Burnley v Manchester City: Premier League season kicks off – live

City manager Pep Guardiola takes his turn. “Not even last season we thought to win the treble … we climbed the highest mountain but we area again at the bottom and there are a lot of stones … last season is nice, our memories, but we have to start again.”

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany talks to Sky Sports. “We’ll take it one step at a time … I hope [his players] can get something out of this game, not just a result but a little bit of momentum, get a tackle in, a dribble, a shot, and build something hopefully special.”

Five players make their Burnley debut tonight. Norway midfielder Sander Berge, Switzerland striker Zeki Amdouni, young Italian winger Luca Koleosho, Republic of Ireland defender Dara O’Shea and, formerly of City, goalkeeper James Trafford. Two other new signings in Nathan Redmond and Jacob Bruun Larsen are on the bench.

Manchester City’s starting XI are all familiar faces from last season. They do have two new names on the subs list, though, in Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol and his international team-mate Mateo Kovacic.

Burnley: Trafford, Roberts, O’Shea, Al Dakhil, Beyer, Koleosho, Berge, Cullen, Vitinho, Amdouni, Foster.
Subs: Redmond, Bruun Larsen, Cork, Gudmundsson, Brownhill, Benson, Ekdal, Zaroury, Muric.

Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Ake, Lewis, De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Alvarez, Foden, Haaland.
Subs: Phillips, Kovacic, Grealish, Laporte, Ortega, Gomez, Gvardiol, Palmer, McAtee.

Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire).

The Premier League is back, baby! According to the Sky Sports marketing bumf, it’s the Greatest Show On Earth™, which is fair enough, we’re not here to argue, though perhaps the game picked to launch this spectacular could more accurately be described as the Most Wondrous Nailed-On Non-Event In The Galaxy®. Manchester City have won their last 11 matches against Burnley in league and cup to an aggregate tune of 40-1. Roll up, roll up to watch the Clarets roll over.

You wouldn’t bet too much coin on tonight’s hosts snapping that run tonight against their all-conquering treble-winning guests. Vincent Kompany’s new-look team notched up 101 points en route to the Championship title last season, but City humbled them 6-0 in the FA Cup, and Nathan Tella has gone back to parent club Southampton. City meanwhile … well, we don’t need to belabour the point. Suffice to say Burnley’s return to the big time begins with what is effectively a chance to acclimatise and a free hit against opponents they hope to catch cold. Kick off at Turf Moor is at 8pm BST. It’s on!