Turf Moor, home of Burnley Football Club (Getty Images)
Follow live coverage as Burnley face Liverpool today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Liverpool look to fend off competition from Arsenal, Manchester City and more.
The race for the Champions League places should also be a compelling battle, with a fifth place possible for English teams. Manchester United’s latest rebuild under Ruben Amorim sets expectations high once more after a dismal season last time out.
Meanwhile, it’s Burnley, Leeds United and Sunderland who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Burnley vs Liverpool
Gakpo’s dangerous cross is excellently defended by Ekdal. Konate is then fouled on the halfway line. A close opening ten minutes so far.
This is Burnley manager Parker’s first Premier League match against Liverpool since losing 9-0 with Bournemouth back in August 2022. However, he has beaten the Reds before, with a 1-0 win in March 2021, and could become the second coach to beat both Jurgen Klopp and Slot in the Premier League, along with Marco Silva.
EARLY CHANCE FOR BURNLEY! Van Dijk carelessly gives the ball away, and Tchaouna feeds Anthony, whose powerful strike is off target. Positive play from the hosts!
Lots of early Liverpool possession. Often in the opening five minutes, Burnley have had all eleven players behind the ball. Gakpo cuts inside from the left and unleashes a ferocious shot, but it flashes well wide.
Salah is making his 305th Premier League appearance today, moving him joint-second among all African players in the competition (level with Wilfried Zaha and Jordan Ayew), behind only Kolo Toure (353).
Out of possession, it appears that Burnley are lining up in a 5-4-1 formation, with Laurent slotting in at right centre-back, pushing Walker out wide to right wing-back.
Liverpool get us underway this afternoon!
The players are walking out onto the Turf Moor pitch for their fourth match of the 2025-26 Premier League season!
Slot has named an unchanged line-up from the Arsenal game, with Szoboszlai continuing at right-back. Frimpong returns from injury and is among the substitutes. Isak is the player on everybody’s lips, but the British transfer record signing is not in the Liverpool squad as he makes his way back to full fitness. In an attempt to force a move away from Newcastle, the striker endured a heavily disrupted pre-season and only registered his first minutes of the campaign in the recent international break, coming on as a second-half substitute in Sweden’s 2-0 loss to Kosovo. Therefore, Ekitike continues to lead the line for Liverpool. Before the game, Slot confirmed that midfielder Curtis Jones won’t feature after sustaining a groin problem in the previous clash with Arsenal.
Parker has decided to make two changes to the Burnley side who suffered that gut-wrenching loss to Manchester United. Laurent and Tchaouna come in for Jacob Bruun Larsen and Mejbri. Striker Broja was recruited from Chelsea in the summer, and the 24-year-old is in the Burnley matchday squad for the first time in the top-flight, taking a place on the bench. The likes of Walker, Esteve, Ugochukwu, and Anthony all start for Burnley. Captain Cullen, who unfortunately scored an own goal in the Old Trafford defeat, begins in midfield.