Burnley v Manchester City’s Premier League first leg tie is scheduled for Friday 11 August at 10pm at Turf Moor live on Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 2 and Prima Sports. 1.

“Burnley” and “Manchester City” open the new season in the Premier League with an extreme match, in which the new and current champions of England and Europe meet.

Burnley were directly promoted to the Premier League after finishing 1st in the Championship with 101 points, 10 more than second-placed Sheffield United and 21 more than Luton Town”, the team that finished 3rd and won promotion. playoffs

Burnley were the Championship side with the best attack, 87 goals scored, and the best defense, 35 goals conceded, in 46 matches.

Since the summer of last year, the team has been coached by Vincent Kompany, the former captain of Manchester City (four-time champion), whom Pep Guardiola sees as his successor on the technical bench of the “citizens”.

This summer, Burnley played four important friendly matches, in which they won against Benfica Lisbon (2:0), drew with Betis (Seville) (1:1) and lost twice (0:2 with Genk and 0:1 with “Mainz”).

Manchester City came off the back of a fantastic season that ended with a historic treble, the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League titles, but missed the official start of the season, 1-1 after 90 minutes and 1-4 on penalties (without extra time) with Arsenal at Wembley in London in the FA Super Cup (Community Shield).

Manchester City had the best attack in the Premier League last season, scoring 94 goals in 38 matches for an average of 2.47 goals per game, but also had the best defense with 33 goals conceded ( same as Newcastle United).

Pep Guardiola starts the season with no. 8 on the technical bench of “citizens”, with whom he won five championships, two FA Cups, four League Cups, two FA Super Cups and the Champions League.

Manchester City have played just three warm-ups this summer, recording two wins, 5-3 at Yokohama Marinos and 2-1 at Bayern Munich, and one defeat, 1-2 at Atletico Madrid.

The last time these two teams met was on 18 March 2023 in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, when Manchester City beat Burnley 6-0 at home (Haaland 32, 35, 59, J. Alvarez 62, 73, Palmer 68). .

Superbet offers odds of 1.22 on the PsF2 prediction: the visitors lead at half-time or dominate at the end of the match Burnley – Manchester City.