5 reasons behind Burnley's success this season

#1 Improvement away from home

Burnley started the season with an away win at Chelsea

Due to poor form shown during the latter half of the season, which saw Burnley win just four matches after the turn of the year, the team had only a 6-point cushion ahead of the relegation zone. The Clarets mostly dropped that far because of away form. They won only once, all season, away from Turf Moor, and that came near the end of the season, on April 29th at Crystal Palace.

In a bizarre twist, Dyche's men have more away wins (3) than home wins (2) this season, so far. They already have more away points (11) than they collected during the whole of last season. There aren't many sides that have managed over three away wins; only Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea. It's been quite a turnaround, indeed.

The only loss away from home came at the hands of Manchester City, and as we all know, City beat everybody these days, with relative ease. Though, it wasn't very easy against Burnley.

With less than 20 minutes to go, City scored twice inside two minutes. Before that, a shady Sergio Agüero penalty was the only goal of the game. "If I kicked my kid in the garden he wouldn't fall like that," Dyche said about the penalty, which was won by Bernardo Silva.

In addition to the Etihad Stadium, Burnley have already visited Stamford Bridge, Wembley and Anfield. Most of the toughest away fixtures have been played and going forward, the club will be confident of adding even more away wins and overall points to their tally.