Burnley made a direct return to the Premier League on Friday after a 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough confirmed their promotion from the Championship.

The Clarets are 19 factors away from the automated promotion locations after 39 matches and maintain 11 factors away from second-placed Sheffield United. Burnley’s targets had been scored by Ashley Barnes and Conor Roberts on the Riverside Stadium.

This present iteration of Burnley bears some similarities to the bodily and defensive aspect he performed beneath Sean Dyche within the Premier League. Manchester Metropolis icon Vincent Kompany overhauled the line-up and rapidly applied a possession-based attacking fashion after his appointment as supervisor final June, and his ambition was rewarded.

“His work charge is unbelievable, his consideration to element is unbelievable,” mentioned Johan Berg Gudmundsson, a survivor from final season’s relegated squad. Alex James and George Hodgson from LancsLive About Kompany in Dec.

Gudmundsson added, “He does not need to be identified right here because the Man Metropolis legend, which he’s. He is taking a distinct path now, a managerial one, and he desires to be judged by that.”

Burnley have already amassed 48 factors at residence this season – their residence and away factors complete was lower than that in 4 of the six Premier League seasons earlier than they had been relegated. They’ve scored 76 league targets, with Nathan Tela – a 23-year-old striker on mortgage from Southampton – with 17 targets and 4 assists. Chelsea’s Ian Mattsen, Manchester Metropolis’s Taylor Harewood-Bellis and Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Jordan Baer have additionally impressed on mortgage.

13 senior gamers left Turf Moor final summer season – together with Ben Mee, James Tarkowski and Nick Pope – however a few of those that stay, reminiscent of Josh Brownhill and Jack Cork, have helped kind an skilled core group.

“I do not assume I’ve seen a greater (championship workforce) within the final 25 years,” Neil Warnock mentioned He said After Huddersfield City had been defeated 4-0 by Burnley in February.