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Burnley will continue to be without Zeki Amdouni (torn ligament), Manuel Benson (Achilles) and Jordan Beyer (knee). Connor Roberts (minor injury) remains a doubt, while Armando Broja, Axel Tuanzebe and Bashir Humphreys are all back in training and could feature.

After starting with a back five against Spurs, Parker is considering a return to a back four, with Walker likely to start at right-back, with Oliver Sonne on the bench. The trio of Maxime Esteve, Hjalmar Ekdal and Quilindschy Hartman are likely to keep their places.

Josh Cullen – who created the most chances in the Premier League’s first round (5) – will play in midfield alongside either Josh Laurent or Lesley Ugochukwu. Up front, Marcus Edwards, Loum Tchaouna and Jacob Bruun Larsen are all competing for a starting spot.

For Sunderland, Aji Alese, Luke O'Nien (shoulder), Romaine Mundle (thigh), Leo Hjelde (Achilles) and Dennis Cirkin (wrist) are all injured.

Jenson Seelt is ready to return from the injury he picked up in the win over West Ham, but Le Bris could hand his Premier League debut to new signing Omar Alderete at centre-back, partnering Ballard – who led the team in shots (4), shots on target (2), duels won (10), high balls won (6), fouls won (4) and clearances (9) in round one.

New signing Nordi Mukiele, who made his debut this week, has trained partially with the team, as has Arthur Masuaku. Both will be assessed for availability before kick-off, but the rest of the Sunderland squad is likely to remain unchanged.

Burnley vs Sunderland latest expected lineup

Burnley:

Dubravka; Walker, Esteve, Ekdal, Hartman; Cullen, Laurent; Tchaouna, Edwards, Anthony; Foster

Sunderland:

Roefs; Hume, Alderete, Balland, Reinaldo; Sadiki, Xhaka, Diarra; Talbi, Mayenda, Adingra

Latest football review Burnley vs Sunderland

Burnley manager Scott Parker had a difficult opening game away to Tottenham – a club he played for for two seasons – and it was a difficult return to the Premier League for him and fellow former Spurs player Kyle Walker, as Burnley were completely outclassed by Thomas Frank's side last weekend.

Last season, Burnley set a record of 30 clean sheets overall, conceding just 16 goals and conceding no more than one in 46 Championship games, earning them automatic promotion with 100 points. However, back in the Premier League, they suffered a 3-0 defeat in London, a figure that accounted for 19% of the total goals conceded in the 90 minutes of last season.

After four consecutive seasons of promotion and relegation, Burnley are now aiming to stay in the Premier League for the long term. Parker admitted his young squad are “still learning”, but insisted they took “a lot of positives” from the defeat to Spurs.

Despite a solid defence in the Championship, Burnley have conceded in 21 consecutive Premier League games. They have also lost their opening home game in seven of their nine top-flight seasons, with the exception of two wins against Man United (2009-10) and Southampton (2019-20).

However, Burnley are confident when hosting Sunderland, an opponent they are unbeaten against in all three home meetings in the Premier League (2 wins, 1 draw), and also won 4 points in two encounters in the Championship last season.

After eight years away from the Premier League, Sunderland made an impressive return with a 3-0 home win over West Ham United in front of an excited crowd.

Manager Regis Le Bris has made a big summer of changes with 11 new players, seven of whom started against West Ham. However, three goalscorers – Eliezer Mayenda, Daniel Ballard and Wilson Isidor – were all stars in the team’s promotion from the Championship playoffs.

Second in the Premier League table after round one, Sunderland are aiming to win their opening two games for the first time since 1980-81, and have the chance to keep consecutive clean sheets for the first time since 1976-77.

Sunderland, however, have a history of poor away starts: they are winless in 24 Premier League games played in August and September (D12 L12) since a 1-0 win at Bolton in August 2009.

In their last Premier League visit to Turf Moor (2016), Sunderland lost 1-4. However, the two subsequent away trips have both ended in 0-0 draws and they also beat Burnley 3-1 in the League Cup in 2019, enough for Le Bris and his players to believe in a positive result this weekend.

Burnley vs Sunderland latest score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Burnley vs Sunderlandas follows:

• Sportsmole:Burnley 1-3 Sunderland

• WhoScore:Burnley 1-2 Sunderland
• Our newspaper predicts:Burnley 0-2 Sunderland

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