Last season's Championship pace-setters meet in the Premier League at Turf Moor this weekend - with Burnley boss Scott Parker full of praise
Brian Dick Reach Football Correspondent
16:48, 17 Oct 2025
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Scott Parker is expecting a familiar Leeds United team when they visit Burnley this weekend - with one notable exception.
The Clarets boss oversaw a team that went toe-to-toe with Daniel Farke's last season, with both racking up a mind-boggling 100 points.
In the end it was United who took the Championship title and United who have made a better start to the Premier League campaign.
Farke's men currently sit three place and four points above Burnley - who have won just once so far.
But even though the Whites added ten players in the off-season, Parker definitely sees similarities but highlighted striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin as a key difference.
“Firstly (they’re) a very good team, we experienced that last year. They’ve got a lot of quality, good intensity about their game with a brilliant manager who has been in there some time now, and you can see that.
“There’s definitely little changes to them. Calvert-Lewin is more of a focal point for them but, for the majority, the team that we’re going to face and the team that Leeds are, we’re going to see similarities of what we faced last year.
“For sure it’s an important game. Every game’s important – it’s a bit cliche, I get it, and maybe a bit fluffy, but the facts are, Leeds, Sunderland was an important game two games into the season, it was a massive game for us. Liverpool at home was a massive game.
“Our focus last year and our mantra was ‘each game as it comes’. You get drowned by the journey or the fixtures coming up, you lose a little bit, the psychological element as well can have an effect.
“We’ll go into this game fully committed and we need to bring the best version of ourselves as always.”
Burnley took four points from their two meetings against United in the Championship last season and only missed out on top spot by goal difference.
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