SEAN Dyche believes Swansea will face a very different Burnley side to the one they beat on the opening day of the season at the Liberty Stadium tomorrow.

The Swans left Turf Moor with all three points back in August thanks to Leroy Fer's goal, but the teams have gone in opposite directions since then.

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The Clarets have lost only twice more at home in the league, to Manchester City and Arsenal, while Swansea have only recently dragged themselves out of the bottom three under new boss Paul Clement.

Given Burnley's superb Turf Moor form and the Swans' descent since the opening day of the season that result now stands out as something of an upset, but Dyche believes his side have improved since that season opener.

"I think we’ve learned, I think we’re improving," he said. "I mention it a lot; by no means do we think we’re the real deal.

"We’ve had some good results, we know there are a couple that have got away from us. We know there are things that are still improving.

"I definitely think we’ve improved since the first game of the season. We’ve learned a bit more about the division and a bit more about ourselves and the connections within the team, because obviously we had new players as well."

Swansea have won four of their seven Premier League matches since Clement became their third manager of the season, having won just three league games before the turn of the year, but Dyche believes they had the tools to survive before the former Derby County boss took the helm.

"To be honest, before Clem came in, I thought they were doing pretty well as regards to the group of players there," he said.

"The results weren’t as good. A lot was made of the management there, but I looked on paper and thought: That looks a decent squad of players.

"They’ve got good experience there. They’ve got some good individuals. Partly because of the mentality when a new manager comes in, and partly because of the work, I’m sure, they have got better results."

The trip to south Wales is the second of four successive away games for Burnley, a run that began with a point against Hull City last weekend.

They will also face Sunderland, who currently prop up the table, in this run, but Dyche said it was no more crucial than any other stage of the campaign.

"I don’t think there’s a period in the Premier League that’s not crucial," he said.

"You’ve seen it radically change. One team has one win and it’s like it’s changed the whole season. One bad result, and it’s changed the whole season.

"We tend to stay pretty level with our views on things. Four away games, we’re one down, three to go, we go into them open minded."

A win at the Liberty Stadium would move Burnley on to 34 points and inch them ever closer to survival, but while Dyche is happy with the tally so far, he isn't counting his chickens just yet.

"We’ve given a good account of ourselves, despite a lot being made of us away," he said.

"It’s a good total of points so far. But it’s so far. We know there’s work to be done.

"We’ve seen recently that results can change quickly both ways and it’s important we stay on the positive side of our results.

"We’ve done that over a season so far, but we’ve got to keep working. We know that. We’ve got to keep working on every inch of our performance to get what we want, because it’s not easy."