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Tom Kershaw

West Ham vs Burnley prediction: How will Premier League fixture play out tonight?

West Ham look to move further clear of the relegation zone with the visit of Burnley, who are in the hunt for a Europa League place.

The Hammers have taken four points in their last two games, while the Clarets are unbeaten in three has they look to close the gap to Arsenal in seventh to just a point with victory here. David Moyes knows despite victory over Chelsea and a point at Newcastle, the four-point gap to the bottom three is not enough to relax just yet either.

Follow all the updates and reaction from the London Stadium below.

FULL TIME
Full-time: West Ham 0-1 Burnley
A strong performance from Pope in Burnley's net and a headed goal from Rodriguez were the key differences this evening.
90+5 mins: Tarkowski seems to give Haller an intentional whack in the face, but the referee strangely looks away.

How Tarkowski is on the pitch is a difficult one to explain. A nasty first-half challenge resulted in just a yellow card, and he's gotten away with a couple more fouls since then...
90+4 mins: McNeil is barged over while dribbling in the West Ham half and it'll be a Burnley free-kick.
90+2 mins: Pope catches the second corner and appears to carry it over the touchline...

No corner is given, however...
90+1 mins: Somehow the corner misses every West Ham player, but Rice picks it up on the other side of the pitch.

His cross is headed out for another corner.
90+1 mins: West Ham have a corner on the right after a Bowen run up the flank.
90 mins: Brownhill is okay to continue and we'll see six minutes of added time.
87 mins: Bowen tries his luck from range and hits Brownhill on the side of the face with the ball.

The Burnley man is down to receive treatment.
 
SUBS
86 mins: A West Ham change: Ajeti comes on for Fornals.
86 mins: Burnley have only made six substitutions since the Premier League's restart, but they look the fresher team late on.
85 mins: McNeil strides forward – not for the first time this evening – but ends up passing the ball backwards.

Burnley are not forcing anything at the moment, and West Ham have given them no reason to panic.
82 mins: Moyes has to make some changes, surely?

West Ham have completely lost their grip on this game, and Haller – other than his early chance – has failed to make much of an impact.

Time is running out for the Hammers.
80 mins: Taylor goes long and finds Wood, who tries a few step-overs in the West Ham box before firing low to Fabianski's left...

But the West Ham keeper palms the shot away!
76 mins: Offside! No goal!

Burnley find the net after a decent move – though West Ham gave them too much space – but the flag goes up!

It was Bardsley who stabbed it in.

 
74 mins: Fredericks just completely misses a switched pass out to the right.

West Ham have quickly gone off the boil.
71 mins: A scrappy effort from Bowen takes a couple of deflections and heads out for a West Ham corner.
Fornals plays it short to Cresswell, who returns the favour, but the resulting cross is short and poor.
70 mins: We'll see a pause in play following an elbow from Antonio on Tarkowski.

There was no intent there, but the Burnley defender is down.
68 mins: An in-swinging Burnley corner is sent in from the left and it slips through Fabianski's hands, but a foul is given against Long.
66 mins: Taylor again is in acres of space on the left to cross.

Wood gets on the end of it, but his effort is tame and Fabianski holds easily.
SUBS
62 mins: Haller replaces Yarmolenko and so nearly scores with his first touch!

The West Ham striker is slipped through in the Burnley box and shoots low from just yards out, but Pope tips it round the post with his right boot!

West Ham are all over Burnley all of a sudden!

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How can I watch it online and on TV?

The match will be broadcast live on BT Sport 2, with coverage beginning from 5.45, and the BT Sport App.

What is the team news?

West Ham are largely injury-free, while captain Mark Noble may return to the starting line-up after missing out against Chelsea and Newcastle.

Burnley are still without captain Ben Mee, although Chris Wood is set to return to the first-eleven after a substitute appearance last week.

Predicted line-ups

West Ham: Fabianski; Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Soucek, Rice, Noble; Bowen, Antonio, Yarmolenko

Burnley: Pope; Bardsley, Long, Tarkowski, Taylor; Gudmundsson, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil; Rodriguez, Wood

What are the odds?

West Ham – 10/11

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