Burnley vs Fulham: Preview and Prediction

Burnley and Fulham will be eager to return to winning ways and climb through the Premier League standings when they clash at Turf Moor on Saturday.

The 2025/26 Premier League season resumes on Saturday with Gameweek 16. The action on the day will start with two simultaneous matches before continuing with Burnley vs Fulham at Turf Moor.

Burnley made a promising start to the 2025/26 season, leading a few to believe that they may avoid relegation from the top flight. While Leeds United and Sunderland are the favourites to break the curse for the promoted teams, the Clarets were not far behind. However, six successive defeats have left Scott Parker’s men second from bottom in the standings, five points behind 17th-placed Nottingham Forest.

On the other hand, Fulham may never see themselves being dragged into the relegation dogfight due to the inconsistencies of the teams below them. However, the Cottagers have endured a rollercoaster ride throughout the 2025/26 campaign, and two successive defeats have dropped them to 15th in the standings.

The most recent Premier League clash between Burnley and Fulham at Turf Moor ended in a 2-2 draw, as the Clarets came from two goals down to clinch a point through David Datro Fofana’s late brace. The Hard Tackle looks closer at the encounter ahead of the latest meeting between the two sides.

Team News & Tactics

Burnley

Probable Lineup (4-3-3): Dubravka; Sonne, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman; Ugochukwu, Cullen, Florentino; Tchaouna, Foster, Anthony

Fulham

Probable Lineup (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Castagne; Iwobi, Berge; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Chukwueze; Jimenez

Key Stats

• Burnley are unbeaten in their last 29 home league games vs Fulham, their longest ever run against an opponent at Turf Moor. Their most recent defeat was in April 1951. The Cottagers are winless in their last five Premier League games against Burnley (D2 L3) since a 4-2 home win in August 2018.
• Fulham are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League games against promoted sides (W6 D5), winning the four most recent clashes. The Cottagers have never won five consecutive top-flight games against promoted teams before.
• Burnley have lost six consecutive Premier League matches. The Clarets last had a longer losing run in the league in January/February 1995 in the second tier (eight successive losses). Meanwhile, in the top-flight, they have not lost more than six consecutive matches since a similar run between March and September 1895 (8).
• Fulham have lost eight of their 15 Premier League matches this season (W5 D2). In three of the previous four instances they have lost that many at this stage, they have suffered relegation – in 2013/14 (10), 2018/19 (10) and 2020/21 (8). The exception was in 2004/05 (9, finished 13th).
• After conceding just 16 goals in 46 Championship games last season, Burnley have shipped 30 in 15 games in the 2025/26 Premier League season. It is the fourth biggest rise in goals conceded per match (1.65 more than 2024/25) between consecutive seasons in the history of the top four tiers of English football, and biggest since Sheffield United in 2022/23 (0.85) and 2023-24 (2.74), a rise of 1.89 per outing.

Player to Watch

Harry Wilson

While Alex Iwobi, Lyle Foster, and Jaidon Anthony were viable candidates for this section, we have picked Harry Wilson as the Player to Watch for Saturday’s Premier League clash between Burnley and Fulham at Turf Moor.

The Welsh international has been involved in a goal in his last three Premier League appearances (G2 A1), his joint-best run with a goal or assist. The last Welshman to do so in four consecutive games was Brennan Johnson for Nottingham Forest in January-February 2023. With Wilson in splendid form, it is hardly surprising that he is one of our FPL captaincy suggestions heading into Gameweek 16.

Prediction

Burnley 1-3 Fulham

Scott Parker has lost 22 of his last 29 Premier League matches (W4 D3), with the current six-game losing run with Burnley his second run this long after facing defeat in six successive matches with Fulham between May 2019 and October 2020. Parker has lost 61% of his Premier League games (41/67), with only Daniel Farke losing a higher ratio (67%) among managers with 50+ games.

With things not going his way, Parker will be eager to turn things around this weekend against Fulham. However, things do not get any easier despite the away side’s recent two-game losing run. The Cottagers have stepped up against the worst teams in the Premier League, and another impressive performance may be on the cards.

Nevertheless, Burnley will not go down without a fight, and they may find a way past Bernd Leno at least one. However, that will not be enough to get anything from Saturday’s clash, and The Hard Tackle predicts a 3-1 win for Marco Silva and his charges.