Burnley (H), 26/10/25, 1400 UTC - Build Up & Match Thread

[Jolemai]

Match Facts:

• Wolves have won just one of their last nine Premier League games against Burnley (D4 L4), a 1-0 win in their last home meeting in December 2023.
• Burnley’s first two Premier League games against Wolves ended in 2-0 and 2-1 defeats. Since then, they’ve not conceded more than once in any of their 10 meetings with them (6 goals conceded).
• Wolves are the only team without a Premier League win this season (D2 L6) and for a second consecutive season have won none of their first eight games. They also failed to win their ninth match of 2024-25, with Bury in 1904-05/1905-06 and Sunderland in 2015-16/2016-17 the only sides to do this in back-to-back top-flight seasons.
• Both of Burnley’s Premier League wins this season have come against their fellow promoted clubs, beating both Sunderland and Leeds 2-0 at Turf Moor. The Clarets have won just two of their last 44 top-flight games against non-newly promoted sides (D10 L32) and won none of their last 14 (D5 L9).
• Wolves have now gone 25 Premier League matches without a victory in the months of May, August, September and October combined (D6 L19) since a 2-1 away win at Bournemouth back in October 2023. Across their last two seasons, they are winless in all 21 games played in these months (D5 L16).
• In the Premier League this season, Burnley rank bottom for average possession (34.7%), successful passes (1,908), passing accuracy (75.7%), shots attempted (60), touches in the opposition box (111) and expected goals (5.4), and have played the highest percentage of their passes long (17%).
• In March and April 2025, Wolves won the most points of any Premier League side (19 – W6 D1), but, since May, they’ve won seven fewer points than any other ever-present team (3 – D3 L9). Wolves are the only side in English top-flight history to follow up a six-game winning run with 12 winless matches.
• Burnley manager Scott Parker has lost all three of his Premier League matches against Wolves, losing all three games by a 1-0 scoreline (one in May 2019, both games in 2020-21). They’re one of four sides he’s faced in the competition and not picked up a point against, along with Man City (L5), Chelsea (L3) and Watford (L1).
• Wolverhampton Wanderers have used just one English player in the Premier League this season, with goalkeeper Sam Johnstone playing four times, the fewest Englishmen to play for a club in the division in 2025-26. Only 23.7% of the players Wolves have ever used in the Premier League have been English (37/156), the second-lowest ratio of any side to feature 100+ players, ahead only of Fulham (22.3%).
• Burnley’s Lesley Ugochukwu has netted in each of his last two Premier League appearances, having only scored once in his first 43 games in the competition. With his goal on MD8, he was the first player with the initials LU to score against Leeds United in the Premier League.

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[Elephant Pyjamas]

When i was growing up we had a brilliant record against Burnley, we were their bogey team.

We beat them 11 consecutive times from 1987 to 2002.

In fact from 1970 - 2002 we lost just twice in 27 games, winning 18.

How that has changed!

 

[Tredman]

Used to love going away to Burnley. Pretty sure we went top there under Taylor one year.

 

[Langers]

Used to love going away to Burnley. Pretty sure we went top there under Taylor one year.

1-0 win - Bully header from a corner.

 

[Tredman]

1-0 win - Bully header from a corner.

@Deutsch Wolf hacked your account?

 

[Air Wolf 90]

1-0 win - Bully header from a corner.

I was there - it took four trains to get there from my student digs in Sheffield. We went top of the league and I was convinced Mark Walters was the answer to our prayers and promotion would be ours. I was wrong on both counts.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Walters goal v Southend was lovely too.

That Southend win (5-0) is one of my favourite Wolves performances, Froggatt and Bully were fucking fantastic that night.

But anyway I digress.

 

[Tredman]

I was there - it took four trains to get there from my student digs in Sheffield. We went top of the league and I was convinced Mark Walters was the answer to our prayers and promotion would be ours. I was wrong on both counts.

Also there and also totally convinced we were going up.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Memorable for the wrong (albeit comedy, looking back) reasons: Turf Moor in August 2004.

Lee Naylor was out and Dave Jones genuinely, not even messing about, seriously considered putting Michael Oakes at left back.

He did pick Lescott who'd been out for 15 months and could barely jog. Because of course some poxy Championship game in the opening weeks of the season is more important than his career and long-term physical welfare.

You can see here on their goal that he was in no condition whatsoever to play properly.

We brought on Gary Mulligan, who has the worst hair of any Wolves player I have ever seen.

I swiftly re-assessed my view that we would go back up.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

That Burnley away at Turf Moor does anybody remember us getting bricked from there Longside home end. The away bogs and catering bit were down the stairs in a little section below the terrace and they started bricking us. I got hit a few times, horrible bastards.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I have been to Turf Moor but can’t remember when it was or anything about the game. My memory is shocking
I went on the club coach but that’s the only thing I remember.
From looking back through the scores, it was likely to have been when we lost in 2002. The 3-2 score definitely rings a bell.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We won 3-2 in 2002 so your reading is even worse than your memory.

We lost 2-1 there in 2002 as well but as that was Boxing Day I'm sure it would ring a few jingle bells.

 

[AndyWolves]

Pedantic point, but UTC time isn't the same as British Summer Time.

I'll get me coat

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Pedantic point, but UTC time isn't the same as British Summer Time.

I'll get me coat

It isn't British Summer Time on Sunday, and you will need your coat

 

[AndyWolves]

It isn't British Summer Time on Sunday, and you will need your coat

Fuck sake just delete my account

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

I've gone for 1-0 to us, but if that happens it is gonna be a very nervous game. Lose this and it is difficult to see a way back for VP or the team - I hope the players realise this and can find that extra 10%.

No idea what team VP will pick, but JSL being closer to 100% could be huge for all our forwards.

 

[Bertiewolf]

Went there in successive weeks in the 70s. Took thousands for a cup game and lost - took 2 dozen the week after in the league and won! That was my scariest ever at a game - but I did come home with a claret and blue scarf as a trophy

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Been to Turf Moor a couple of times. I remember John Richard’s playing in one of his last games for us. I’m pretty sure it was at Easter and there was snow on the hills in the distance and the pitch was a classic early ‘80s quagmire. He was played clean through and had a clear run on goal from a long way out only for the ball to become completely bogged down in the mud. Footballers today don’t realise how good they’ve got it.

 

[Jack Regan]

Went to Turf Moor (wooden seated shithole) in Mick's first season, Jermaine Johnson got the winner, started up top with Leon Clarke

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

We won 3-2 in 2002 so your reading is even worse than your memory.

We lost 2-1 there in 2002 as well but as that was Boxing Day I'm sure it would ring a few jingle bells.

Yeah, that 3-2 win was the one I went to