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Here are the key facts and figures from Sunday's game between Burnley and Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.

• Nottingham Forest have now won back-to-back away matches in the Premier League for the first time since April 1995 (run of four). Prior to this, they had played 95 top-flight away matches without recording consecutive victories on the road.

• Chris Wood has now netted 14 league goals this season, with only Stan Collymore in 1994/95 (22 goals) scoring more in a top-flight campaign for Forest.

• Burnley kept just two clean sheets in the Premier League this season, which is their fewest ever in a single Premier League campaign. Vincent Kompany’s men also conceded 78 goals, their most in a top-flight campaign since 2009/10 (82 goals conceded).

• Six of Chris Wood’s Premier League goals this season have been assisted by Anthony Elanga, which is the most any player has assisted another in the competition this season.

• Burnley have finished the Premier League season with 24 points, their lowest ever points total in a top-flight campaign (when considering three points for a win). Burnley have also lost 24 matches, their joint-most ever in a top-flight campaign (also 24 defeats in 2009/10).

• Elanga provided nine assists from open play in the Premier League this season, with only Bryan Roy in 1994/95 (10) providing more assists from open play in a single Premier League season for Forest.

Adam Millington
BBC Sport journalist

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Burnley were outclassed by Nottingham Forest as they bow out of the Premier League with defeat.

Former Clarets striker Chris Wood put the visitors ahead after just 76 seconds. By the time he doubled their lead in the 14th minute it was clear Burnley were headed for a disappointing end to the campaign.

Vincent Kompany’s side tried to play through Forest with patient build-up but they struggled in the face of the visitors’ low block and lacked any real impetus in the final third.

Burnley held the majority of the ball but it made little difference as they didn’t do much with it - and when they lost possession, they were faced with Forest’s impressive counter-attacking threat.

The hosts’ defenders couldn’t cope with Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga’s pace on the wings and were regularly overrun by Forest on the break.

They did, at least, manage to pull a goal back, but they will return to the Championship having won just two home league games in 2023-24.

Chris Wood's double against his former club sealed Premier League safety for Nottingham Forest as they comfortably beat relegated Burnley.

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All 20 teams are in action on the final day of the 2023-24 Premier League season, with the title winners, European spots and one relegation place still to be confirmed.

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for every Premier League game this season against a variety of guests.

For this weekend’s final games of the season, he takes on Gladiators star Legend.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

This was supposed to be the big relegation decider but, with Burnley down and Nottingham Forest's goal difference meaning they are as good as safe, there is nothing really riding on it now.

I feel for Burnley in many ways, because I actually think they are a well-run football club. They have got a bright young manager in Vincent Kompany and, if they can keep their squad together, they will be back in the Premier League soon.

Regardless of the points deduction, this will go down as a disappointing season for Forest, even though they have stayed up.

It is not as if they have kicked on since Nuno Espirito Santo replaced Steve Cooper as manager in December, is it?

Legend's prediction: 2-1

Firstly, it is at Burnley which is a big thing and they have just gone down so they will want to sign off on a high.

Also, Forest know they are staying up now and there is no way that won't affect them here. No matter what they say, their motivation for this game is not going to be there.

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If you haven't done so already, you have until 10:00 BST on Wednesday, 22 May to cast your vote for Burnley's player of the season from our shortlist.

The candidates have been chosen by Burnley fan writer Joe Redmond from Turfcast, external.

Find out the reasons behind his selections and make your choice here

Burnley, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace are likely to be able to offer QPR defender Jake Clarke-Salter higher wages than Celtic in the battle for his signature, but the Scottish champions hope Champions League football will be enough to tempt the 26-year-old. (Football Insider), external

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Holly Bacon
BBC Sport journalist

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany has been speaking to the media before their final Premier League game of the season against Nottingham Forest at Turf Moor on Sunday (16:00 BST kick-off).

Here are the main lines from his news conference:

• Kompany said he is treating Sunday's game as the first of their preparations for next season: "It has been day one of the next season. It was really important to draw a line under it after game against Tottenham and move on to something really exciting."

