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Howe wants fortress Turf Moor

Eddie Howe wants Burnley to turn Turf Moor into a fortress if the Clarets are going to be serious challengers for a top six finish.

Burnley have been doing well on their travels this campaign, registering wins away from home. However, they home form has been poor by comparison.

“Teams don’t make it easy for us at Turf Moor. I think a lot of teams respect us on our own patch, so it’s up to us to turn that around,” Howe says in the Burnley Express.

Burnley moved into a play-off spot on the back of four wins in five games. It is a remarkable turnaround by a side that was languishing at the bottom of the table.

That the fortunes of a team can change so quickly is indicative of how competitive the league is.

Howe added:  “It’s a very difficult league to predict. Week in, week out you go to difficult grounds, you play good teams, really well-organised teams and I don’t think there’s a lot between the sides - even the top and the bottom sides.

“You can take a couple out of that - Southampton have had a great year and West Ham are very strong.

“But the rest of us, I think we’re fighting for the same positions.

“We say it all the time, but whoever gets the consistent results will be the eventual successors of the season.

“We’re trying to join that group but it is incredibly difficult.

“We’ve won four out of five so, hopefully, we’re going in the right direction, but we still know we’ve got work to do.”