Things are not going to plan for Burnley following their relegation to the Championship.
The Clarets finished their last campaign in the second tier with 100 points, but, having started the season as one of the front-runners for promotion, the Lancashire outfit find themselves winless and rooted to the foot of the Championship table after seven games.
Pressure is mounting on new manager Nicky Hayen and the Belgian will be desperate to get off the mark against Derby County, who have also made a stuttering start to the new season.
Burnley v Derby County Tips Summary
Best Bet - Burnley to win & over 2.5 goals @ 13/8
Alternative Bet - Aaron Ramsey anytime goalscorer @ 15/4
Bet Builder - Burnley to win, Zeki Amdouni 2+ shots, Over 1.5 second-half goals, Over 3.5 Derby corners @ 22/5
Burnley v Derby County Prediction
Best Bet: Burnley to win & over 2.5 goals @ 13/8
The international break cannot come quick enough for Burnley boss Hayen, whose position will likely be called into question if the Clarets fail to beat Derby at Turf Moor on Saturday.
Last weekend's 3-1 defeat at Swansea was Burnley's fourth in seven league games this term, but their start has featured a home date with title favourites West Ham and clashes with West Brom, Middlesbrough, Norwich and Wrexham.
A visit from third-bottom County should not prove as taxing, but it's difficult to have faith in the home defence keeping a clean sheet.
Both teams have scored in all of the Clarets' seven league matches this season, so backing the hosts to win and over 2.5 goals looks like a value play.
Derby are not prolific and they have shipped 13 goals in their first seven matches, which have yielded five defeats and just four points.
Alternative Bet: Aaron Ramsey anytime goalscorer @ 15/4
Jamie Vardy made his Burnley debut in last weekend's 3-1 defeat at Swansea and the Clarets faithful will be hoping the Leicester City legend can revive the Lancashire club's fortunes sooner rather than later.
Hayen definitely has some attacking quality in his ranks, including former Aston Villa youngster Aaron Ramsey.
The 23-year-old scored two league goals on loan at Leicester at this level last season and he opened his account for this season with Burnley's strike in their last home game, a 2-1 defeat to Bristol City.
Ramsey, who has featured on the right side of the Clarets’ attack, has taken 19 shots in the Championship this season and is a decent price to score for a second home game running against a porous Derby backline.
Burnley v Derby County Bet Builder Tip
Burnley to win
Zeki Amdouni 2+ shots
Over 1.5 second-half goals
Over 3.5 Derby corners
Pays 22/5
Burnley won't get many better opportunities to break their duck for the season than against a Derby side who have lost eight of their last 11 away games in the Championship.
With Zian Flemming gone, Swiss striker Zeki Amdouni has a chance to nail down the role as Burnley's starting striker.
Amdouni has scored just one league goal this term, but it has not been for the want of trying. He has had three, eight and four shots on his last three starts for the Clarets and should get a few sights of the visitors' goal.
All of three goals in Burnley's last home game and two of the four in last weekend's defeat at Swansea came after the break and, with both teams desperate for a morale-boosting win, Saturday's match at Turf Moor may become more open as it goes on.
Backing there to be at least two goals in the second half appeals and our four-leg Bet Builder is completed with a bet on Derby having at least four corners.
The Rams took 10 last time out against Birmingham City, 11 in a 1-0 loss to West Brom before that and won the corner count 6-5 on their last awayday, a 3-0 defeat at West Ham.
In all, Derby have taken 45 in their first seven matches, second only to Cardiff (57).
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Key Match Stats
Burnley are unbeaten in 14 league meetings with Derby County (W9 D5)
The Rams have lost eight of their last 11 away Championship games
Both teams have scored in all of Burnley's seven league matches this season
The Clarets have not lost to Derby in the league at Turf Moor since 2004
County have scored the joint-fewest goals in the Championship (6)
Derby have taken 6.42 corners per game on average this term
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