Magpies have found it tough at Turf Moor

NEWCASTLE United travel to Burnley on Monday – somewhere they have historically struggled at.

The Magpies are on a good run of form at the moment, Saturday’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace lifting them up to seventh place in the Premier League table.

They head to Burnley unbeaten in their last three league games, but in the Clarets, they face a side who have made a solid start to the season themselves.

Sean Dyche has done a terrific job with the Lancashire side and they will be confident of replicating recent history against the Magpies.

Newcastle ended a dismal recent record at Southampton recently, and they are going to have to do something similar against Burnley, with all of the omens pointing to a home win.

The Opta stats certainly make for grim reading for Newcastle fans. ■■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. ■■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%) – 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%). ■■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 during the 2017-18 season (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. ■■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).