BURNLEY'S Premier League approach won't change despite the Clarets' brilliant start to the season.

Sean Dyche's men find themselves sitting in seventh after 11 games, with just two defeats, and they have opened up a gap of four points on the chasing pack.

Burnley are level on 19 points with Arsenal and Liverpool and are currently 'best of the rest' aside from the division's top six sides.

But Dyche insists the approach will remain the same and he will keep his players grounded ahead of the visit of Swansea City to Turf Moor after the latest international break.

"I think there's a humble side to what we are. I speak to the players about it, the things that are important to us and how we operate," the Clarets chief said.

"I don’t think we’re ready to run away with ourselves. There has to be a humble feeling about the group because we’re not the real deal.

"I work from a reality base and on the positive side of that. We’re progressing and moving forward, these players are learning and improving.

"I think that keeps us where we’re at."

Dyche once again preached his 'one game at a time' mantra after Burnley made it back-to-back wins with a 1-0 success at Southampton on Saturday.

"The other thing is it’s one game at a time mentality," he said. "There’s a bigger picture to that, but when you’re judged by results and it’s not a club that is in the Champions League, that is more games and planning, we work on the next game being the most important.

"We had a great win against Newcastle, that’s parked and we moved forward to this, and I’m very pleased with how that turned out."

The Clarets have made light of a difficult early fixture list, particularly away from home, to cement their strong start to the season.

They have lost just once in six away games, claiming wins at Chelsea, Everton and Southampton as well as 1-1 draws at Tottenham and Liverpool.

With less than a third of the season gone Burnley are just one point short of being halfway to the total they managed last season, and Dyche admits the start has taken him by surprise, although he stresses he did expect his side to be more than competitive this term.

"Of course (it's a surprise)," he said. "There’s no point in throwing words like honesty in and not being honest about it.

"Nobody would have thought we’d have these points on the board at this stage of the season."

Dyche felt his side didn't always get their just rewards for performances last season, but he's pleased to see his men coming out on the right side of the margins so far in 2017/18.

"It’s not that our performances weren’t getting better, last year away from home they were getting better, the margins were getting so tight," the Turf boss said.

"At the minute we’re the right side of the margins, that’s an important factor, it’s a skill in itself.

"Now it’s so far. We’ve got to keep doing that and moving forward."