BURNLEY embark on their 50th top flight away game in the Premier League era on Saturday hoping the KCOM Stadium can remain a lucky charm for them.

The Clarets have won four of their 49 Premier League away games since 2009/10, with two of them coming at Hull, as well as victories at Stoke City and Aston Villa two years ago.

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Tomorrow would be a perfect time to end a winless away run this season as Sean Dyche’s side begin a month-long odyssey of games away from Turf Moor hoping to move a step closer to Premier League survival.

Nine home wins have seen the Clarets open a 10-point gap to Hull, who occupy the last of the three relegation places as the season enters the final third, and after Humberside on Saturday (3pm) Burnley travel to Swansea, Liverpool and Sunderland on successive weekends.

A clash with the Tigers looked a far more enticing prospect until Marco Silva took over and instilled some hope. Despite seven new players coming in and Jake Livermore and Robert Snodgrass departing in January, they have won four of Silva’s nine games in charge.

“It looks like there’s been little changes and tweaks on the tactical side, new players and a number of them,” Dyche said of the Tigers’ resurgence.

“I’ve been surprised at how they’ve spent a lot of money from not spending so much money, but that’s a club thing.

“Then there’s the psychology of a new manager. It doesn’t always work but over the years it normally has an effect.

“Over time will be the key measurement but it’s fair to say he’s improved it, it looks to me like tactical changes and personnel.

“They were in a position before when they got injuries. Now they’ve gone out and got other players in to effect the squad, and mix in a manager who I presume knows his business.

“Add in these things and there’s an improved chance things turn around a little bit.

“They look confident, there’s energy to them, there is a different kind of design, so there’s definitely changes there.

“It doesn’t guarantee anything. Particularly against us, everyone will say, ‘You’ve got to beat them because they haven’t won on the road’.”

Hull’s January changes included the addition of Poland winger Kamil Grosicki from Rennes. Burnley were close to a deal for the 28-year-old in August only for it to collapse in the final hours of deadline day.

In September chairman Mike Garlick said the deal had been pulled due to concerns it would have an effect on ‘team spirit’.

Yesterday Dyche said of that deal: “I’ve said many times, and it’s not to coin a phrase it’s just the truth, deals take many different views on trying to get a deal done. That’s all it is.

“I know of him (Grosicki). I don’t know him personally. They’ve got a number of decent players.

“I look at them and think they’ve got a half-decent squad. I remember playing them earlier in the season and there was a lot made of their injuries, but you check out the starting XI and it looks pretty good to me.

“They were never far away. I don’t think many Premier League teams are. Runs of form, individual form, highs and lows, that’s different, but iIf you just look at it on a piece of paper Hull have been in pretty decent shape all season I think, other than injuries. Then they’ve added to that and a new manager.”