Headline: Norwich City and Burnley Seek First League Win of the Season in Upcoming Clash
In a match that promises to be crucial for both teams, Norwich City and Burnley are set to clash, both seeking their first league win of the season. The two teams have struggled so far, having combined for four matches without a victory.
Burnley’s lone point stems from their opening game against West Ham, leaving them and Norwich at the bottom of the league standings.
Norwich City has historically struggled against Burnley, winning just one of their last 12 league encounters (D3 L8). That solitary victory occurred in April 2022, when they secured a 2-0 home success. On the other hand, Burnley has enjoyed recent success against Norwich, winning their last four league meetings spanning the 2022-23 and 2024-25 seasons. The Clarets will be aiming for five consecutive victories against Norwich for the first time.
Norwich, having lost their first two league games this season, is eager to avoid a third consecutive defeat. Such a scenario would mark their first occurrence of losing all opening matches in a second-tier campaign since the 1997-98 season.
Meanwhile, Burnley faces challenges of their own challenges, as they have recorded just one win in their last 31 matches across England’s top four tiers, dating back to November 1, 2025 (D10 L20). Their struggles have been compounded by the absence of Zian Flemming; Burnley has yet to win any of their last 10 league games without him since last season, managing just three draws and suffering seven losses, with five of those defeats coming in away matches.
These two sides are yet to register a league win between them in their combined opening four games of the season.
Burnley’s point against West Ham on the opening weekend is all these two highly-fancied teams have to show for their efforts so far.
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Norwich City have won just one of their past 12 league games against Burnley (D3 L8), their only win coming via a 2-0 home success in April 2022.
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Burnley have won each of their past four league games against Norwich City across the 2022-23 and 2024-25 seasons and will be hoping for five successive victories in this fixture for the first time.
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After losing their opening two league games this season, Norwich will be hoping to avoid losing their opening three league fixtures of a second-tier campaign for the first time since 1997-98.
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Since 1 November 2025, Burnley have won fewer games than any other ever-present team across England’s top four tiers, recording just a single win from their 31 matches (D10 L20).
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Burnley have failed to win any of their 10 league games without Zian Flemming appearing since the start of last season (D3 L7), losing five of six away matches in that period.
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