EPL Week Two Preview: Burnley Vs Manchester United

In second week of the Premier League, Manchester United travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley who will be hosting their first ever Premier League match.

Last Saturday, Burnley lost their first fixture 2-0 against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. A day later Manchester United beat Birmingham City 1-0 at Old Trafford.

Here is a preview of the match for both clubs.

Burnley

As first games go in the Premier League, welcoming the champions Manchester United is fairly daunting. Burnley will need to do several thing in order to succeed:

The first is to play as hard as they can, they will need to pressure the Red Devils if they are to get a result. Second, Burnley can't give in an inch to Manchester United just because they are champions, allowing Sir Alex Ferguson's men room to dominate play won't help the cause.

Finally, the fans need to get behind their team—making as much noise as in humanly possible.

If Burnley can do all this, they have a chance of grabbing a result from this game.

Manchester Untied

In their first match away from Old Trafford this season Manchester United will have to do the following to succeed:

Firstly they will need to put pressure on the Burnley defense early and often, this will set the tone of the match—the earlier they do this the better.

Manchester United's defense will be weak. Rio Ferdinand is injured and will miss the next two or three matches, he is joined on the sidelines by Nemanja Vidic and Jonny Evans, who also have injuries.

Because of their problems at the back, expect Wayne Rooney to take up a major role in the game. After his game-winning goal last week, he has quickly established himself as the most important player to Manchester United. The Englishman will need to continue his goal-scoring form if United want to win this game.

Rooney will be a crucial part of their challenge for the Premier League title this year.

This should be a good match between Burnley and Manchester United. Both need the three points for different reasons, and it will be an important match for both clubs.