{"id":9784,"date":"2022-02-17T12:01:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/17\/update-on-wout-weghorsts-status-for-burnley-vs-brighton\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T12:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:01:26","slug":"update-on-wout-weghorsts-status-for-burnley-vs-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/17\/update-on-wout-weghorsts-status-for-burnley-vs-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Wout Weghorst\u2019s status for Burnley vs Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Burnley boss Sean Dyche has, on Thursday, provided an update on the fitness of January arrival Wout Weghorst.<\/p>\n<p>Hitman Weghorst, of course, was forced to limp out of Burnley\u2019s most recent outing versus Liverpool, after picking up what appeared to be a hip problem.<\/p>\n<p>With the Dutchman having looked the Clarets\u2019 chief attacking threat throughout proceedings, and both Ashley Barnes and Matej Vydra still working their way back towards full fitness, alarm bells, in turn, were swiftly set ringing in the northwest of England.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a press conference ahead of his side\u2019s weekend showdown with Brighton &amp; Hove Albion, Sean Dyche was therefore inevitably drawn on his new frontman\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>And, in a boost for all associated with Burnley, the club\u2019s boss went on to confirm that, as things stand, Weghorst is \u2018expected\u2019 to be available to feature from the get-go:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Weghorst could feature at Brighton. \u201cWe are expecting him to be okay, he has trained a light session today but I think he will be fine,\u201d said Sean Dyche.<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cckOHhGs0b\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/cckOHhGs0b<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterclarets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterclarets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenDinnery\/status\/1494301544191254534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Basement dwellers<\/h2>\n<p>The club\u2019s latest outing this weekend of course represents just the first in an upcoming stretch of absolutely crucial fixtures when it comes to Burnley\u2019s status as a top-flight club.<\/p>\n<p>The Clarets will make the trip to the AMEX Stadium on the back of a number of solid performances of late, including against the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United, but, ultimately, winless across all competitions since all the way back in October.<\/p>\n<p>Such form means that, at present, Dyche\u2019s troops sit dead bottom of the Premier League table, with just 14 points to their names from 21 outings.<\/p>\n<p>Boasting two games in hand over Watford, and three over Norwich, though, could a long-awaited three-point haul on Saturday afternoon finally kickstart Burnley\u2019s latest Premier League survival bid?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/borussia-dortmund-vs-rangers-live-streaming-watch-europa-league-online\/\">Borussia Dortmund vs Rangers live streaming: Watch UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg online<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/fc-barcelona-vs-ssc-napoli-live-streaming-watch-europa-league-online\/\">FC Barcelona vs Napoli live streaming: Watch UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg online<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Burnley boss Sean Dyche has, on Thursday, provided an update on the fitness of January arrival Wout Weghorst. Hitman Weghorst, of course, was forced to limp out of Burnley\u2019s most recent outing versus Liverpool, after picking up what appeared to be a hip problem. With the Dutchman having looked the Clarets\u2019 chief attacking threat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-9784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}