Burnley 0-0 Arsenal: 3 talking points from the goalless stalemate | Premier League 2019-20

#2 Burnley’s physicality

Against the Gunners, the Burnley players won 21 aerial duels

Sean Dyche's team have become synonymous with the word ‘physicality’. His men have adopted a style of play that looks to unsettle and roughen up opponents. Particular focus is placed on launching long balls into the box and then winning the subsequent aerial duels and second balls.

Against the Gunners, the Burnley players won 21 aerial duels and tackled them 19 times. As a team, the Clarets attempted 30 tackles, made 6 interceptions and cleared the ball 20 times.

Surprisingly despite being labelled as a ‘soft’ team, Arsenal has combatted this style of play well, having beaten the Clarets in their past 10 meetings. However, today Dyche got his first point against the Gunners ever and he’ll feel maybe his team deserved more. Especially when you consider Jay Rodriguez’s miss from 5 yards out.

This wasn’t a game where Burnley sat deep and defended, they took the game to Arsenal and bombarded their goal with 15 shots. On another day, one of Burnley’s many launches into the box would have resulted in a goal.