Burnley team news: Minteh could return, Wieffer out

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Albion face the Clarets on Saturday afternoon at the Amex.

2026-01-02T11:00+00:00

Mats Wieffer will miss Saturday's game against Burnley. 📷 by James Boardman.

Albion face Burnley on Saturday as they look to bring to an end a run of six games without a win.

Team news

Yankuba Minteh was substituted in the second half against West Ham. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Fabian Hurzeler spoke about the fitness of Yankuba Minteh, Mats Wieffer, James Milner, Danny Welbeck and Kaoru Mitoma ahead of Saturday's game at the Amex.

"Yankuba's scan was fine. It was just a dead leg. Let's see how training goes today [Friday], then we see if he can start or not.

"Mats Wieffer has a small issue with with his toe, so he won't be available tomorrow but I hope it's not a big issue.

"I don't think anything has changed [since the West Ham game]. James Milner and Danny Welbeck both looked fine after the game, so I think we will have the same availability again.

"Kaoru Mitoma can be an option from the start - he played well. He had an impact when he came on the pitch. We know he's a quality player for us, so therefore we are happy that he's back."

Their last line-up

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— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) December 30, 2025

The Clarets lost 3-1 to Newcastle United in their last outing. That left them second bottom in the Premier League, six points from safety.

Match stats

Albion have lost just one of their last eight Premier League games against Burnley (W2 D5), going down 3-0 at home in February 2022.

Burnley are unbeaten in their last seven away league games against Albion (W2 D5) since a 2-0 loss in August 2013. They’ve never lost at the Amex Stadium in the Premier League (W2 D4).

Burnley have opened the scoring in each of their last four Premier League games against Albion but have gone on to win just one of those meetings (D2 L1).

Brighton have lost their first league game in just one of the last 16 calendar years (W8 D7), going down 1-0 at home to Wolves in the Championship on New Year’s Day 2016.

Burnley have won their opening league game in just two of the last 11 calendar years (D4 L5), though both of those victories have come away from home (v Huddersfield in 2019, v Swansea in 2023).

Brighton are winless in their last six Premier League games, alternating between defeat (3) and a draw (3) each time. They last had a longer run without a win between November and January last season (8).

Brighton have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League home games (W6 D6), going down 4-3 against Aston Villa in December. However, the Seagulls are currently winless in three (D2 L1) at the Amex Stadium.

Burnley have lost eight of their last 10 Premier League games (D2), while only Wolves (23) are currently on a longer run without a win than the Clarets (10).

Burnley have conceded more first-half goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (18), going 2-0 down in the opening seven minutes against Newcastle United last time out.

Three of Brighton’s last six Premier League goals (excluding own goals) have been scored by defenders (Jan Paul van Hecke x2 and Joel Veltman), as many as their previous 39 in the competition.

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