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Burnley host West Ham at Turf Moor knowing a win would take them off the bottom of the Premier League table and reignite their domestic campaign.
Vincent Kompany’s men have only won once in the league this season, beating Luton 2-1 at the start of October. They have lost their last six fixtures across all competitions and desperately need a change in fortunes.
West Ham, meanwhile, are ninth in the table and have hopes of earning a place in Europe next season. Games like these, against lower half teams, are must wins if David Moyes’ men hope to finish inside the top seven. Can they defeat the Clarets today?
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Burnley vs West Ham United
The Hammers need to pick up as many points as possible before trying to navigate their way through a tricky Christmas period if they’re going to sustain their push for a European finish. They face Tottenham and Arsenal on the road and host Man United in December, before kickstarting their new year with a test against Brighton. As for Burnley, they’re in desperate need of a result. Rooted to the bottom of the table with just four points after 12 games, they’ve lost their last five in the league.
Burnley vs West Ham United
As for Burnley, they’re unchanged from the defeat to Arsenal last time out. It looks as though Kompany has set his side up in two banks of four, with Gudmundsson and Koleosho deployed on either flank. Berge starts alongside Brownhill in central midfield, with the latter on the scoresheet last time out at Emirates Stadium.
Burnley vs West Ham United
We’ll start with the big team news… No Bowen for West Ham. He misses out through injury after pulling out of the England squad with a knee issue last week. It comes as a blow for Moyes as the forward has scored in all six of West Ham’s away games in the league this season. Ings makes his first league start of the campaign and is West Ham’s only change from their previous win at Nottingham Forest.
Burnley vs West Ham line-ups
Burnley XI: Trafford; Vitinho, O’Shea, Beyer, Taylor; Berge, Brownhill, Gudmundsson, Koleosho; Amdouni, Rodriguez
West Ham XI: Areola; Emerson, Aguerd, Zouma, Coufal; Ward-Prowse, Alvarez; Paqueta, Soucek, Kudus; Ings
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Subs: Lukas Fabianski, Aaron Cresswell, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Angelo Ogbonna, Thilo Kehrer, Pablo Fornals, Maxwel Cornet, Said Benrahma, Divin Mubama
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WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Alphonse Areola; Emerson, Neyef Aguerd, Kurt Zouma, Vladimir Coufal; James Ward-Prowse, Edson Alvarez; Lucas Paqueta, Tomas Soucek, Mohammed Kudus; Danny Ings
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Subs: Lawrence Vigouroux, Connor Roberts, Hjalmar Ekdal, Josh Cullen, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Michael Obafemi, Nathan Redmond, Anass Zaroury, Aaron Ramsey
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BURNLEY (4-4-2): James Trafford; Vitinho, Dara O'Shea, Jordan Beyer, Charlie Taylor; Sander Berge, Josh Brownhill, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Luca Koleosho; Zeki Amdouni, Jay Rodriguez
Burnley vs West Ham United
Vincent Kompany’s Burnley side come into this match on the back of the worst home start in the history of the English top-flight, having lost six out of six matches at Turf Moor so far this campaign. West Ham have a tricky run coming up, so David Moyes will want to take advantage of the Hammers' positive form before the international break and head back to East London with nothing but all three points in the bag.
Burnley vs West Ham United
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