Tottenham vs Burnley LIVE commentary: Spurs desperate to end horrible losing run and potentially relegate Clarets – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Tottenham will hope to end their losing run this afternoon when they welcome Burnley to north London, live on talkSPORT 2.

Spurs have lost four consecutive Premier League matches, meaning their Champions League hopes are looking slim, while teams behind them are starting to catch up.

Ange Postecoglou’s men are going through a rough patchCredit: Getty

However, a win here would get them back on track and set them up for that massive game against Manchester City.

Meanwhile, the Clarets will be relegated from the Premier League should they fail to win in north London.

They could still be relegated even if they pick up three points against Spurs if Nottingham Forest beat Chelsea.

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The England international slotted into Ange Postecoglou’s team as the number ten and directly contributed to eight goals in his first 11 league games for Spurs.

Even in the matches he didn’t directly contribute to a goal, the former Leicester player was a bright spark and creative threat in almost all of Tottenham’s games.

He then suffered an ankle injury in November against Chelsea and hasn’t been the same player since.

Maddison returned to action in January and has played in every league game since.

However, he’s only added a further two goal contributions and has started the last two matches on the bench.

Clearly, he’s struggling and probably just needs the season to end and to get some rest.

However, Euro 2024 is just around the corner, so it’ll be fascinating to see if he’s on the plane to Germany.

Maddison is strugglingCredit: Getty
Tottenham have won seven of their eight Premier League home games against Burnley (D1), winning the last four without conceding. Only against Crystal Palace between 2015 and 2019 have they won five in a row at home while keeping a clean sheet each time in the competition.
Burnley are winless in their last 10 away league games against Tottenham (D1 L9) since a 3-2 win at White Hart Lane in October 1974.
Tottenham have lost just one of their last 22 Premier League games against sides starting the day in the relegation zone (W14 D7), though that defeat did come against Burnley in February 2022.

Tottenham vs Burnley: Teams

Tottenham: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Skipp, Bissouma, Sarr, Kulusevski, Maddison, Johnson, Son.

Subs: Hojbjerg, Dragusin, Gil Salvatierra, Emerson, Lo Celso, Bentancur, Austin, Scarlett, Moore.

Burnley: Muric, Assignon, O’Shea, Esteve, Taylor, Vitinho, Cullen, Berge, Bruun Larsen, Foster, Odobert.

Subs: Trafford, Gudmundsson, Brownhill, Rodriguez, Benson, Ekdal, Fofana, Amdouni, Ndayishimiye.

Cristian Romero had to be stopped from getting stuck into Emerson at AnfieldCredit: Sky Sports

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Failure to win for Burnley will see them relegated from the Premier League for the fourth time. The Clarets have lost all seven of their league games against sides starting the day in the top five this season by an aggregate score of 24-7.
Tottenham have lost each of their last four Premier League games – they last had a longer losing run between October/November 2004 (6 – 3 under Jacques Santini, 3 under Martin Jol), while Ange Postecoglou could be the first Spurs manager to lose five in a row since Osvaldo Ardiles in February 1994 (7).
Tottenham have conceded 4+ goals in four different Premier League games this season, last doing so more in 2013-14 (5). Indeed, they haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 13 home league games, their longest streak since a run of 15 between December 2002 and September 2003.

Tottenham vs Burnley: What has been said?

Despite what is on the line in this game, Vincent Kompany insists his team won’t be playing with pressure on them.

He said: “I wouldn’t describe this game as high pressure for us.

“I don’t think we have anything to lose.

“If you go into this weekend protecting a two-point lead I can see how that’s a different mindset. Perhaps I’d be trying to convince myself if I was saying there is no pressure at that moment, but in this case, I genuinely believe it’s all opportunity for us.”

It’s been a tough year for BurnleyCredit: Getty
Nine of Burnley’s 39 Premier League goals this season have come from outside the box, the highest percentage of any side this term (23%). They’ve never scored 10+ from distance in a single Premier League campaign.
Tottenham’s Son Heung-Min has been directly involved in eight goals in his last six Premier League games against Burnley (5 goals, 3 assists), netting a hat-trick in the reverse fixture at Turf Moor in September.
Richarlison is the only player to both score and assist a goal as a substitute in more than one Premier League match this season, doing so in Tottenham’s 2-1 win against Sheffield United in September, and in their 4-2 loss at Liverpool last time out.
Burnley’s Arijanet Muric has the highest save percentage of any keeper in the Premier League this season (81.3%). Meanwhile, despite playing just eight games so far, he’s also got the second highest goals prevented rate (7) based on Opta’s expected goals on target conceded model (18 xGoT faced, 11 goals conceded excluding own goals).