Burnley vs Newcastle: TV channel, live stream, kick-off time and team news for Premier League showdown
NEWCASTLE UNITED travel to Turf Moor on Monday looking to maintain their positive start to the Premier League season.
Rafa Benitez's newly-promoted side are now unbeaten in their last three games.
Burnley have also made a decent start to the season themselves.
But this game will be played under the backdrop of Everton becoming the latest team to show interest in their manager Sean Dyche.
This game sees Dyche celebrate five years in charge of the Clarets.
The former Watford boss is now the seventh longest-serving manager in the top four divisions of English football.
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What time is kick-off?
The game will take place TONIGHT - Monday, October 30.
It will be played at Turf Moor.
Kick-off is at 8.00pm.
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Which channel can I watch it on?
The match is live on Sky Sports Premier League/Sky Sports Main Event/Sky Sports Ultra HD.
Or stay with us here on SunSport where you can follow all the action from Turf Moor on our live blog.
What is the team news?
Sam Vokes is on the bench for Burnley after missing the last match with a stomach muscle issue, while fellow striker Chris Wood misses out with a hamstring strain.
Match facts
- The home side is unbeaten in each of the last eight league meetings between Burnley and Newcastle (five wins, three draws).
- Newcastle are winless in their last four away visits to Turf Moor in league competition, losing three and drawing one.
- Newcastle United have won 14 points from their first nine Premier League games this season – the best points tally at this stage of a campaign by a newly-promoted side since West Ham in 2012-13 (14).
- Newcastle’s tally of 14 Premier League points this season from nine games is more than both North-East rivals Sunderland and Middlesbrough won in 19 Premier League matches during 2017 (10 each).
- Coming in to this matchday, four of the 14 red cards given this season in the Premier League have come in games against Burnley (29 per cent) – no other side has seen their opponents given a red card more than twice.
- Burnley have faced the most shots in the Premier League this season (170) but no side have allowed their opponents to score with a lower proportion of their shots than the Lancashire side (5 per cent).
- Just one of the eight Premier League goals that Newcastle have conceded this season have come in the first half, a league-low.
- Of the 73 players to have been involved in 80+ duels, Burnley defensive pair Ben Mee (69.2%) and James Tarkowski (66.3%) have the best duel success rate.
- Mee and Tarkowski also lead the way in the Premier League for opposition shots blocked in 2017-18 (16 each).
- Chris Wood has scored in over half (31) of his 60 competitive club appearances since the start of 2016-17, including a last minute equaliser for Leeds against Newcastle last season in the Championship.