Leicester City will face off against rival Burnley on Saturday, placing two of the English Premier League's closely followed teams against each other.

Leicester City, coming out of a 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace, is expected to be the favorite of the match.

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson told his team to play Burnley like they're Manchester United, the Daily Star reports. 

"It is important for everyone including the fans, players, staff to go into these games feeling that is important as any other as there are only three points at stake any time you play," he said, according to the site.

"We want to do everything we can to win those points but we do understand it will be a tougher game than maybe some people believe."

Burnley, coming out of a 4-0 loss to West Bromwich Albion, is expected to be the underdog of the match.

Burnley manager Sean Dyche said he is confident his team will make it far in the Premier League season, the Daily Mail reports. 

"We're only under the microscope because we haven't scored since the opening day of the season,' he said at a press conference ahead of Saturday's trip to Leicester. We also debrief with the players and behind all that we have the pro zone stats to work with," he said, according to the newspaper.

"One example of that is six games into last season, we had 80 efforts at goal and 40 on target. This season after six games in the Premier League we've had 72 efforts at goal and 37 on target which is a statistically higher amount."

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