Premier League Match-Day 37 Burnley vs Stoke City

As Stoke City chase a new Barclays Premier League points record for the club, manager Mark Hughes is not allowing his players to relax ahead of this weekend's trip to relegated Burnley.

Stoke finished last season ninth with a record 50 points, a feat matched by the present team with two matches still to play.

Although Stoke are unlikely to catch Swansea City in eighth - Garry Monk's men have a six-point advantage - Hughes wants his side to finish the campaign as strongly as possible.

"We're doing really well and we are continuing to work hard until the very end which is what I demand," he told the club's website. "Hopefully, if we get more positive results in the last two games then it will put us in good heart for next season as well.

"The players accept now that we don't give them any respite. It's about achieving what you can, when you can and we have a perfect opportunity to beat last year's points total.

"It's up to us to see that through starting with Burnley on Saturday. It will be their last home game of the season and they'll want to finish well in front of their own supporters so that's never easy.

"But, we'll be confident after last weekend's performance and see it as a good opportunity for us, so let's go and see if we can do it."

In the reverse fixture in November, a brace of Danny Ings goals gave Burnley a 2-1 victory at the Britannia Stadium. That success, coming on the back of a 1-0 triumph over Hull City, raised hopes that Burnley could upset the odds and maintain their Premier League status. However, only four more wins have followed since the match at Stoke, as Sean Dyche's men were consigned to relegation last weekend, despite another 1-0 success over Hull.

Since their drop to the Championship was confirmed, Dyche has been responding to criticism of Burnley's prudent transfer spending.

"Money can help and it does in most walks of life, but it can't conquer everything," he said. "We will learn from the experience and there is bound to be a debate about finance because most of football, particularly at the top level, is based around it.

"But I can't make it any clearer: there are clubs in this country who are hundreds of millions in debt. This club has decided not to go down that road, and yet is still being heavily questioned, criticised even, including myself for not spending enough that could have ruined the club.

“We have built a club and I don't want to throw it under a bus."

Dyche has no new injury worries ahead of the clash, while Stoke are expected to have goalkeeper Asmir Begovic back available after undergoing "a slight procedure". Victor Moses (hamstring) remains doubtful.

Burnley (from): Cisak, Gilks, Heaton, Duff, Keane, Lafferty, Mee, O'Neill, Reid, Shackell, Trippier, Ward, Arfield, Boyd, Jones, Kightly, Taylor, Ulvestad, Wallace, Barnes, Ings, Jutkiewicz, Sordell, Vokes.

Stoke City (from): Begovic, Butland, Sorensen, Bardsley, Cameron, Muniesa, Pieters, Shawcross, Teixeira, Wilkinson, Wilson, Wollscheid, Adam, Ireland, N'Zonzi, Palacios, Sidwell, Whelan, Arnautovic, Crouch, Diouf, Moses, Odemwingie, Walters.

Match Appointments
Referee: Michael Oliver Assistants: S Burt, M Wilkes Fourth Official: P Tierney

Match Facts
Stoke City have avoided defeat in each of their last three trips to Turf Moor (W1 D2), keeping two clean sheets in the process.
Burnley have won just 18 Barclays Premier League points at home this term; a joint league-low alongside Crystal Palace.
Stoke have equalled their best ever points tally in the BPL (50, also in 2013/14).
Burnley are the only current top-flight side that Peter Crouch has not scored against. Crouch has netted 46 headed BPL goals, the joint-most in the competition's history along with Alan Shearer.