Burnley's impressive 100-point promotion campaign was largely underpinned by two key principles – a near-perfect home record and a watertight defence.

Sunderland will look to continue their winning start as they travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley on matchweek 2 of the Premier League.

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Burnley have released details about their new player arrival initiative ahead of their first home game of the season.

Burnley and Sunderland go head-to-head at Turf Moor this Saturday in the Premier League.Burnley have picked up 0 points and currently lie in 18th position. In their last game, Scott Parker's team

Luca Koloesho has completed a season-long loan to Espanyol, the Spanish club announced. The move sees the winger depart Burnley for a year-long loan, returning to Espanyol, where he began his professional career before signing with Burnley in 2023.

“Brutal honesty” and realism will stand Burnley in good stead this season, according to boss Scott Parker. That’s the message from the Clarets manager ahead of this weekend’s first home game of the season against Sunderland, a side many will expect to be in a relegation battle with Burnley this season.

Burnley just edge the head-to-head record for this period with 30 wins to Sunderland’s 29. The Clarets’ biggest win in this fixture to date is their 6-0 home victory in October 1957, but the Black Cats went one better 31 years earlier when they scored seven in a 7-1 triumph on home soil.

The Thomas Frank era began to the great delight of Tottenham Hotspur fans on Saturday, as last season's Europa League winners cruised past newly promoted Burnley 3-0 in north London.

And it’s all thanks to the tenacity of David Fowler, the manager of Secrets bar in Burnley town centre. Ironically once one of the town centre’s best kept ‘secrets’ with few people knowing about it, Secrets is now regularly packed as word has spread about it. Loyal regulars mix with new customers and, on match days the place is buzzing.