• On decisions over players' futures, he said: "Hopefully we'll be able to communicate something in next few days."

• He insisted there has been no sulking since Burnley's relegation was confirmed: "There is no lack of motivation and no lack of desire. It's sometimes in human nature to sit down and sulk - to feel sorry for yourself. That is not in the culture here. It's not in my nature and not in the nature of many people here."

• Kompany said VAR needs to "evolve into something that actually works", adding: "We have to learn from our mistakes I think there’s a lot to learn from this year as well, in terms of how it has been officiated and how VAR played a part. My personal opinion has never been black or white - never completely for or against it."

• He said he will demand his players "go all out" in their bid to end the season on a high: "If we are treating this as the first game of next season, in terms of preparing for next season, then this game is an important game."

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Wolves are in the news this week for their pursuit of a vote on the scrapping of VAR.

Their wishes drew further scrutiny on Wednesday when Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon found himself in the middle of a contentious call before offering a strong view on the technology after his side went down at Manchester United.

"Modified" is the word when we are talking about VAR going to a vote.

We are still getting to grips with it, but we have seen some good come from it. There have been some instances of indifferent decisions because calls are getting too many looks at them from so many angles.

They still do not know what is a good tackle and what is not. I think they need help from some former players, who have been in that situation and understand what the differences are in those challenges.

We keep talking about different angles and that is not going to go away because with VAR or without it, on certain challenges we would still disagree. You could have two current players in a room and they still would not agree.

It is Wolves' opinion on VAR and if they feel it is not working for them, then you can understand why they are saying to have a go without it again.

Molineux boss Gary O'Neil has been very frustrated, but he has also been balanced and tried to stay quiet. Now he does not want to stay quiet because he feels it does not benefit them and decisions are not going their way.

Overall, we have seen good things from VAR, even if it does bring with it a delay and a wait.

It would be a shame now for it to all go away when we have all the technology in place.

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Here are the key facts and figures before Burnley host Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Sunday.

• Burnley have won six of their past seven home league games against Nottingham Forest, but this is the first time they have hosted them since a 1-0 win in February 2016.

• Nottingham Forest are winless in their past six league games against Burnley (D4 L2) since a 2-0 home win in December 2012.

• Having won their final Premier League game in the 2009-10 (4-2 v Spurs) and 2014-15 (1-0 v Aston Villa) campaigns, Burnley have lost each of their past six matches on MD38 in the competition

• Nottingham Forest have not won their final league game in any of the past four seasons (D2 L2) since beating Bolton 1-0 in their 2018-19 Championship campaign.

Joe Redmond
Fan writer

We asked our Burnley fan contributor for their four player of the season choices and you can now vote for your top one.

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Sander Berge

Sander came in at the start of the season and, despite a slow start getting used to his new role and team-mates, was easily the most consistent player throughout the course of our season.

Maxime Esteve

Since Esteve has come in he has definitely improved us at the back. I am delighted he will be with us in the Championship next season as he will be a literal brick wall in that league. He has been excellent since he came in and has committed zero errors leading to an opposition shot.

Wilson Odobert

This kid is special and I believe he is going to the top. He is still young and a little rough around the edges and his decision-making could be better, but all of that will come with age and experience. The 19-year-old came into the side after an injury to Luca Koleosho and he has since been one of our main threats going forward and created our most big chances this season.

Dara O'Shea

Now this one might raise a few eyebrows but hear me out. Yes, he has been frustrating at times and made a few mistakes, but I genuinely feel he has improved a lot as the season has gone on and he is actually decent when we are in possession of the ball. You must be doing something right when, as a defender, you have the second-highest goal contributions in the squad and the second-highest passing accuracy.

Honourable mentions

Jacob Bruun Larsen - Many will probably feel he should be in the top four as our leading goalscorer this season, but I think that says a lot more about our strikers than it does JBL. I would love to see him in the Championship with us next season. He can be a real handful, though I would just like to see more assists from the Dane.

Arijanet Muric - should never have been dropped and if he played over the course of the season I don't feel like we would have had such a bad one.

