Football Bet of the Day: Burnley to keep it clean

You should never bite the hand that feeds you. At the moment, every time Burnley play we are gratefully taking their offerings and making some good profit along the way. They are the most predictable team anywhere in England right now, and that makes them a dream for punters. They host Sheffield Wednesday on Friday night (20:00, Sky Sports Football), and that fixture takes our focus for Friday’s Football Bet of the Day.

Forget Football Bet of the Day, this is the Football Bet of the Year. We’ve milked this cow for the entirety of 2025 and I’m not going to stop backing Burnley to keep clean sheets until this ridiculous defensive record shows signs of ending. The price has come shorter and shorter over the last few weeks, but as long as we are seeing longer odds than 4/6, I think we are getting good value. 

In case you need reminding of the Great Wall of Burnley - James Trafford and his defenders have now kept 11 clean sheets in a row in the Championship, setting a new record for clean sheets at this level. Manchester United currently hold the all-time British record at 14, when Edwin van der Sar was in goal in 2008/09, as that team went on to win the Premier League and reach the Champions League final.

Football Odds

Burnley now have that record in their sights and I’m backing them to stretch it out to 12 games as they host Sheffield Wednesday under the lights. The Clarets have a settled back four, with Conor Roberts, Maxime Esteve, CJ Egan-Riley and Bashir Humphreys now nailed on starters in front of Trafford. The talent in that back line is exceptional, and there’s no reason to suggest that they will start leaking goals anytime soon. 

They’ve let in just nine goals in 33 Championship matches so far. They are going to smash Watford’s record of 30 goals conceded across a 46-game season at this level, and with 15 games to go, could conceivably let in fewer than 15. Whether it ends in promotion or not is the big question, with Scott Parker unable to get his side flowing at the other end of the pitch. 

Burnley vs Sheffield Wednesday Odds

Three of their last six, and four of their last eight games have finished 0-0, and while they are now five points behind Sheffield United in second, that gap could close this weekend as the Blades host league leaders Leeds. If Burnley get promoted then they will be massively praised for this defensive work, however, the end result is the be all and end all. 

If they lose in the play-offs, Burnley fans will have been subjected to the dullest season of football of all time for no end result. Would you really want to spend your hard-earned money on a season ticket to watch this? It means the pressure is on, but they are still more likely than not to keep a clean sheet, which makes the price of 1/1 against Sheffield Wednesday worth backing. 

Wednesday have a strong away record with seven wins and seven defeats to their name, but they’ve averaged just over a goal a game during that time, scoring 20 in 16 fixtures on the road. Interestingly, only Leeds have prevented them from scoring in 2025 so far, but I think Danny Rohl’s men will struggle to find the net and create chances against a Burnley team that suffocates football matches. They aren’t pretty to watch, but they are effective. 

Trafford can reign supreme with another clean sheet on Friday night, and that is our Football Bet of the Day.

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