Tottenham vs Burnley prediction: ENGLAND: FA Cup betting tips on match 2024-01-04 20:00.
On a high after four wins from their last five games, an injury-hit Tottenham find themselves in the thick of the race for the top four in the Premier League (PL). Attention now quickly switches to the FA Cup when they host fellow PL side Burnley, who they beat 5-2 in league action earlier this campaign, as they bid to advance beyond the third round for the 17th time in 18 seasons.
The chances of doing so appear plentiful given their remarkable H2H record against the Clarets, with Spurs winning ten of the last 11 meetings they’ve hosted (D1). That certainly makes Burnley an ideal first step to advancing deeper into the competition, but it’s not usually at this stage that Spurs falter, as it’s in the fifth round where they’ve crashed out in the last four FA Cup editions.
Burnley themselves made it beyond that stage last season, before they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by a Manchester City side who ultimately went on to lift the trophy. Fast forward almost a year and things are certainly much different for Vincent Kompany’s side, who having been flying high at the Championship summit this time last year, are now battling to preserve their PL status.
Amidst that fight against the drop, the FA Cup arguably serves as a distraction, and for a man known for tinkering with his line-up in cup games, Burnley’s starting XI will almost certainly be experimental. Whatever the line-up, the end outcome is likely to be the same at Tottenham’s new ground, where the Clarets have lost all three of their visits by a 10-0 aggregate score!
Players to watch: Heung-min Son netted a hat-trick when these two sides met at Turf Moor earlier in the season, and he famously won the 2020 FIFA Puskás Award with a goal against Burnley at this ground. Jay Rodriguez is likely to get the nod up front for Burnley, and his last three FA Cup scoring appearances saw him net the game’s opening goal.
Hot stat: Burnley’s last six FA Cup ties against PL opposition produced an average of 4.7 goals per game.