{"id":4179,"date":"2025-11-01T01:07:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/11\/01\/burnley-v-arsenal-tactical-preview-team-news-and-predicted-xis\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T01:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:07:04","slug":"burnley-v-arsenal-tactical-preview-team-news-and-predicted-xis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/11\/01\/burnley-v-arsenal-tactical-preview-team-news-and-predicted-xis\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley v Arsenal: Tactical preview, team news and predicted XIs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal arrive at Turf Moor on Saturday aiming to extend an extraordinary run to nine successive wins in all competitions. The league leaders have not conceded since Nick Woltemade headed for Newcastle on September 28, and they sit four points clear at the top.<\/p>\n<p>Burnley have been a tougher prospect than many expected. Scott Parker\u2019s side are up to 16th after back-to-back wins, including last weekend\u2019s dramatic 3\u20132 triumph at Molineux. The Clarets also beat Leeds United 2\u20130 earlier in October and look set to be involved in the relegation scrap, although victory over Leeds and Wolves has eased some immediate pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Form (most recent five):<br \/>\nWolves 2\u20133 Burnley &#8211; 26\/10\/25<br \/>\nBurnley 2\u20130 Leeds &#8211; 18\/10\/25<br \/>\nBurnley 2\u20131 Aston Villa &#8211; 05\/10\/25<br \/>\nMan City 5\u20131 Burnley &#8211; 27\/09\/25<br \/>\nBurnley 1\u20132 Cardiff &#8211; 23\/09\/25<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal 2\u20130 Brighton &#8211; 29\/10\/25<br \/>\nArsenal 1\u20130 Crystal Palace &#8211; 26\/10\/25<br \/>\nArsenal 4\u20130 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid &#8211; 21\/10\/25<br \/>\nFulham 0\u20131 Arsenal &#8211; 18\/10\/25<br \/>\nArsenal 2\u20130 West Ham &#8211; 04\/10\/25<\/p>\n<p>TV coverage lists multiple providers by territory, including fuboTV and the NBC platforms in the United States, DAZN and Amazon services in Canada, and Max Mexico and Amazon Prime Video in Mexico. In the United Kingdom there is no TV broadcast listed, with radio coverage provided by talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>Team news and tactics<br \/>\nParker may switch to a back five to limit Arsenal in and around the penalty area. Hjalmar Ekdal could return to the starting eleven. Zian Flemming, who scored his first two Premier League goals last weekend, is expected to operate alongside Jaidon Anthony. Lyle Foster, fit enough to score the winner at Wolves, may again be used from the bench. Connor Roberts, Zeki Amdouni and Jordan Beyer remain sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Gabriel Martinelli will miss the trip. William Saliba could make the matchday squad after missing the Carabao Cup win over Brighton. Declan Rice picked up a knock but was fit enough to feature off the bench midweek. Riccardo Calafiori was not risked; Myles Lewis-Skelly or Piero Hincapi\u00e9 are options if Calafiori is unavailable. Arteta hopes Kai Havertz, Martin \u00d8degaard and Noni Madueke will return after the November international break. Gabriel Jesus\u2019s return will not be rushed following a long-term knee injury earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Predicted lineups<br \/>\nBurnley (5-3-2): D\u00fabravka; Walker, Tuanzebe, Ekdal, Est\u00e8ve, Hartman; Cullen, Ugochukwu, Lu\u00eds; Anthony, Flemming.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice, Eze; Saka, Gy\u00f6keres, Trossard.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s six consecutive clean sheets underline their defensive solidity. Burnley\u2019s recent 3-goal performance and counter-attacking efficiency pose a threat, but Arsenal\u2019s defence is expected to make this a difficult afternoon for the hosts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal seek a ninth straight win as Burnley, buoyed by consecutive victories, host them on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,795,172],"tags":[826,1012,1100],"class_list":["post-4179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-burnley","category-epl","tag-bukayo-saka","tag-burnley-style","tag-defence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}