan)
The Ivory Coast international has made an immediate impact at Turf Moor since his loan move from Chelsea in January with a brace against Fulham which secured a point.
KEY CLASH
JEFFERSON LERMA v SANDER BERGE
The midfield battle will be key and Lerma has been key in that position in his first season at the club. He will be up against a player that was sold by struggling Sheffield United to a promotion rival which was odd in itself, but that was Burnley’s gain.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard/ Michael Olise (6)
- ASSISTS – Jordan Ayew (5 – 20th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (1,1433 – 18th in PL)
- TACKLES – Tyrick Mitchell (66 – 6th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (1,779 – 19th in PL)
- SHOTS – Ebere Eze (48 – 19th in PL)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (37 – 6th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (64 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (37 – 19th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (126 – 2nd in PL)
- BIG CHANCES MISSED – Jordan Ayew/ Odsonne Edouard (4)
NEW CONFERENCE
Find out what the managers said in the news conference ahead of the game along with comments and reaction.
Palace v Burnley Pre-Match Press Conference – LIVE UPDATES
THE NUMBERS
Palace have lost just 1 of their last 10 Premier League home games against promoted sides (W6 D3), going 3-0 down against Fulham in December last season. The Eagles have won 3 of their 4 games against promoted sides so far this term (L1).
Oliver Glasner is set to become just the second Austrian to manage in the Premier League after Ralph Hasenhuttl. Only one of the 15 managers to have taken charge of Palace in the competition have won their first game with the Eagles (D4 L10), with Alan Pardew taking home 3 points against Tottenham in January 2015.
Burnley have earned 8 of their 13 Premier League points in away games this season, the highest ratio of any side. The Clarets have won more points away than they have at home in just four of their 124 previous seasons in English league football.
Excluding penalties, only Nottingham Forest (15) have conceded more set piece goals than Burnley this season (13). However, Palace have only scored 1 set piece goal so far this term, the fewest in the division.
Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford has conceded 55 goals in 25 games this season, keeping just 2 clean sheets. Only 2 goalkeepers have conceded more goals in their first 25 appearances in the competition – David Watson for Barnsley in April 1998 (5).
TEB PREDICTION
The interest is back and there is plenty of excitement and expectation ahead of the game at Selhurst on Saturday, wth the new manager taking charge of the Eagles for the first time. He will be keen to make a positive start to his tenure and will learn a lot about his squad in this game against a side struggling at the bottom of the table. A win will immediately change the recent mood and set things off on the right foot, which is what we are expecting after the good performance at Goodison on Monday night.
FINAL SCORE: 2-0 to Palace
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