🔗 Share this article The Clarets Clash With Manchester United in Pivotal Premier League Fixture Amorim's time at Manchester United has been labeled a notable letdown. By any measure, his performance is remarkable for all the poor causes. In the Premier League era, no United manager has managed fewer points per game, nor managed a standing as low as 15th place. Delving further back, you have to revisit the manager Frank O'Farrell in the early seventies to find a manager at the club who was defeated in a higher percentage of games. Furthermore, he notoriously carved a niche in United's annals by suffering a final loss to Spurs, namely Ange Postecoglou's side of the North London club. Life, though, is seldom so black and white. In spite of the negative press of his favored system, Amorim leaves behind a club in a much stronger condition than the one he found. Earlier this season, following a victory over Brighton & Hove Albion, Welbeck relayed that teammates were lauding their opponents as the best opposition they had played against in some time. The football in a thrilling high-scoring tie with Bournemouth was equally encouraging and exhilarating. Even though it is difficult to contest the termination—especially given it was reportedly sparked by his criticism of executives with more miserable track records—his demise was in the end hampered by atrocious luck. If injuries to key personnel not happened at the same time as the loss of other essential individuals, he could remain in the job—possibly thriving. A New Era Begins As a result, Fletcher inherits a relatively stable state of affairs. Star figures like Mount, Fernandes, and Mainoo are back to fitness, while Diallo and Mbeumo will shortly return from the Africa Cup of Nations. Simply prudent management of this talented group should be adequate to ensure a fifth-place finish and, with it, European competition for the following term—most likely in the elite UEFA Champions League. The Clarets' Formidable Task Burnley, though, won't be a pushover. Although boasting only a dozen points and suffering defeats in 3 of their last five games, their showings have frequently been stronger than the scorelines indicate. Boss Scott Parker will surely have his side revved up to attack the visitors who are expected to play an lineup that has not had time to gel, deployed in a formation they have not used for more than a year. Start time: 20:15 GMT.