Sean Dyche's Burnley side travel to a sold-out Emirates Stadium on the back of a troublesome run of form which has seen the side pick up just two points away from home this season. In fact, the Lancashire side are the only Premier League team to yet pick up a victory this season, despite being nine games into the campaign.

Arsenal on the other hand have started to show some promise following a sticky start to the season which has seen them slip behind title rivals Chelsea in the early stages. Going into the game, Arsenal look the more convincing side, with Burnley's last win over the Gunners coming in the 2009 League Cup game at Turf Moor.

Arsenal displayed plenty of fighting spirit in Belgium in a gritty 2-1 win over Anderlecht, followed up with a rather gifted three points in the North East, which Alexis Sanchez made sure of with the only brace of the game.

Arsenal boast the head to head glory between the two sides, winning 27 of their 45 home games against Burnley.

For Burnley, this game poses great importance in where their campaign is heading. Having romped the Championship last season and boasting one of the most prolific strike-forces in Europe in terms of goals, Burnley fans early optimism for the 2014/15 Premier League season has been met with dissapointment. Many say Sean Dyche's side need time to settle into the division, but with the Clarets already five points from safety, the club's longevity in England's top flight is growing ever more doubtful.

Although Burnley have struggled this season, the Lancashire side will be buoyed by the fact they aren't alone on the statistics side and are the ninth team in the Premier League to fail to win any of their opening 9 league games of a top flight season. Rather encouragingly, half of those previous eight sides managed to stay up.

Burnley have struggled to find the back of the net frequently enough this season and having only scored 5 goals in their entire Premier League campaign thus far, the club are averaging just 0.555 goals per game, compared to Arsenals 1.666 per game ratio.

Sean Dyche's men will have to be as strong defensively as they will going forward, if they want to get anything from their visit to The Emirates on Saturday.

Despite being the out of form side in the league and struggling to spark any winning form, Burnley have shown signs of improvement from the side who started so brightly in the opening day fixture against current leaders, Chelsea.

Danny Ings scored his first Premier League goal for Burnley in the 3-1 defeat against Everton. The England U21 international scored 21 goals in the Championship last season and achieving just half that tally would be hugely beneficial for a Burnley side shy of attacking prowess this season.

Sean Dyche has been recieving advice from Sir Alex Ferguson on Premier League management of late and the former central defender couldn't fault his players gritty display against Everton. Despite this, the harsh reality is still that the Lancashire side need to score more goals if they are to stay in the division.

Burnley strengthened in the summer with ten additions to the squad, two of which were strikers who have failed to hit the mark for the side. Lukas Jutkiewicz and Marvin Sordell who both signed from Championship sides for undisclosed fees, are both yet to find their opening goals for the club despite playing in almost every game so far this season.

Burnley have the potential to cause Arsenal problems, and it is well known if you defend well against the Gunners they can be easily frustrated, and invariably conceed points. If Burnley can limit the amount of time Arsene Wenger's players spend on the ball the amount of chances Arsenal create will be limited.

Another positive to be drawn from the defeat against Everton is the amount of chances they are creating for themselves, with a combined 30 shots on goal attempted in Burnley's past two Premier League outings, and with Danny Ings finding his feet with his first Premier League goal for the club, the potential for more goals is looking convincing.

With Arsenal the most expensive side to look in English football for another consecutive season and Burnley still searching for that elusive first win of the campaign, fans of the North-London club should be optimistic going into Saturday's game, which promises to be an interesting spectacle.