Burnley vs Brighton Predictions

• Burnley have conceded at least twice in ten of their last 13 Premier League matches.
• Brighton have lost one of their last six away league games.
• Six of Brighton’s last eight league outings have featured fewer than three goals.

Clarets enduring a miserable campaign

Burnley fans have had little to smile about since gaining promotion back into the Premier League and what seems an increasingly futile fight against relegation could get even tougher after they entertain Brighton at Turf Moor on Saturday.

The Clarets have gone from having an impregnable defence in the Championship to the top flight’s leakiest rearguard and Scott Parker’s side have won just once since the end of October, so an immediate return seems just a matter of time.

They now have Wolves breathing down their neck in a quest to get off the bottom of the table and with West Ham and Tottenham also desperate for points, the Lancastrians’ short-term future looks bleak.

Seagulls have discovered strong away form

Brighton are five points off the top six with seven games to go so there is still a chance they can force their way into the European qualification picture, so they are unlikely to be slacking off as the end of the campaign comes into view.

A tally of four away wins may look modest, but two of those have come in their last two matches against Sunderland, who got to February 11 before suffering their first leg defeat at the Stadium of Light, and Brentford, another team who have been strong on their own patch.

Leaders Arsenal are the only team the Seagulls have not beaten in their last five league games and they should be able to claim another road victory, with a 2-0 success of potential interest to correct-score punters as only two of Albion’s last eight league games have featured more than two goals.

Welbeck enjoying a great campaign

Veteran striker Danny Welbeck stands out as an anytime-goalscorer option.

Even at 35, the former Manchester United and Arsenal striker is enjoying a great campaign, having taken his league tally to 12 with a brace in Brighton’s recent 2-1 home victory over Liverpool.

A decent international football rest will have been ideal for Welbeck before the climax of the campaign and he looks likely to add to his tally against the struggling Clarets defence.