World News – GB – Newcastle vs Burnley, Premier League: live score and latest updates

Burnley, as we know, is playing both tonight but we can use Opta’s stats magic to figure out which one is better!

Barnes only managed 19 games last season due to injury, but his profile here shows that there are subtle differences in his game Wood is more of a poacher, Barnes is better for the bond and the defensive side of the game, winning headers and knock-ons

Is it a 4-4-2? If so, who are the great midfielders? Saint-Maximin is obviously one of them, but I have a feeling Bruce might consider a 4-3-3 with Joelinton starting wide on the left, which is a position I’m not sure is right for him. It’s useful for giving Newcastle defenders a diagonal long ball option but he’s not particularly quick and the goals he scored in Germany were all poaching efforts So if the idea is that he floats left to form a forward two with Wilson, with Saint-Maximin overlapping so that might make sense, but there is no real wide right, unless Jamal Lewis is supposed to run up and down on the ‘wing throughout the game

I was wondering if he could even go for a back three tonight, especially since Burnley usually plays a forward two

I love Steve Bruce and think he struggles with a lot of people.He clearly knows how to build a team, hasn’t done anything very different from Rafa Benitez and is trying to change the way his team play to make it less defensive and more offensive It’s hard to do without players better than, or at least nearly as good as, the opposition, and Bruce is pretty excited about that as well. Here’s what he said this week:

So in summary, no, Steve Bruce is definitely not convinced by people suggesting he’s not good enough for the job Not at all Sean Dyche is hailed as a master of tactics and rightly so, because he’s a great coach who shoots a lot more on this side of Burnley than anyone else should His problem is more that the board gives him around £ 5 a summer to invest in new players while selling all of his vouchers Sooner or later they will end up being relegated unless something changes

And when you bring these two teams together, are you guaranteed a great match Right? We’ll find out at 8pm but I can see it’s a tight case that Burnley is stealing points from Stay with us for live updates and analysis throughout the game

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