Sean Dyche’s team went a long way to securing survival last December and start a key run against Watford on Wednesday
Sean Dyche is not a man to be concerned by league position in mid-December. In three of the past four seasons Burnley have not recorded more than two league wins before the final month of the year. It was at the Emirates on 13 December last year that they beat Arsenal to collect their second victory of the campaign, in a spell that yielded 11 points from six matches. It is a feat they may need to repeat to avoid returning to the Championship.
Burnley spent four years looking at home in the Premier League but last season they began to tread water, finishing 17th on 39 points, 11 points clear of a dreadful bottom three and scoring only 33 goals. That was their lowest points and goals total since their return to the top flight in 2016 and a sign that things needed to improve.
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