Josh Cullen - last season's player of the year who has not been trusted enough by the manager and who has improved us since getting regular minutes.

Lyle Foster - a stop-start season for Lyle because of his mental health struggles, but he started really well before his issues and we need to keep supporting him.

Luca Koleosho - missed the majority of the season because of a bad injury but he started superbly and, like Odobert, he has the ability to go to the very top.

Pick your 2023-24 Burnley player of the season from our shortlist here

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Theo Walcott expects Burnley to make an immediate return to the Premier League.

Walcott, who was at relegated Southampton last season, says young players gain experience in a relegation season that will help push them on in future.

Walcott spoke to Monday Night Club on BBC Radio 5 Live. Watch a clip below or get the full show here.

Natalie Bromley
Fan writer

Thank goodness that is all over with. It has been coming since around November, but the Clarets finally succumbed to relegation. They had to beat Tottenham away and they did not.

As has been the case all season, Burnley failed to punish a side who they could have beaten. A good friend of mine - a Spurs fan - had some painfully accurate observations about the game. I am grateful for his input this week.

It went a little like this: "A side that has lost four games in a row has a weakness at set pieces because they play a simple zonal marking scheme. Burnley get a corner and set their attacking players in static positions in the box, allowing the Spurs defence to play man-to-man. No one is on the keeper, and the corner is an out-swinger. Incredible."

With the game still at 1-1 and knowing we have to score to survive, we make not a single substitution until 72 minutes. And the player coming on is fan-favourite Manuel Benson, a key part of the Championship winning side who Kompany deemed just not good enough for the Premier League and who did not appear in the squad for most of the season. Yet, a player who is now the man capable of saving our season with just 18 minutes of play left.

Our goalkeeper receives a final warning from the referee for time wasting at a goal kick when we have to win to survive. And we are not winning.

Kompany has got so entrenched in his perfect system that he has perhaps convinced himself that if he can just get the players to implement it then all will be fine. Maybe, if he had come up to reassess that view at some point earlier in the season, we would not be playing in the Championship next year.

I have so many questions I need answers to from this wholly disappointing campaign.

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We asked for your views on Saturday's match between between Tottenham and Burnley.

Here are some of your answers:

Tottenham fans

Daniel: Not the most convincing performance, but got the win in the end with our defenders doing the job of the attackers.

Andy: Yet again, majority possession only to be let down by an inept attack with Kulusevski and Johnson missing chance after chance. We need an upgrade on those players I mentioned if we are going to challenge for trophies.

Harry: I was at the match. It was a game of two halves. A nervy first with slow build ups from the back with the full-back distributing a lot of balls forward. The second half the midfield were able to open up their defence and created more chances.

Craig: You cannot escape the fact that it’s three points and a win, which after the four previous games is very welcome. But it wouldn’t be Tottenham without huffing, puffing and making hard work of beating a now-relegated team, at home. A total of 21 shots and we only score the winner with eight minutes to go, typical Tottenham.

Burnley fans

Francis: Today's game typified our season. Some nice play but a struggle in defence and up front. A frustrating season after the euphoria of last year, which was the best for years. This relegation will be good for us in the medium term.

Steven: A really good away performance just like quite a few this season. Berge was outstanding for a hour. Just hope we can keep most of this team together for next season as well as Kompany. In Vincent we trust!!

Keith: Usual Burnley. Played well, helped opposition to a goal and didn’t understand urgency of getting a winner.

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BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty is answering all of your footballing questions.

Chris W asked: It seems to me that Vincent Kompany has largely escaped criticism for a very poor season at Burnley and a stubborn refusal to alter his approach. Would you agree with that?

Phil answered: Hello Chris. I wouldn’t say he has escaped criticism because I’ve said myself that he has been guilty of a failure to adapt to the Premier League, sticking to principles that were fine in the Championship but looked like trouble in the Premier League, especially over-playing. Principles should also have an element of pragmatism.

He kept faith with his style and also an inexperienced squad and it is clear he took too long to change goalkeeper James Trafford for Arijanet Muric. And let’s not forget, Burnley also spent a lot.

