West Ham continue their fight for European qualification against relegation-battling Burnley at the London Stadium.
Victory or a draw would see West Ham stay seventh in the table, whilst Burnley…………
Team News
Emerson Palmieri is a doubt for West Ham after he suffered a knock in their controversial defeat at Freiburg in the Europa League last Thursday evening.
Nayef Aguerd (unspecified) is also doubtful but Maxwell Cornet (hamstring) remains ruled out.
Burnley will welcome Josh Brownhill back into contention after he was suspended for their defeat against Bournemouth.
Jordan Beyer (thigh), Nathan Redmond (hamstring), Lyle Foster (unspecified), Aaron Ramsey and Luca Koleosho (both knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
West Ham host Burnley at London Stadium on Sunday 10 March at 2pm GMT, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- West Ham are unbeaten in their last five meetings against Burnley (W3, D2).
- Burnley have claimed seven points in their last five league trips to West Ham (W2, D1, L2).
- There hasn’t been a goalless draw between West Ham and Burnley in their last 36 meetings in East London across all competitions, dating back to November 1936.
- Kurt Zouma has made more clearances than any other West Ham player in the top-flight this season (113).
- Coming into this matchweek, no goalkeeper has made more punches this season than Burnley’s James Trafford (20).
Prediction
Having lacked much end product at Freiburg on Thursday evening, West Ham need to bounce back here if want to reinstall some confidence ahead of the return leg, otherwise they really should look to boost their top-seven prospects by winning a game like this against a vulnerable defence.
Burnley however really should of got a draw against Bournemouth if had been clinical yet they simply lacked the final touch to beat Neto, whilst their defence were simply turned over by some sharp fast-paced attacking play and punished but it’s a game that should give them some confidence.
I however can’t see West Ham letting this game slip given their attacking quality and that loss to Freiburg will only serve to fire them up for this game, but if Burnley can come out as underdogs and play like they did last week with better defending then the Hammers won’t have it easy by any mile.
Prediction: West Ham 1-0 Burnley
Result: West Ham 2-2 Burnley