Burnley and Manchester City will face off on Saturday the 2nd of April at 3:00 pm in the 31st week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Burnley at the Turf Moor. The encounter will be officiated by Craig Pawson.

Burnley is in the 19th place in the table with 21 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 3 times, draw 12 times, and lost 12 times.​​

Manchester City is in the 1st position in the league with 70 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 22 times, draw 4 times, and lost 3 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Burnley​

Line - Ups​
4-4-2
22 May
Burnley-Newcastle United
1-2
5-3-2
19 May
Aston Villa-Burnley
1-1
5-3-2
15 May
Tottenham Hotspur-Burnley
1-0
4-4-2
07 May
Burnley-Aston Villa
1-3
4-4-2
30 Apr
Watford-Burnley
1-2
4-4-2
24 Apr
Burnley-Wolverhampton Wanderers
1-0
4-4-2
21 Apr
Burnley-Southampton
2-0
4-4-2
17 Apr
West Ham United-Burnley
1-1
4-4-2
10 Apr
Norwich City-Burnley
2-0
4-4-2
06 Apr
Burnley-Everton
3-2
4-5-1
02 Apr
Burnley-Manchester City
0-2
4-4-2
12 Mar
Brentford-Burnley
2-0
4-4-2
05 Mar
Burnley-Chelsea
0-4
4-4-2
01 Mar
Burnley-Leicester City
0-2
4-4-2
26 Feb
Crystal Palace-Burnley
1-1
4-4-2
23 Feb
Burnley-Tottenham Hotspur
1-0
4-4-2
19 Feb
Brighton & Hove Albion-Burnley
0-3
4-4-2
13 Feb
Burnley-Liverpool
0-1
4-4-2
08 Feb
Burnley-Manchester United
1-1
4-4-2
05 Feb
Burnley-Watford
0-0
4-4-2
23 Jan
Arsenal-Burnley
0-0
4-4-2
02 Jan
Leeds United-Burnley
3-1
4-4-2
30 Dec
Manchester United-Burnley
3-1
4-4-2
12 Dec
Burnley-West Ham United
0-0
4-4-2
04 Dec
Newcastle United-Burnley
1-0
4-4-2
01 Dec
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Burnley
0-0
4-4-2
20 Nov
Burnley-Crystal Palace
3-3
4-4-2
06 Nov
Chelsea-Burnley
1-1
4-4-2
30 Oct
Burnley-Brentford
3-1
4-4-2
23 Oct
Southampton-Burnley
2-2
4-4-2
16 Oct
Manchester City-Burnley
2-0
4-4-2
02 Oct
Burnley-Norwich City
0-0
4-4-2
25 Sep
Leicester City-Burnley
2-2
4-4-2
18 Sep
Burnley-Arsenal
0-1
4-4-2
13 Sep
Everton-Burnley
3-1
4-4-2
29 Aug
Burnley-Leeds United
1-1
4-4-2
21 Aug
Liverpool-Burnley
2-0
4-4-2
14 Aug
Burnley-Brighton & Hove Albion
1-2

Burnley has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (26 times or 96.30%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (26 times) and 4-5-1 (once).

Sean Dyche is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: N. Pope, C. Taylor, J. Tarkowski, C. Roberts, D. McNeil, J. Brownhill, A. Westwood, A. Lennon and G. Cornet.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Burnley would be 28.78.

There are doubts about the presence of B. Mee.

E. Pieters, J. Berg Guðmunds­son and M. Vydra will definitely miss the match.

Sean Dyche will not be able to have the presence of N. Collins who is suspended​.

Manchester City​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
22 May
Manchester City-Aston Villa
3-2
4-3-3
15 May
West Ham United-Manchester City
2-2
4-2-3-1
11 May
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Manchester City
1-5
4-2-3-1
08 May
Manchester City-Newcastle United
5-0
4-2-3-1
30 Apr
Leeds United-Manchester City
0-4
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
Manchester City-Watford
5-1
4-3-3
20 Apr
Manchester City-Brighton & Hove Albion
3-0
4-2-3-1
10 Apr
Manchester City-Liverpool
2-2
4-3-3
02 Apr
Burnley-Manchester City
0-2
4-3-3
14 Mar
Crystal Palace-Manchester City
0-0
4-3-3
06 Mar
Manchester City-Manchester United
4-1
4-3-3
26 Feb
Everton-Manchester City
0-1
4-3-3
19 Feb
Manchester City-Tottenham Hotspur
2-3
4-3-3
12 Feb
Norwich City-Manchester City
0-4
4-3-3
09 Feb
Manchester City-Brentford
2-0
4-3-3
22 Jan
Southampton-Manchester City
1-1
4-2-3-1
15 Jan
Manchester City-Chelsea
1-0
4-3-3
01 Jan
Arsenal-Manchester City
1-2
4-3-3
29 Dec
Brentford-Manchester City
0-1
4-3-3
26 Dec
Manchester City-Leicester City
6-3
4-2-3-1
19 Dec
Newcastle United-Manchester City
0-4
4-2-3-1
14 Dec
Manchester City-Leeds United
7-0
4-3-3
11 Dec
Manchester City-Wolverhampton Wanderers
1-0
4-3-3
04 Dec
Watford-Manchester City
1-3
4-2-3-1
01 Dec
Aston Villa-Manchester City
1-2
4-3-3
28 Nov
Manchester City-West Ham United
2-1
4-3-3
21 Nov
Manchester City-Everton
3-0
4-3-3
06 Nov
Manchester United-Manchester City
0-2
4-3-3
30 Oct
Manchester City-Crystal Palace
0-2
4-3-3
23 Oct
Brighton & Hove Albion-Manchester City
1-4
4-3-3
16 Oct
Manchester City-Burnley
2-0
4-3-3
03 Oct
Liverpool-Manchester City
2-2
4-3-3
25 Sep
Chelsea-Manchester City
0-1
4-3-3
18 Sep
Manchester City-Southampton
0-0
4-3-3
11 Sep
Leicester City-Manchester City
0-1
4-3-3
28 Aug
Manchester City-Arsenal
5-0
4-3-3
21 Aug
Manchester City-Norwich City
5-0
4-3-3
15 Aug
Tottenham Hotspur-Manchester City
1-0

Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (25 times or 86.21%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (25 times) and 4-2-3-1 (4 times).

Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Burnley with the following players: E. Santana de Moraes, J. Cavaco Cancelo, A. Laporte, K. De Bruyne, F. Rosa, B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva, J. Grealish, R. Mahrez and P. Foden.

Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Manchester City would be 29.00.

There are doubts about the presence of J. Stones.

Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ R. Santos Gato Alves Dias because of injury.

C. Palmer will definitely miss the match.

Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of B. Mendy who is suspended​​.