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title: "Burnley: Predicted XI to face Liverpool"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Burnley"
published: "2020-07-11T06:10:39Z"
modified: "2020-07-11T06:10:39Z"
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# Burnley: Predicted XI to face Liverpool

**Burnley have the chance to seize the initiative in the [race for Europa League places](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) this afternoon, although it would require them giving the [runaway Premier League champions](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) a bloodied nose.**

Sean Dyche’s men will aim to pull off what [17 other clubs have failed to manage](https://www.premierleague.com/tables?co=1&se=274&ha=H) this season and that is deny Liverpool a league victory at Anfield, with Jurgen Klopp’s side chasing down a [divisional record points total](https://www.premierleague.com/news/1561869#:~:text=Most%20points%20won%20over%2038,in%202018%20and%202005%20respectively.) as well.

However, with Burnley [in action before the four teams](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-fixtures) immediately above them in the table, they have an opportunity to stake their claim for Europe, particularly with [Tottenham and Arsenal facing each other tomorrow](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-fixtures) and at least one of them set to drop points.

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The Clarets go to Liverpool with a depleted squad, though, as Ben Mee, Jack Cork, Matthew Lowton and Ashley Barnes are all ruled out through injury (as per [premierinjuries.com](https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php)).

Football Transfer Tavern is predicting just the one change to Dyche’s starting XI from the team which [lined out against West Ham](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spielbericht/index/spielbericht/3219114) on Wednesday:

![Burnley predicted XI v Liverpool](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/lineup-10.png)

Fresh from a [superb performance](https://www.skysports.com/football/west-ham-vs-burnley/408320) in keeping a [league-high 14th clean sheet](https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/clean_sheet?po=GOALKEEPER&se=274) of the season, **Nick Pope** will be in goals, while Burnley are also likely to have an unchanged back four of **Charlie Taylor**, **James Tarkowski**, **Kevin Long** and **Phil Bardsley**, a unit which could remain for forthcoming games given the [potential season-ending injuries](https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php) to Mee and Lowton.

Dyche could also go with the same midfield quartet that he had in the midweek win at London Stadium, which would see [**Dwight McNeil**](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/burnley-fc-transfer-rumours/dwight-mcneil-profile/) take the left winger role while **Ashley Westwood** and **Josh Brownhill** occupy the central midfield positions. Left-back **Erik Pieters** has been [playing out of position on the right-hand side of midfield](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/erik-pieters/leistungsdaten/spieler/43763) but he performed well in that role on Wednesday, playing [one key pass](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376185/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-West-Ham-Burnley) and winning [four tackles](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376185/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-West-Ham-Burnley), and therefore could be entrusted with the same job once more.

The one predicted change to the Burnley line-up comes in attack. **Jay Rodriguez** unsurprisingly keeps his place after [netting the winner](https://www.skysports.com/football/west-ham-vs-burnley/408320) over West Ham but **Chris Wood**, the Clarets’ [£13.05m-valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/profil/spieler/108725) [top scorer](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-burnley/leistungsdaten/verein/1132), could come in for his [first start since March](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/leistungsdaten/spieler/108725), having appeared as a [substitute in their last two games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/leistungsdaten/spieler/108725) upon returning from an [Achilles problem](https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/injury-update-burnleys-ashley-barnes-18371148). That would see Matej Vydra drop to the bench at Anfield.

***Burnley fans, is this the line-up that you expect to see for the match against Liverpool? Comment below with your views!***