Verdict on Burnley's goalless draw with West Brom

Burnley FC writer Matt Scrafton delivers his verdict on the 0-0 draw against West Brom on Thursday, November 7, 2024.

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00:00Just heading out of the Hawthorns, where Burnley have drawn again, 0-0.

00:05Another game with no goal. This was a different one for Burnley, much better tonight for the performance.

00:12Much more to be encouraged about, created more chances, 3 or 4 clear-cut chances and the obvious one that should have counted,

00:19which would dominate the post-match discussion.

00:22Jane Antony's back-post header disallowed for an apparent push of Callum Stiles, but no real contact there whatsoever.

00:30And, yeah, really robbed of a clear goal that would have given them a deserved 3 points here.

00:37Well, you know, it's easy to talk about the lack of goals tonight, and that will be a theme.

00:43Still only 8 goals scored now in, I think it's 12 now.

00:48That's clearly still a concern, but tonight was a step forward. We did see better.

00:53There was a chance in the first half, Jamie Samiento came in to play in a number 10 role, so a slight tweak there.

00:59He should have scored, went through one-on-one.

01:01Lucas Perez, another one that came in tonight and left back, he denied by the post.

01:05West Brom had some bits here and there. They've clearly got goal problems of their own.

01:13They came on sort of strong last five or ten minutes, hit Ben on the break and had some half chances,

01:18but I don't think anyone could have denied Burnley with a better start and deserved to win.

01:21But it's another draw. Hopefully we can build on that when the play swans it home on Sunday.

01:29Another team that don't score many goals, so hopefully it's not another goalless draw.

01:33Burnley can go into the international break with a victory, which will hopefully put much more of a positive spin on things.