Tournament – EFL Carabao Cup;
Date – 26/09/2023;
Kick-Off – 19:45 GMT;
Venue – Peninsula Stadium (Salford).
Burnley are simply a much better team, and regardless of their league form, should be too much for their out of form league two opponents Salford City who have lost five in a row going into this match.
Salford City are not really finding the goals easy to come by, failing to score a single goal in three of their last five games while Burnley have scored just four times in five league games.
Reaching the League two playoffs last season meant everyone predicted big things for Salford City this season but that has not been the case as things have gone horribly wrong for them, seven points from nine games mean they are 21st in the league table, a precarious position for a team that almost gained promotion. Five losses in a row and even failing to score a goal in three of those doesn’t bode well for Salford going into this match.
Burnley are also in a bad situation, having picked up just one point from their first five games back in the premier league, not what they expected surely, after absolutely dominating the Championship last season to secure promotion, hitting 101 points. They sit in 19th position after taking just one point from a possible fifteen in their five games played so far in the premier league.
Salford City: Cairns, John, Tilt, Mariappa, Ingram, McAleny, Mallan, N’Mai, Watson, Humbles, Smith
Burnley: Trafford, Roberts, Al Dakhil, Bayer, Taylor, Cullen, Brownhill, Gudmundsson, Ramsey, Koleosho, Amdouni.
This game will be played at Peninsula Stadium (Salford).
Kick-off time is 19:45 GMT. 26.09.2023.