Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash
- Tottenham host Burnley at Wembley on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League
- Chris Wood could be handed his first Premier League start for Burnley
Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Tottenham's home clash with Burnley.
Tottenham vs Burnley (Wembley)
Team news
Tottenham
Tottenham remain hopeful that club-record signing Davinson Sanchez will receive a work permit in time to feature in Sunday's Premier League clash with Burnley.
The Colombia international defender joined Spurs from Ajax but may be forced to sit out the meeting at Wembley if his permit is not issued in time.
Tottenham hope Davinson Sanchez will receive a work permit in time to play against Burnley
Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (foot), Danny Rose (knee) and Erik Lamela (hips) have progressed in their respective recoveries but are all still missing.
Provisional squad: Lloris, Vorm, Lopez, Davies, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Dier, Wimmer, Trippier, Walker-Peters, Wanyama, Dembele, Eriksen, Alli, Sissoko, Winks, Edwards, Son, Janssen, Kane.
Burnley
Summer signing Jonathan Walters is out of Burnley's Premier League trip to Tottenham through injury.
The Republic of Ireland international suffered an ankle problem during the first half of Wednesday night's 2-0 Carabao Cup second-round victory at Blackburn and will not feature at Wembley, while midfielder Jeff Hendrick is a doubt with a thigh strain.
Chris Wood could be handed his first start for Burnley against Tottenham at Wembley
However, record signing Chris Wood, who joined the club in a £15million switch from Leeds earlier this week, could be handed his first start after replacing Walters at Ewood Park, where manager Sean Dyche made eight changes.
Provisional squad: Heaton, Legzdins, Pope, Lowton, Long, Mee, Taylor, Ward, Darikwa, Tarkowski, Defour, Brady, Ulvestad, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, Arfield, Gudmundsson, Vokes, Agyei, Barnes, Wood.
Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
Tottenham have won four and lost just one of their previous six Premier League meetings with Burnley (W4 D1 L1).
Burnley have suffered a defeat in all three of their Premier League away games at Tottenham Hotspur; the last two of which have ended 1-2.
The Clarets’ last league win against Tottenham Hotspur in London came back in October 1974 in the top-flight (3-2).
Burnley will be making their first appearance at Wembley Stadium since the 2008-09 Championship play-off final, which they won 1-0 against Sheffield United.
Following their 1-2 defeat to Chelsea on MD2, Tottenham Hotspur have lost seven of their last 10 matches at Wembley Stadium (W1 D2 L7).
Tottenham overcame Burnley 2-0 last time they met in the Premier League at Turf Moor
Burnley failed to attempt a shot on target in their MD2 defeat to West Brom. This is the third occasion since the start of last season that they haven’t attempted a single shot on target in a Premier League match; no team has failed to do so on more occasions in this period.
Burnley have won their last two Premier League away matches in London; 2-0 at Crystal Palace in April and 3-2 vs Chelsea on MD1 – before these two games, they’d picked up just two points in 15 Premier League trips to the capital (W0 D2 L13).
Sean Dyche’s side won just one game and seven points from their 19 Premier League away games in 2016-17, but equalled their away win total in 2017-18 on MD1 at Chelsea (3-2).
Harry Kane has now had 34 shots and played 12 games in the month of August without scoring in the Premier League.
Tottenham's all-time top scorer in games at Wembley is own goals, with Michy Batshuayi's last weekend being the fifth netted in favour of them at the Stadium.
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