Burnley – Newcastle previews

Burnley welcome Newcastle to Turf Moor on Tuesday looking to maintain a three-game unbeaten run that has kicked their Premier League season into life.

After a tricky start to the campaign, Sean Dyche's men registered their first wins against Hull City and away at Stoke before coming from 1-0 down to bag a precious point on Saturday against Aston Villa.

This run of results have lifted Burnley to within touching distance of safety and it is likely another victory here would move them out of the drop zone.

Newcastle and Burnley have plenty in common as the Toon have also shown how it is possible to bounce back from a dismal run of results with an unbeaten run.

Burnley manager Sean Dyche feels positive results have reinforced his side's belief they can do well in the Premier League

Alan Pardew’s men were joint-bottom of the league with six games gone but went on to win five of their next six matches and have rocketed up the table.

However, that unbeaten run came to an end at the weekend at the hands of West Ham as Pardew’s side suffered a 1-0 reverse at the Boleyn Ground.

Team News

Dyche will not want to be shuffling his pack too dramatically after his side’s recent good run of form and he has no new injury worries ahead of this clash.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew expects to be without goalkeeper Tim Krul until January with an ankle injury

Defender Michael Duff, who missed the game with a calf injury, is still struggling but Scott Arfield is in contention for a starting berth after returning from injury as a substitute on Saturday.

Striker Sam Vokes will continue his comeback from a cruciate knee ligament injury with another behind-closed-doors match this week.

Pardew has said his squad have the strength in depth to cope with suspensions to Moussa Sissoko and Jack Colback, who will both miss Tuesday’s night game.

Goalkeeper Tim Krul is out until the new year with an ankle problem, while Fabricio Coloccini (calf) and Rolando Aarons (hamstring) are also ruled out.

Doubts also linger over Mike Williamson, Daryl Janmaat and Massadio Haidara, meaning possible chances for youngsters Remie Streete and Lubomir Satka.

Danny Ings was delighted to keep up his recent goalscoring record but had mixed emotions after 1-1 draw with Aston Villa

Merson's predictions

"I thought Newcastle were unlucky at West Ham on Saturday. Tiss was watching it in the Soccer Saturday studio and I was keeping an eye on it, and I thought they were unlucky to come away with nothing. Burnley not beating Villa wasn’t a great result for them - you need to be winning those games at home. So I’m going for a Newcastle win."

Opta Facts

Burnley and Newcastle United have not met in any competition since the 1982-83 season. This will be the first top flight meeting since 1975-76.

Newcastle have failed to find the back of the net in the first-half in 10 of their 13 Premier League games this season.

Newcastle haven’t scored a PL goal earlier than the 37th minute so far this season and are the only side yet to score in the opening 30 minutes of a PL game in 2014-15.

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