Overview
- West Ham ended a six-match league drought by beating Newcastle 3-1 but remain in the bottom three, three points from safety.
- Burnley followed back-to-back wins with a 2-0 home loss to Arsenal and have allowed roughly 20.4 expected goals, described as the worst in the league.
- Odds make West Ham around 10/11 with Burnley near 3/1 and the draw about 5/2, with multiple tipsters selecting a home win.
- Injury absences include Niclas Füllkrug, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Oliver Scarles, George Earthy and Łukasz Fabiański for West Ham, with Jordan Beyer, Zeki Amdouni and Connor Roberts out for Burnley; Hjalmar Ekdal is expected to be fit.
- West Ham are unbeaten in six league meetings with Burnley, and a victory would pull them level on points with the visitors.