🔗 Share this article The Clarets Clash With United in Pivotal Premier League Match The former manager's time at the Red Devils has been labeled a major letdown. By any measure, his results is remarkable for all the negative causes. In the Premier League era, no United manager has recorded a lower points average, or achieved a final position as disappointing as 15th place. Delving further back, you have to return to the manager Frank O'Farrell in 1972 to find a manager at the club who lost a greater proportion of games. Additionally, he infamously etched his name in the team's history by enduring a final loss to Tottenham Hotspur, particularly Ange Postecoglou's side of Spurs. The game, however, is seldom that simple. In spite of the negative press of his tactical approach, he leaves behind a squad in a far better position than the one he inherited. Earlier this season, following a victory over Brighton & Hove Albion, Danny Welbeck shared that fellow players were hailing their opponents as the finest team they had encountered in a long time. Their performance in a breathtaking 4-4 draw with Bournemouth was both encouraging and thrilling. While it is hard to dispute the termination—particularly given it was reportedly caused by his comments about bosses with poorer records—his exit was finally hindered by awful luck. Had the absence of key players not coincided with the unavailability of other important figures, he may remain in the role—maybe thriving. Fletcher Takes the Reins As a result, the interim boss Fletcher takes over a reasonably stable state of affairs. Key players like Mount, Fernandes, and Kobbie Mainoo are back to fitness, while Diallo and Mbeumo will in the near future be back from the Afcon. Just sensible stewardship of this gifted roster should be enough to guarantee a top-five finish and, with it, continental football for next season—probably in the prestigious European Cup. Burnley's Tough Task Burnley, however, won't be a pushover. Despite having only twelve points and having lost three of their most recent five games, their showings have often been better than the outcomes show. Head coach Scott Parker will undoubtedly have his team pumped up to attack United who are likely to start an lineup that has never played together, arranged in a formation they have gone without for over a year. Start time: 8.15pm GMT.