Turf Moor was a fortress in the Championship last season and it will be bouncing as Premier League football returns under the floodlights on Friday, so we are expecting the hosts to give the champions a stern opening test.

If it was any other team visiting on the opening day, we may even back Burnley to come away with a result, but Man City are as good as it gets and it will take more than a raucous atmosphere to stop the treble-winners in their tracks.

The Citizens simply have more quality all over the pitch, and Burnley's style of football may play into the visitors' hands too, so we are backing Man City to begin their latest title defence in winning style.



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在上个赛季的英冠联赛中，草皮摩尔是一座堡垒，随着周五英超联赛在聚光灯下的回归，它将会反弹，所以我们期待东道主给冠军一个严峻的开局考验。

如果是其他球队在揭幕战当天来访，我们甚至可能会支持伯恩利取得一个结果，但曼城是最好的，要阻止三冠王的脚步，需要的不仅仅是喧闹的气氛。

市民队在球场上的实力更强，而伯恩利的足球风格也可能对客队有利，所以我们支持曼城以胜利的风格开始他们最新的卫冕之旅。