Manchester United vs Burnley Predictions

• Manchester United have lost eight of their last 13 home Premier League matches
• Since the start of April, Manchester United have won the fewest points of any ever-present Premier League side
• Under 2.5 goals has landed in the last four meetings between these two
• Bryan Mbeumo scored 20 league goals last season

Red Devils suffer latest embarrassment

There have not been many better summaries of the struggles that Manchester United have had since Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure than manager Ruben Amorim being unable to look as the Red Devils lost on penalties to League Two side Grimsby on Wednesday.

The fourth-tier team took a 2-0 lead but were pegged back by Bryan Mbeumo and Harry Maguire goals before the Mariners came out on top of a mammoth penalty shootout which finished 12-11.

Plenty of unwelcome records were set by the Premier League side and the pressure is mounting on manager Ruben Amorim.

The Portuguese boss insists on playing the 3-4-2-1 system but his inflexibility was at least partly to blame for their defeat against Grimsby, with too many defensively-minded players on the park.

New signing Benjamin Sesko had no impact on the game and even took the tenth penalty, an unusual sign for a star striker.

Fellow arrivals Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo were the two players to miss penalties for the Red Devils on an evening that could not have gone much worse for Amorim’s side.

League form not much better

They have taken one point from their opening two league games after surrendering a 1-0 lead against Fulham last weekend to draw 1-1.

Manchester United were holding late on in that game however and any goodwill they had earned from a decent performance in their 1-0 defeat to Arsenal now appears to have evaporated.

They will look to get things back on track as they host Burnley, who have put in two contrasting performances in their two Premier League games.

Scott Parker’s side were beaten comfortably by Tottenham in their opener but bounced back with a solid home win over fellow promoted side Sunderland.

The visitors come into this game with little to lose against their struggling opponents and look worth siding with giving a two-goal headstart on the handicap. That means that as long as the Red Devils don’t win by two or more goals, the bet will land.

Mbeumo one bright spark

The Clarets could make life even worse for the home side, who have lost eight of their last 13 home Premier League games.

The last meeting between these two teams finished 1-1 at Old Trafford back in 2024 and a repeat of that is not beyond the realms of possibility for correct score purposes.

Bryan Mbuemo looked like the Red Devils’ biggest threat when coming on in midweek and is worth keeping onside as an anytime goalscorer.