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Burnley on brink of breaking 40-plus year goals record

Burnley's goal problems could lead to a new Premier League record this weekend.

The Lancashire Evening Telegraph says the Clarets are only 35 minutes of football away from potentially setting an unwanted club record at Leicester City on Saturday.

Sunday's 4-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion took the Clarets' run without a goal to 616 minutes in all competitions since Scott Arfield fired them ahead after 14 minutes of their opening game of the season against Chelsea.

Burnley have failed to score in six complete matches since that Chelsea game, taking their tally without a goal to more than 10 hours of football.

They are now closing in on a club record for the longest spell without a goal.

That currently stands at 651 minutes, set in the early stages of the 1970/71 season.

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