'WE'VE GOT A REALLY TOUGH GAME AHEAD OF US' SAYS PARKER AHEAD OF QPR CLASH

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Parker looks ahead to Saturday's meeting with the R's

2024-10-24T15:16:36.151Z

'WE'VE GOT A REALLY TOUGH GAME AHEAD OF US' SAYS PARKER AHEAD OF QPR CLASH

Parker looks ahead to Saturday's meeting with the R's

2024-10-24T15:16:36.151Z

Parker looks ahead to Saturday's meeting with the R's

Head Coach Scott Parker is anticipating a challenging afternoon at Turf Moor this weekend and knows his side will need to be at their best, when the Clarets play host to Queens Park Rangers in the Sky Bet Championship.

Burnley will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to nine matches on Saturday, but Parker knows the London opposition will be pose a difficult test, despite only winning the one game this season.

Speaking ahead of the weekend, Parker said: "They (QPR) will want to come here and make it very difficult for us. It's a tough game ahead of us, they have some very dangerous players and we're going to need to be at our best throughout.

"They have changed it around a little bit in terms of formation and style of play, but they're going to be well up for it and we know they will be coming here to try get a result.

"We will need to approach it as we always do, apply ourselves the right way and we do that with the commitment and quality within the group that can hopefully get us three points."

It's a quick turnaround following Wednesday night's trip to Hull City and Parker admits it will most likely be the same matchday squad that travelled to Yorkshire, with the exception of Jeremy Sarmiento, who could be back available for selection after missing the draw at the MKM Stadium.

"It'll probably be the same squad to be honest. Jeremy (Sarmiento) may have a chance (to return), but other than that, it will be the same as what we had at Hull.

“He (Jeremy) picked up an injury on Tuesday, just a knock so we’re hoping he will be back for Saturday. We will just see how he gets back in the morning."

The draw on Wednesday night saw Burnley concede for the first time in just under seven hours of football and Parker admitted there was frustration, but more than pleased with the reaction his side showed in the second-half.

“There was a bit of frustration of course, me included because I just felt there was a bit of sloppiness to our game. You’re going to concede goals in this division but there was a bit of sloppiness to us, so we changed a few things tactically at half-time last night, but the main question of the lads was ‘what reaction are we getting now?’

“I felt we were well capable of going on and winning the game, we didn't manage to do that but the reaction was every bit of what I asked from the team.”