Since Burnley final conceded a league aim, eight Championship golf equipment have modified managers, Manchester United have conceded 18 Premier League objectives and the US has a brand new President.
The Clarets have not been breached within the Championship because the eightieth minute of a 2-1 win over Watford on 21 December. The promotion-chasing membership’s 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Friday was the staff’s twelfth consecutive clear sheet within the league and left them third within the desk.
In your complete historical past of the Soccer League since 1888, just one aspect has had an extended run of league video games with out conceding within the high 4 tiers, with Manchester United going 14 in a row throughout the 2008-09 season.
That document is now in sight for Scott Parker’s staff, who’re unbeaten throughout their previous 21 league video games (W12 D9), the membership’s longest run since a 22-match run between November 2022 and April 2023.
Throughout 34 league video games thus far this season, the Clarets have conceded solely 9 objectives and the 24 clear sheets stored thus far by goalkeeper James Trafford equals the Championship’s finest by Wolves’ John Ruddy and QPR’s Paddy Kenny. They have not conceded a single aim in any competitors since beating Studying 3-1 within the FA Cup on 11 January.
It’s a far cry from the staff who have been typically accused of being naive as they shipped 78 objectives within the Premier League final season.
For any Championship managers hoping to finish Burnley’s document, stats from Opta present that six of the 9 objectives they’ve conceded have come from open play, with solely two coming from crosses. They’re additionally extra susceptible within the first half, with six of their 9 objectives conceded coming earlier than the break.
BBC Sport pulled collectively an inventory of six issues which have occurred since Burnley final shipped a league aim.
