Manchester City vs Burnley Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup

Prediction published on 16/03/2023, 13:25  by Daniel Ngulu in FA Cup Predictions

Manchester City will continue with their chase for a treble when they play host to Championship side Burnley in the quarter finals of the FA Cup. The two sides chasing titles in their respective leagues will seek to extend their recent good runs as they square it out at the Etihad Stadium with more than just their season’s targets highlighting the fixture. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola faces his protégé, Vincent Kompany, the Burnley manager. City are coming from a 7-0 win over Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League and will be fired up after a fifth straight win. They come into this game undefeated in the last nine matches, seven of them wins, and they have lost just once in 10. Manchester City have only failed to score once in the last 10 matches, and in their last four games, they have kept straight clean sheets. Four times in the last five games, they have scored two or more goals. In the last nine home matches, City have posted eight wins. Erling Haaland has scored seven in City’s last five matches and he will be a man in focus here.

Burnley are coming from a 3-1 win over Hull City in the Championship and as they hurtle towards promotion to the Premier League, they will be keen to claim some big scalps in the cup competition. With a good lead in the Championship, Burnley can afford to focus better in the FA Cup. Kompany will be keen to shock City at their backyard, and with an 18-game unbeaten run, their ambition can’t be faulted. The Championship side has four clean sheets in the last five matches, scored three or more in three of the five games and kept four clean sheets. They haven't lost in nine away matches, only drawing three of them. However, Burnley have lost 10 straight games against Manchester City and are without a win in this clash in the last 15.