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  1. Pick of the stats: Burnley v Millwallpublished at 10:25 2 May

    Side-by-side of Burnley and Millwall club badges

    Burnley and Millwall are both on the hunt - but will either side be able to find what they are looking for when they meet at Turf Moor on Saturday (12:30 BST)?

    For the Clarets, it's the Championship title they have their eye on but they'll need to better Leeds' result to obtain it.

    Whereas the Lions are looking for a spot in the play-offs but are one of five contenders, currently sitting the middle of the pack just one place outside the top six.

    So long as they win and Coventry City or Bristol City do not, it's theirs, but they will also need to be the first visiting side to claim victory at Turf Moor all season. A big ask.

    • Burnley have lost just one of their last seven league games against Millwall (W3 D3), though that sole defeat did come in the reverse meeting in November last year (1-0).

    • Millwall will be looking to record their first league double over Burnley since the 1997-98 campaign during which they won at Turf Moor 2-1.

    • Burnley are unbeaten across their last seven Championship matches on the final day of the season (W4 D3), since a 5-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in May 2008.

    • Since December 2020, Millwall have won just two of their last 12 away league games against sides from Lancashire (D5 L5), 4-2 and 3-2 wins against Preston and Blackpool respectively during the 2022-23 campaign.

    • Burnley are currently unbeaten across their last 32 league games, with only Reading in 2005-06 (33) and Huddersfield Town between January and November 2011 (43) ever having a longer run in the English Football League outside of the top tier.

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  2. Burnley confirm details of promotion paradepublished at 15:47 29 April

    Burnley fans celebrate winning promotion to the Premier LeagueImage source, Getty Images

    Burnley have announced an evening of celebrations on Tuesday, 6 May to mark the club's return to the Premier League.

    Scott Parker and his squad will appear on the balcony at Burnley Town Hall for interviews from 18:15 BST, before an hour-long open-top bus parade at 19:00 takes them to Turf Moor.

    The route will take the bus down Manchester Road, on to pedestrianised St James' Street, across the crossroads into Yorkshire Street and finally into Harry Potts Way and Turf Moor.

    A statement, external added that the players will not be appearing at Turf Moor and no public events are planned at the stadium.

    An afternoon of activities including "fun challenges and prizes" are planned from midday until 16:30 in the build-up to the squad's arrival, the club said, adding: "In the coming days, fans will be able pick up special brochures detailing the locations, timings and how to win prizes.

    "More information on where these can be collected will follow shortly."