Burnley and Brentford meet at Turf Moor for the first time this century with the home side desperate for a victory. The Clarets have yet to win this season after drawing their opening two games to Leeds United and Birmingham City and losing away at Ipswich Town on Tuesday night.
Brentford have only played three games after their clash with Birmingham was called off so they could re-lay their pitch. The Bees have won one and drawn one after drawing 2-2 with Ipswich on the opening day before securing a 4-2 win over Bristol City.
The meeting between the club's comes just on the weekend when it seems Brentford striker Andre Gray will be making the switch to Turf Moor after the Lancashire club had a £9million offer accepted.
Team news
For the game, Burnley are likely to line up with Rouwen Hennings and Sam Vokes up front after Lukas Jutkiewicz was dropped from the starting eleven in the midweek defeat to Ispwich.
For Brentford, defender James Tarkowski will travel despite breaking his nose in the win over Bristol City.
Jota will not feature and is likely to be sidelined till November. Danish defender Andreas Bjelland will also play no part and is not likely to this campaign.
Marcos Tebar and Nico Yennaris are close to a return but they are not likely to feature before the international break.
Head-to-head
This the first meeting between the clubs since 2003 and their first meeting at Turf Moor since 1999.
Burnley have enjoyed victories in the last two meetings after winning 3-2 in Division Two in 2000 and 3-0 in the FA Cup back in January 2003.
Brentford have not tasted success against Burnley since 1997 when they won 2-1 at Griffin Park in Division Two. They haven't won at Turf Moor since 1996, also in a Division Two meeting.
The managers
Burnley manager Sean Dyche spoke of the effect of losing his key players, saying that the departure of several high-profile names in recent months is always likely to have consequences but that he is attempting to "limit" this effect, "rebuilding and rethinking" his side.
Brentford manager Marinus Dijkhuizen, spoke of the 'spirit' in his squad.
“The players like the ideas that we have brought in. There is a good connection and there is a very good spirit in the team. I like to work with this group because they want to learn and they are also giving feedback to us. We have a different culture with training and travelling so I think they are getting used to it.”
