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Burnley's season so far in numbers - just how bad is the Clarets' current predicament?

In the bottom three and four points adrift of safety, things are looking fairly bleak for Burnley, but do the underlying numbers back up the league position?

05.11.26, 18:00 Updated 05.11.26, 14:12 5 Minute Read

If you’d have told most Burnley fans in August that after 14 games their side would be in the bottom three and four points adrift, you’d probably have been greeted with a snigger.

But fast forward three months and that’s the position the Clarets find themselves in, with the crisis deepening with each passing week.

The main statistic - and the only one that truly matters - is that Burnley are 22nd in the Championship with ten points to their name.

But why is that the case? Why has this season gone so badly? That’s the million dollar question, and one which doesn’t have one definitive answer, as a lot of extenuating factors are contributing to the club’s demise.

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Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson

Editor

has been a lifelong Burnley fan despite being from Wigan. His career in sports media has taken him to press boxes up and down the country, including four seasons covering Burnley in a data-led role. He now co-runs Flashscore’s football preview and works on its match reports team, alongside taking on an editorial role after co-founding TurfReports.

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