MCBURNIE CAN FIRE UP VILLA
SWANSEA City striker Oliver Mcburnie is a target for Aston Villa.
Boss Steve Bruce wants to take the 21-year-old (above) on loan when the transfer window opens next month.
Bruce needs to bolster his options in attack, with Jonathan Kodjia set to miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury.
But he has limited funds, which is why he is looking at the loan market.
Mcburnie has already had one proposed loan move to the
Championship collapse.
He had been set to join Barnsley for the season in August but the deadline day deal fell through because the paperwork was not completed in time.
The Scotland Under-21 international, who started his career at Bradford City, has made seven substitute appearances for Swansea this season in the Premier League and one in the EFL Cup. TRAVEL Man City have won their last 14 league games in a row – the most by a team in a single English top-flight season.
Indeed, Man City’s 14-game winning streak is the jointbest-ever in the English top-flight alongside Arsenal’s run between February & August 2002.
This was just the second time a team has scored more than one goal in the Premier
League at Old Trafford against Jose Mourinho’s
Manchester United (also
Man City in September
2016, 2-1).
Jose Mourinho has lost nine matches in all competitions against Pep
Guardiola, more than against any other manager.
Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers are the only team to stop Manchester City from scoring in all competitions this season, in the EFL Cup in October over 120 minutes.
Manchester United posted a 35% possesion figure, their lowest at Old Trafford in the Premier League since 2003/04 (when Opta started collecting this data).
Five of David Silva’s six Premier League goal involvements against Man Utd have come at Old Trafford (three goals, two assists). Marcus Rashford has been involved in 11 goals in 12 games in all comps at Old Trafford this season (6 goals, 5 assists), more than any other Man Utd player. Nicolas Otamendi has netted four goals in 15 Premier League games this season, after scoring just two in his 60 games in the competition across the previous two campaigns.
Otamendi is now the top scoring defender in the Premier League this season (4).