Tigers aiming to down rock-bottom Burnley in relegation six-pointer

Burnley will suffer an immediate return to the Championship if they fail to overcome fellow relegation battlers Hull City in their vital visit to the KC Stadium, with Sean Dyche’s Clarets currently cemented rock bottom of the Premier League table.

Steve Bruce’s Tigers had secured back-to-back victories over Crystal Palace and Liverpool before their 3-1 defeat to Arsenal last time out, while the under-siege visitors have now gone six games without a win since stunningly toppling former champions Manchester City.

Dyche’s battling Burnley are 11/4 with Coral to earn three points on their travels to East Yorkshire, a result which would see them avoid a daunting drop down divisions and maintain their top-flight status for at least another week.

Of those previous six league matches without a victory, the faltering Clarets have failed to net a single goal, and their determined boss Dyche has urged his struggling strikeforce to be clinical when faced with attacking opportunities.

“We have made chances but we have got to take them, we know that,” stated Dyche. “The quality is there – I believe in the players – it is just the moment of quality, and delivering that at the key moments.”

The Scot even referenced Barcelona’s Lionel Messi when rallying his frontline, claiming they need to put away chances in defining moments of their upcoming encounter to topple Hull, who are even-money to triumph.

“You know the little fella who has done all right over in Spain? He had a couple of moments like that, when he was prepared to deliver the quality last night,” he continued.