Burnley return to Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon for their first home game of the 2025/26 Premier League season, as Scott Parker’s men take on Sunderland.

The Clarets head into the clash looking to build momentum in front of their home supporters, with a packed Turf Moor set to welcome top-flight football back to East Lancashire.

Parker’s side, promoted last season after a record-breaking Championship campaign, face the also newly promoted Black Cats in their opening league fixture on home soil.

With both teams eager to solidify their place in the Premier League, it's set to be a special occasion, as Parker leads his side out onto the Turf once again.

How to watch

Tickets for the match are limited with some still available for purchase online or in person at the ticket office. Click here to find any available seats.

The game will not be streamed on Clarets+ due to Premier League rules and regulations and the fixture is not available on Sky Sports or TNT Sports.

Free live audio commentary is available for the game on Clarets+ from 2:45pm with Phil Bird. Click here for more information.

Full match highlights, goals and interviews will be available to view after the match on Clarets+ and across all social media channels.

The opposition

Sunderland marked their return to the Premier League with a convincing 3 – 0 win over West Ham United on the opening weekend, securing a victory in their first top-flight appearance since 2017.

Second-half goals from Eliezer Mayenda, Daniel Ballard, and Wilson Isidor ensured a positive start for the Black Cats at the Stadium of Light.

Eight of last weekend's starting XI were summer signings, with the Black Cats having a busy summer in the transfer market strengthening across the pitch.

Régis Le Bris' side have acquired twelve new arrivals over the summer window so far, with Enzo Le Fée, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Reinildo Mandava, Chemsdine Talbi, Simon Adingra, Granit Xhaka, Robin Roefs, Marc Guiu, Arthur Masuaku, Nordi Mukiele, and Omar Alderete all joining the ranks.

Le Bris is in his second season at the Stadium of Light, after guiding the side through a strong Championship campaign last season to secure promotion via the play-off's back to the Premier League for the first time since 2017.

Last time we met 

17/01/2025 - Burnley 0 - 0 Sunderland (Turf Moor) 

Burnley: Trafford, Esteve, Roberts (Sonne 83), Egan-Riley, Humphreys, Cullen, Laurent, Brownhill (Koleosho 82), Anthony, Foster (Barnes 90+9), Flemming (Sarmiento 67) 

Unused substitutes: Hladky, Worrall, Rodriguez, Egan, Pires 

Sunderland: Patterson, Cirkin, Neil, Bellingham, Roberts, Rigg (Mayenda 76), O’Nien, Isidor, Mepham (Ballard 83), Le Fee, Hume 

Unused substitutes: Hjelde, Moore, Aouchiche, Aleksic, Ogunsuyi, Jones, Samed 

Attendance: 21,014 

What Scott Parker said

"Moving on to the next game has been our mantra, that was our mantra last year, that'll be our mantra this year. Football moves very quickly, the psychological element of that moves very quickly.

"We can't spend days or weeks worrying about the what-ifs or what could happen now or what's in front of us or why was that so bad? Of course, we need to reflect and we need to be brutally honest in our assessment of certain things and we've done that for large parts.

"We did that majority of last year, ruthless assessment at times that when things aren't right or things need to be very critical, we own up to that, we face up to that and we adopt an attitude which is one of, okay, where do we need to improve? What do we need to do?

"But as quickly as that is, the main focus is on the next game and that's where we are now. We've done our learning, we've debriefed the game, I think we'll be a better version hopefully and we're going now with full focus into Saturday."

Officials

Referee - Michael Salisbury

Assistant Referee 1 - Daniel Robathan

Assistant Referee 2 - Marc Perry

Fourth Official - Anthony Backhouse