On the following Saturday in the afternoon, the ground of Turf Moor shall host Championship football after one season by playing host to Burnley and Cardiff City in a second-tier match.
The Clarets won the game quite comfortably at the ground of Luton Town on Monday night while the Bluebirds were disappointing during their first fixture of the 2024-25 season last weekend.
Scott Parker started life as Burnley’s head coach in Penthouse and Pavement style on Monday night as the Clarets travelled to Kenilworth Road and the news that Luton Town were heading for relegation had been well received 4-1 by Town’s fans on Monday night while Burnley’s fans tried to leave early as their team played so poorly.
A regular in the side for the past couple of seasons, Josh Brownhill deposited his first goal of the term as early as the sixth minute of play, with other goals by Wilson Odobert, Dara O’Shea and Vitinho ensured the Lancashire club made a perfect start to their Championship campaign.
With plenty of first-team firepower available at the start of this term, Burnley were able to bring on Wout Weghorst, the ex-Manchester United and Netherlands frontman, as a substitute in the latter stages of this fixture last time out.
Being part of a struggling Cadiz team which witnessed its stay in the La Liga for the 2023-24 term to end up a premature and dispiriting one, Lucas Pires was signed on by the Clarets this summer with a brief that included the hope and joy of gaining a promotion and producing two delicious assists at the Mill on Monday night.
By a quirk of fate, the last home fixture of Burnley in the Championship before the play-off semi-final was against Cardiff City on 8 th May 2023, where Burnley’s dynamic midfielder – Brownhill, Ashley Barnes and Scott Twine scored captivating goals to earn a three goal advantage over Sabri Lamouchi’s Cardiff City side which was struggling in the Championship at that time.
After playing back-to-back home games in the Championship and the EFL Cup this past week, Cardiff—a Welsh team that has had a mixed start to their competitive calendar in terms of performances and results—will travel for the first time during the 2024–25 season.
On the first weekend of the second-tier season last Saturday, the Bluebirds were well behind the pace as North-East heavyweights Sunderland visited Cardiff City Stadium. Goals from Premier League-linked Jack Clarke and captain Luke O'Nien either side of the halftime whistle gave the visitors maximum points.
A significantly altered Tuesday night, the Cardiff team put on a much better show to advance to the second round of the EFL Cup this season. Goals in the second half from academy graduate Rubin Colwill and center-back Mark McGuinness eliminated League One Bristol Rovers from the tournament.
Midweek saw a number of noteworthy full debuts for the Bluebirds, including Wilfried Kanga, a Hertha Berlin loanee who will try to propel Erol Bulut's team into the top six after an outstanding 2023–24 Belgian Pro League campaign that saw him score twelve goals.
Turf Moor will be the destination this weekend ahead of the most recent South Wales derby against Swansea City. Cardiff will go away twice in the Championship before facing Premier League newcomers Southampton in the second round of the EFL Cup on August 27.
In the midst of rumors linking him to Manchester United, Sander Berge did not play for Burnley against Luton on Monday. However, head coach Parker has stated that the Norwegian is out due to a minor ailment.
Fans were worried about winger Luca Koleosho's fitness when he was substituted early at Kenilworth Road, but it's understood that the problem is not as serious as initially thought.
