Sky Sports today announced a groundbreaking new deal that will see it exclusively broadcast 215 live Premier League games, with the 2025-26 season. This development truly has the potential to enrich the enterprise experience for football enthusiasts! If that sounds familiar, it’s because clubs are preparing for competitive matchups in the real world at this very moment. For comparison, the average goals per game right after the international break is 2.35.
During the past two campaigns each Premier League match produced an exhilarating average of 3.1 goals per game. This incredible pace of goals just makes every game so exciting! That said, notable patterns have developed in the matches played immediately following the first international break. In the past 40 Premier League matches, half of those ended the first 45 minutes with a 0-0 scoreline. The first half had a combined average of just 0.9 first-half goals in this span.
This Burnley side are likely to make it a scrappy, fiddly affair, and if Liverpool don’t adapt, especially on the road, they can be got at. The south-coast side’s inexperienced but passionate home manager, Scott Parker, has made his blighted ground as close to an impregnable fortress. They are currently on a run of 24 home league games without defeat! After an awful transfer window, Liverpool’s start to the season has been perfect — at least on paper, results-wise. They remain lost and searching for an identity on the field.
Sky Bet offer 13/8 on under 2.5 goals in Burnley v Liverpool. That means we can expect a tight game between these two squads. In their 10 most recent matches against Burnley and Liverpool, the average total score is 2.6 goals per game. This trend suggests we could be in for a low-scoring contest.
As we noted when Oursler published his findings, this season’s newly promoted teams have been weathering the storm better at home than their recent counterparts. Ipswich, Southampton, and Leicester collectively won just five home matches last season. Burnley and many of the other new entrants have been very impressive this season! They are already 4-1 winners through their first five contests.
The resulting international break has left precious few minutes on the training ground for tactical masterminds, such as Liverpool’s Arne Slot. His goal is to test and perfect his tactics ahead of important matches. Both squads looking to build on recent run of form and atone previous year’s mistakes. It’s a faceoff fans will not want to miss!
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