MATCH PREVIEW: PLYMOUTH ARGYLE V BURNLEY

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Clarets take on the Pilgrims at Home Park in midweek clash

2025-01-21T19:00:00.000Z

MATCH PREVIEW: PLYMOUTH ARGYLE V BURNLEY

Clarets take on the Pilgrims at Home Park in midweek clash

2025-01-21T19:00:00.000Z

Clarets take on the Pilgrims at Home Park in midweek clash

Burnley head to Plymouth Argyle in the Sky Bet Championship on Wednesday night, as Scott Parker's men take on the Greens at Home Park.

The Clarets head to the south coast in fine form and on a 15 match unbeaten run in all competitions, winning five of their last six away games in the league.

Parker's side are currently third in the Championship table prior to the midweek fixture schedule and a victory against the Pilgrims could see the Clarets move back into the automatic promotion places.

Wednesday's hosts Plymouth are bottom of the league table, with their last league win coming in early November and a five point gap from climbing out of the relegation zone.

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How to watch

The game is available to watch in the UK on Sky Sports Football and to find out the official EFL rights-holders countries showing the game live click here.

Live audio commentary will be available as usual via Clarets+ from 7:45pm on the day.

Full match highlights, goals and interviews will be available to view after the match on Clarets+ and across all social media channels.

Click here to view all our Clarets+ packages.

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In the away dugout

Miron Muslic spent his early years of coaching as an assistant for Austrian sides Union Weißkirchen and Ried's U18 and reserve teams, before being appointed boss of Austria second tier club Floridsdorfer AC in July 2020.

Muslic returned to Ried a year later to become Head Coach of the first team, but following only 10 games in charge, resigned a couple of months after re-joining.

October 2021 saw the former Gmunden and Sattledt striker appointed as assistant coach of Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge and just a year after joining he became the manager of the club, replacing Dominik Thalhammer.

After guiding the club out of the relegation zone, Brugge eventually finished runners-up to Gent in the play-offs for a final European qualifying spot.

Last season proved to be a successful one, as Cercle reached the title play-offs for the first time in the club's history, securing their highest finish since 2008 in the process.

However, following a difficult start to the current campaign, Muslic departed as Cercle Brugge boss last month, before being appointed Argyle head coach just two weeks ago.

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Last time we met

01/10/2024 - Burnley 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle

Burnley: Trafford, Estève, Egan-Riley, Humphreys, Pires, Cullen (Massengo 90+2), Brownhill, Hannibal (Laurent 82), Koleosho (Sarmiento 72), Anthony, Foster (Rodriguez 82)

Unused substitutes: Hladky, Egan, Dodgson, Enock, Hountondji

Plymouth Argyle: Grimshaw, Ogbeta (Mumba 66), Szucs, Cissoko (Bundu 66), Hardie, Whittaker, Gibson, Gyabi (Hatch 89), Randell, Al Hajj (Wright 80), Palsson (Sorinola 81)

Unused substitutes: Houghton, Galloway, Marosi, Pleguezuelo

Goals: Brownhill 26’

Attendance: 18,779

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What Scott Parker said

"We have full admiration for their support, we always appreciate the incredible support and it means the absolute world to us all.

"To think on a Wednesday night, an 8pm kick off and our fans will come down to watch us in their numbers. I understand the costs of it, the stress of it, the hours it takes up, missing work and everything that comes with it, but they love this team, this Club and this is what they love.

"The players appreciate it a lot and so do me and the staff. However many are there at Plymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton, it really does mean a lot and doesn't go unnoticed at all.

"It's a demanding period for us all, but we're fortunate to have a team around us that can navigate the logistics for us and make the travelling as easy as possible for us.

"It's a relentless little run of fixtures, but we aren't complaining. It's all part of it, we're in good hands and the players are well equipped the best they possibly can be for all the travelling.”