Burnley manager Sean Dyche is already thinking about Saturday’s game with Saints.

The Turf Moor side are in action away to Manchester United tonight but host Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men this weekend.

Burnley are level on 22 points with Saints and Dyche confirmed he will make changes to his team this evening due to the importance of Saturday’s match.

When asked about rotating his squad, Dyche said: "We've got no choice because we keep getting stretched.

"Every time we get there we get stretched again. We've had to pull players sometimes to try and make it to the next game.

“That's the hardest thing, that's the hardest line, you want to be competitive in every game, you want to put your best side out, we wanted to on Saturday but we just couldn't.

“We felt it was too big a risk with two league games straight on the back of it.

“It was too big a risk, certainly for three players that I can think of. If they break down you lose them for weeks rather than just one game. Those are the tough calls but we have to make them.”