It does seem that Burnley will keep faith with Kompany who is the central figure at the club, in the hope he will bring them back up again next year. But he will come under increasing scrutiny after a poor season in which his methods (principles if you like) were found wanting.

His stock has certainly fallen.

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Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport journalist

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Having won the Championship title at a canter last season, Burnley were hoping the dynamic and attacking style developed under Vincent Kompany would translate into success in the Premier League.

The top flight is a different beast, however, and the gulf has proved too big for the Clarets.

A young and inexperienced side has been punished by defensive mistakes and a failure to take the chances which they created.

This defeat at Spurs illustrated why they have gone straight back down to the Championship.

With all three promoted sides instantly relegated, questions have been asked about whether the gap between the two leagues is becoming untraversable.

Kompany says Burnley will keep trying to bridge it. If they do return to the Premier League under the Belgian, he hopes some of the harsh lessons learned this season will help them secure a longer stay next time.

Vincent Kompany, spoke to BBC Sport after Burnley's defeat against Tottenham: "I'm very lucky to be surrounded by good people, hardworking players, staff and fans who have backed the club for generations. That's who we try to do it for every weekend.

"Today the Premier League is over but tomorrow we start day one of doing everything we can to get back to the Premier League.

"The game has gone a bit like others have gone for us this season. We created chances but the one where we missed the final pass.

"I'm not here sulking and feeling sorry for us but if you take every game, every season as a learning experience, this is step we need to get into our game."

• Tottenham have rescued 25 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, their most in a campaign (previously 24 in 2010-11). Indeed, only Liverpool (28) have come from behind to win more points in the Premier League this term than Spurs.

• Since their debut Premier League campaign in 2009-10, no side has been relegated from the top-flight on more occasions than Burnley (4 times, level with Norwich), facing the drop in 2009-10, 2014-15, 2021-22 and now 2023-24.

• All three of Micky van de Ven’s Premier League goals for Tottenham this season have been winners, also netting against Luton in October and Nottingham Forest last month.

• Burnley have dropped 27 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, with only Brentford (30) losing more. Indeed, the Clarets have won just five of their 16 league games in which they’ve led this term (D6 L5).

• Tottenham have gone 1-0 down in each of their past five Premier League games, their longest such run since conceding first in seven consecutive league matches between October 2022 – January 2023.

• Five of Jacob Bruun Larsen’s six Premier League goals this season have put Burnley one goal in the lead, with each of his past four strikes being the opening goal of the game.

Burnley have been relegated from the Premier League after they could not secure a win at Tottenham which would have kept their hopes alive.

The Clarets, who knew a draw or defeat meant they would no longer be able to catch fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest, took the lead when Jacob Bruun Larsen slid in a 25th-minute opener.

The joy among the travelling fans was tempered seven minutes later when Pedro Perro hammered in an equaliser.

After dominating the second half without finding a way through, Spurs were finally rewarded when defender Micky van de Ven burst forward and expertly slotted the winner into the bottom corner.

The draw would have done few favours for fifth-placed Tottenham, who needed a win to keep the pressure on Aston Villa in the race for the Champions League.

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for every Premier League game this season against a variety of guests.

For this weekend's matches, he takes on Kasabian frontman Serge Pizzorno.

Sutton's prediction: 3-1

From Burnley's perspective, the fact Nottingham Forest's points deduction was upheld means they are not down yet, but if they don't win here then they will be relegated.

It felt like the end for them after the Newcastle game last weekend and while they have not quite been given a reprieve, I suppose the good news is that they are still not out of it. They might even think this is a good time to play a Tottenham team who have lost four in a row.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou will be concerned about his side's loss of form but this is the ideal fixture for them to bounce back. I would still say Spurs have a had a good season even if fourth place appears beyond them now, and they will have a point to prove here.

Serge's prediction: 2-0

It's win or bust for Burnley but I can't see Spurs dropping points here. Ange needs a performance - the Spurs fans are happy but the team needs to show them something for next season now.

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