10′ OVER! Wood knocks a long ball down into the path of Barnes in the box. The striker lines up an effort on the half-volley that he just sends over the bar.
8′ Arsenal break forward in numbers as Smith Rowe works the ball towards Pepe, but his attempted low pass towards Aubameyang is intercepted by Mee.
6′ CHANCE! Odegaard releases Tierney down the left flank with a fine offload. He fires a low ball across the face of goal that Pope get a boot to. Pepe almost latches on to rebound, but he cannot control it before it goes behind for a goal-kick.
4′ Tierney has space down the left flank and he floats a cross into the box, but Pope is on hand to rush out and make a comfortable claim.
2′ Barnes finds room down the left flank and angles a cross towards Wood. The forward chests the ball towards Gudmudsson, but Tierney is alert to make the interception.
1′ We’re under way at Turf Moor.
After a run of 10 consecutive league defeats against Arsenal, Burnley are now unbeaten in their last three against the Gunners (W1 D2).
Arsenal have made two changes to their team that beat Norwich last week. Both come in the middle of the park as Smith Rowe and Partey replace Maitland-Niles and Lokonga. Both outgoing players are on the bench for the Gunners.
Burnley are unchanged from their loss to Everton last week. Dyche keeps faith in the same starting line-up, despite the defeat. Wood and Barnes continue to lead the line. Taylor hangs on to his spot in the backline even with new signing Cornet on the bench.
ARSENAL SUBS: Bernd Leno, Alexandre Lacazette, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Rob Holding, Cedric Soares, Nuno Tavares, Pablo Mari, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Gabriel Martinelli.
ARSENAL (4-1-4-1): Aaron Ramsdale; Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney; Thomas Partey; Nicolas Pepe, Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe, Bukayo Saka; Pierre-Emerick Aubamenyang.
BURNLEY SUBS: Jack Cork, Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Lennon, Jay Rodriguez, Maxwel Cornet, Nathan Collins, Erik Pieters, Phil Bardsley, Matej Vydra.
BURNLEY (4-4-2): Nick Pope; Matt Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor; Johann Gudmundsson, Josh Brownhill, Ashley Westwood, Dwight McNeil; Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes.
Arsenal breathed a huge sigh of relief to secure their first win of the Premier League campaign, overcoming Norwich last week at the Emirates Stadium. Pressure was building on Mikel Arteta and defeat to Canaries would have bee unthinkable prospect for the Gunners. The Spaniard is still under the spotlight in the dugout and his team need to follow up their victory last week with another three points on the road against the Clarets.
Burnley are in dire need of a result this afternoon after taking only one point from their opening four matches of the campaign. Sean Dyche signed a contract extension during the week to keep him with the Clarets until 2025, but his players need to respond on the pitch to their manager. Ben Mee put his team ahead against Everton last week, only for the Toffees to launch a comeback win at Goodison Park. Burnley need a strong outing against the Gunners to kickstart their campaign.
Good afternoon and welcome to the live commentary of the Premier League clash between Burnely and Arsenal at Turf Moor.
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