Burnley vs Bristol City - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking for their archetypal Championship triumph since May 2025, Burnley welcome Bristol City to Turf Moor connected Saturday day with some sides targeting 3 points for precise antithetic reasons.

The Robins question northbound looking to marque it 4 matches unbeaten aft beating Preston North End 3-1 connected Tuesday, portion the Clarets failed to triumph for the 4th league crippled nether Nicky Hayen aft drafting 1-1 with chap playoff hopefuls Middlesbrough.

Following their relegation from the Premier League astatine the backmost extremity of the 2025-26 campaign, Burnley turned to Belgian manager Hayen with the task of guiding the Lancashire broadside backmost to England's apical formation astatine the archetypal clip of asking.

However, Burnley person endured a hard opening to beingness nether the erstwhile Club Brugge and Genk manager, entering their 5th Championship fixture inactive without a triumph aft collecting conscionable 2 points from their opening 4 matches.

The Clarets fell down aft 23 minutes against Middlesbrough connected Tuesday but responded aft the break, with Ugo Raghouber producing a stunning equaliser aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional to gain his broadside a constituent against a squad expected to situation for promotion.

While different gully volition person done small to easiness the unit connected Hayen, the effect did astatine slightest supply encouragement aft consecutive defeats, peculiarly against a Middlesbrough broadside who came adjacent to returning to the Premier League past season.

Despite that, Burnley's inability to triumph successful the league remains a large concern, with their lone triumph this play coming successful the League Cup against Notts County, wherever they progressed connected penalties.

The Clarets' astir caller location league triumph besides came each the mode backmost successful October 2025, portion their tally of conscionable 1 league triumph successful their past 33 matches is the worst grounds of immoderate broadside presently competing successful the apical 4 divisions of English football.

As for the visiting Robins, they person gone unbeaten crossed their past 3 matches, responding to a disappointing commencement with consecutive victories implicit Portsmouth and Preston North End.

Michael Skubala's broadside began the run with a League Cup decision to Walsall earlier losing astatine location to Millwall connected the opening time of their Championship season.

However, they person since turned their fortunes around, drafting distant to Bristol City earlier signaling victories implicit Portsmouth and Preston to ascent into 5th spot successful the table.

Their latest occurrence came astatine Deepdale connected Tuesday, wherever Scott Twine gave the visitors an aboriginal pb earlier Caleb Wiley equalised, lone for Lisav Eissat and Dominic Ballard to onslaught precocious and unafraid a 3-1 triumph that near Preston bottommost of the Championship.

Skubala's broadside volition truthful question to Turf Moor looking to widen their unbeaten tally to 4 matches and support their spot successful the playoff positions, though their grounds successful this fixture offers small encouragement.

Burnley person won each of their past 8 league meetings with Bristol City, portion the Robins person not tasted triumph astatine Turf Moor for astir 20 years. 

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Team News

Burnley's hunt for a caller antheral to pb the enactment continues pursuing Zian Flemming's deadline-day determination to Ipswich Town, with Zeki Amdouni the apt campaigner to commencement successful attack.

Hayen's broadside came distant from Tuesday's gathering without immoderate further wounded concerns, though they stay without respective cardinal players.

Jordan Beyer and Reo Hatate are inactive unavailable, portion Irish midfielder Josh Cullen continues to retrieve from the cruciate ligament wounded that has kept him retired since December 2025.

However, Cullen has returned to grooming successful caller days, but Saturday's fixture is apt to travel excessively soon for his competitory return. 

As for Bristol City, the Robins completed the precocious signing of midfielder Brian De Keersmaecker connected Deadline Day, and the Belgian could beryllium included successful the squad for the archetypal clip astatine Turf Moor.

Skubala besides has a determination to marque successful attack, with caller arrivals Lorent Tolaj and Ballard providing contention for the starting role, though the second could beryllium rewarded with a commencement aft scoring his archetypal Robins extremity against Preston.

As acold arsenic injuries are concerned, Skubala volition lone beryllium without semipermanent absentee Luke McNally.

Burnley imaginable starting lineup:

Weiss; Walker, Ahemedhodzic, Ekdal, Roberts; Mejbri, Raghouber, B. Larsen; Hountondji, Amdouni, Satpaev

Bristol City imaginable starting lineup:

Tickle; Eile, Dickie, Eissat, Cardines; Knight, Randell; Hirakawa, Twine, Ballard; Tolaj

We say: Burnley 1-1 Bristol City

Meeting for the archetypal clip since March 2025, these 2 sides get astatine Turf Moor successful contrasting form, arsenic Burnley desperately hunt for their archetypal Championship triumph portion Bristol City look to widen their unbeaten run.

The Clarets showed against Middlesbrough that they tin beryllium hard to interruption down astatine home, but Bristol City's caller betterment should springiness the visitors assurance that they tin debar decision erstwhile again.

We expect different intimately fought contention and are backing the 2 sides to stock the points, leaving Burnley inactive waiting for their archetypal league triumph of the season.

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