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Burnley are having a "really good start to the season", according to BBC Radio Lancashire commentator Scott Reid.

The Clarets are fourth in the Championship table, four points outside the automatic promotion spots and have lost just once in their last 12 games, amid considerable squad turnover following Premier League relegation.

"I say that because of the challenges Scott Parker has had," Reid told BBC Radio Bristol's Sound of the City show ahead of the Clarets' visit to Ashton Gate on Saturday.

"The squad he has got now is not the squad he had when the season started. They've had 17 players leaving and 16 players arriving, so they've had a huge turnover of players since Parker came in.

"I think when you factor in that he's basically having to piece together a new team and try and get results, it represents a really good start by him."

Wilson Odobert, Vitinho, Dara O’Shea, Wout Weghorst and Luke McNally are just some of the players who started the season at Turf Moor but left before the end of the summer transfer window.

But while Burnley's consistency has kept them in contention, they've been slightly held back by a lack of wins and goals; they rank 11th overall for goals scored (18) and their six draws is the joint-second highest in the division.

"Undoubtedly, they're not scoring anywhere near the volume of goals they would want and being as creative as Burnley fans would like them to be," Reid added.

"But they went to Luton on the opening day of the season and scored four times and the following game they scored five times, so you're thinking it's a free-scoring Burnley side, a bit like [Vincent] Kompany's Burnley side.

"But those two opening games of the season, what he's got now is not that squad.

"Those players have gone, so I think he's had to be just a little bit cautious, make them difficult to beat, make them organised, which is what they are.

"It's not been an easy watch at times but the Burnley supporters are hoping the groundwork is in place for them to be a little bit more open and attacking as the season progresses."

Listen to Scott Reid discussing Burnley on BBC Sounds here.

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Hjalmar Ekdal and Nathan Redmond both featured for Burnley's under-21s on Friday lunchtime as the pair continue their recoveries from long-term injuries.

Defender Ekdal was stretchered off with a torn hamstring during Sweden's friendly defeat by Denmark in June and is yet to feature for Burnley's first team this season.

Redmond's last first-team appearance was in a 1-0 Premier League loss at Tottenham in January.

A training ground injury and subsequent surgery has kept the midfielder sidelined.

Burnley's under-21s beat Blackburn's youngsters 3-1 with Ekdal and Redmond playing the first 45 minutes before both were substituted.

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There are six Burnley players who have been called up for senior international duty this week:

• James Trafford for England

• Josh Cullen for Republic of Ireland

• Hannibal for Tunisia

• Jeremy Sarmiento for Ecuador

• Andreas Hountondji for Benin

• Connor Roberts for Wales

You can keep up to date with how they are getting on using our scores and fixtures list as well as follow England, Wales and Republic of Ireland's matches live on the BBC Sport website and Radio 5 Live.

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Five players have been called up to England's squad for November's Nations League internationals after eight withdrew through injury.

Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers, West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen, Everton centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite along with Newcastle full-back Tino Livramento and Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford have also been added to interim boss Lee Carsley’s squad.

Chelsea pair Levi Colwill and Cole Palmer, Arsenal duo Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka, Manchester City midfielders Phil Foden and Jack Grealish, Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Southampton's Aaron Ramsdale have all pulled out.

England face Greece on Thursday, 14 November and the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, 17 November.

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Burnley boss Scott Parker believes his side had a legitimate goal disallowed in their goalless draw at West Brom on Thursday evening.

Jaidon Anthony's 55th minute header was chalked-off by referee Tom Nield for a push on Albion's Callum Styles.

"It's a goal, there's no two ways about it, the referee's given it from a big distance and the linesman hasn't given it," Parker told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"It's a legit goal - I don't really want to get into that but obviously it's disappointing regarding that decision."

Burnley have now won only two of their past eight Championship matches with five draws along the way which has seen them slip four points behind the automatic promotion places.

"Overall it was a very good performance from us and we're starting to see signs of the kind of team we want to be," Parker added.

"We've had a goal disallowed, we've hit the post, we've had a big chance in the first-half so overall I'm really pleased with where the team are going."

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Burnley forward Lyle Foster could potentially feature in the Clarets' game at West Bromwich Albion on Thursday night pending the outcome of medical scans.

The 24-year-old has been out with a knee problem but is "not too far away" from returning, according to head coach Scott Parker, while fellow forward Nathan Redmond and defender Hjalmar Ekdal are also on the way back to fitness.

Midfielder Aaron Ramsey is "getting there" and in training but still nursing his cruciate ligament injury.

A return for Foster would provide support up top for a side who are struggling for goals, though Parker has said "there is no magic wand" to see progress.

The Clarets have only found the net four times in their past seven matches and failed to register a single shot on target in their 1-0 defeat to Millwall on Sunday, which Parker said was "nowhere near good enough".

"We have some issues now in terms of our attacking side of the game. We are focusing on that more than ever," Parker told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"70 or 80% of our training programme now is around us getting in the final third, trying to improve, trying to get us to be the team we want to be.

"We want to be a free-flowing, dynamic football team."

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West Brom are without a win in their last seven games (D5 L2) following a 1-1 draw at Luton on Friday night and have slipped to sixth in the Championship.

Fourth-placed Burnley suffered only their second defeat of the season when they lost 1-0 at Millwall on Sunday having previously been unbeaten in nine games. The Clarets have now failed to win in three.

• West Bromwich Albion are winless in their last five league games against Burnley (D3 L2) since a 1-0 win in August 2017.

• Burnley are looking for consecutive league wins over West Brom for the first time since August 2007.

• West Brom have kept a clean sheet in six of their last seven league games at the Hawthorns (W3 D3 L1), though have failed to score in their previous three matches there. The Baggies haven't endured a longer such run outside the top flight since April 1939 (4 games).

• Burnley have won just one of their last six midweek league games (D2 L3), though are unbeaten in both such games this season (W1 D1).

• Scott Parker has won both of his previous EFL meetings with sides managed by Carlos Corberan, with Bournemouth beating Huddersfield 3-0 both home and away in the Championship in 2021-22.

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