Overview
- Middlesbrough travel to Turf Moor for an 8pm BST kick-off on Wednesday, September 2, as marginal favourites after winning four of their first five league and cup games.
- Striker Will Lankshear has scored six times in five appearances this season and is central to bookmakers’ and tipsters’ backing for Boro to score or win.
- Burnley enter the game with one point from three Championship matches and defensive problems after conceding nine goals in their opening fixtures.
- Midfielder Josh Laurent is suspended following a late red card at Norwich and Burnley face multiple injury absences, while Middlesbrough will miss Morgan Whittaker after his move to Colorado Rapids.
- Sky Sports will show the match live and pre-match coverage has focused on betting markets that favour a Middlesbrough win or draw and specialty bets such as Lankshear to score.