Burnley vs Preston Predictions

• Burnley have won 11 successive games with both teams scoring in six of the last nine
• Preston have scored in eight of their last nine away games
• The two sides drew 1-1 at Deepdale earlier this season

Clarets will be tested by road warriors Preston

Burnley’s red-hot form will be put to the test by a Preston side boasting the third-best away record in the division when they meet at Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon.

Vincent Kompany’s Clarets continue to roll over good teams with relative ease and maintained their 17-point gap to third-place Middlesbrough with a 3-0 victory over Norwich last weekend.

That was their ninth consecutive league win and an 11th overall followed on Tuesday night when Nathan Tella’s stoppage-time goal saw off League One Ipswich in a cup replay. It would be easy to recommend a wager on the best team the Championship has seen for a few years.

Burnley are too short for the win, but BTTS could land

However, the Clarets’ last three home victories have been much less impressive than their performances of November and December. They needed two goals in the last 15 minutes to come from behind against West Brom and it took until the 83rd minute for them to break Coventry’s resistance.

At odds of 1/2 at home to a team that has won six of their last nine Championship away games it may be best to look elsewhere. PNE were unlucky to lose 2-1 to Bristol City at the weekend after dominating the game and can score at Turf Moor to boost the prospects if an odds-against BTTS bet landing.

A 2-1 home victory still looks like the most likely correct score play because Burnley’s deep squad and clear idea of Kompany’s system will make them very hard to beat even if it does take until the last 15 minutes for them to wear their opponents down again.