Burnley have won 1/8 on the road and their sole win in that sequence came versus a team who played 40 minutes a man short yet still dominated the game statistically ( 6-2 on target, 13-4 corners, 3-1 BC's, 12-7 ITB, 2-6 saves). They have had 24 hours less time to recover to prepare for this and had a tough hard fought game with inform Manchester United on Tuesday which they kindly lost 1-0 and ahead of which I noted ...........

 

Burnley have taken 10 points from their last four home games, winning the three against bottom half of the table opposition and two when we have backed them and had good odds rewarded. However, they are winless in 7 starts this season against top half of the table teams, failing to score in five and they have lost the last four h2h meetings with United here at Turf Moor and failed to score in the last five of those too.

 

The Hammers made hard work of beating non league Stockport County on Monday, but ahead of that we touched upon their squad options............

 

 

West Ham should be fresher, can introduce stronger bench changes and make that top 10 criteria against whom the Clarets have struggled.