Burnley welcome West Ham United to Turf Moor on Saturday (15:00 GMT) in a match of giant significance within the battle to keep away from relegation.
Determined instances for Burnley
Fifteen matches with out a league win, 11 factors from security and simply 14 video games remaining. Issues are getting determined for Burnley as they head right into a six-pointer with fellow strugglers West Ham.
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Monday night time’s dismal defeat at left Scott Parker raging, with the Clarets boss saying they “fell brief by way of a scarcity of intent in all the things we did at instances”.
Certainly one of Parker’s greatest considerations is that it’s not simply at one finish of the pitch that they’re struggling, it is at each.
Burnley are actually accountable for 4 of the 12 events {that a} workforce has did not register a shot on the right track in a Premier League recreation this season.
Whereas Martin Dubravka might have made essentially the most saves within the prime flight this marketing campaign with 97, he is additionally conceded extra targets than another goalkeeper with 47.
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The loss on the Stadium of Gentle means they’re now simply two defeats in need of equalling their longest winless run inside the identical top-flight season of 17, set method again in 1889-90.
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They’re but to search out the magic formulation of methods to bridge the hole between the second tier and the highest one. Throughout 100 Premier League video games in 2021-22, 2023-24 and this marketing campaign to this point, they’ve gained simply 15 video games and misplaced 56. That contrasts with 57 wins and simply 5 defeats in 92 Championship matches throughout 2022-23 and 2024-25.
Hammers ruing Chelsea defeat
West Ham are nonetheless licking their wounds after letting a two-goal lead slip to lose towards If that they had held on for a win it could have been their fourth on the spin in all competitions and would have put the Hammers simply three factors from security.
As a substitute, it marked the seventh time that they’ve did not win after opening the scoring this season (D3, L4), whereas they’ve additionally dropped the joint-most quantity of factors from profitable positions within the prime flight.
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It was additionally the twenty first consecutive league recreation by which they’ve did not maintain a clear sheet, the longest such run in Europe’s prime 5 leagues.
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One supply of consolation to Hammers’ followers is their wonderful current document towards Burnley that has seen them decide up 4 wins and three attracts of their final seven league encounters.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet shall be concentrating on one other quick begin at Turf Moor. They’ve scored eight targets within the opening quarter-hour of league video games, whereas opponents Burnley have let in six targets within the opening 10 minutes – each of that are top-flight highs.
Having already misplaced to Sunderland and this season, the east Londoners are aiming to keep away from shedding to all three promoted golf equipment in a single marketing campaign for the primary time since 2009-10. That included a 2-1 defeat away to Burnley.
Earlier than this recreation kicks off, all eyes shall be on Friday’s night time’s conflict between Sixteenth-place Leeds United and Seventeenth-place at Elland Highway.