While Manchester City were held to a goalless tie by Southampton in their last home EPL game, that result was an outlier. Norwich and Arsenal both conceded 5 on league visits to the Etihad, while it was even worse for RB Leipzig in the Champions League and Wycombe in the League Cup, who each allowed 6 City goals. This is a familiar story for Burnley, who will be mindful that they have lost 5-0 the last 4 times they have made the short trip to face Pep Guardiola’s team.

It has not been a great start to the season for the Clarets and they emerge from the second international break of the campaign still having failed to claim their first victory. It is worth noting that, despite their poor Etihad record, they have scored in 7 of their last 9 away games and with the powerful Chris Wood leading the attack, they could find the net themselves. The fact they failed to do so at home against Norwich tempers enthusiasm for both teams scoring, but by taking over 3.5 goals, we can benefit if the Clarets do break through or, more likely, if City put up a big score again.