Burnley V West Ham United FC

Burnley will be aiming to secure their first win of the season when they host West Ham at Turf Moor on Saturday.
The Clarets have yet to taste victory since return to the top-flight this season, with their four points all coming from draws.

This tally leaves them sandwiched between Newcastle and QPR - who have the same number of points - in the bottom three, with only a superior goal difference keeping them above the latter.
However, all of their four draws have come in the last five games, with their only defeat in that run being a 4-0 loss at West Brom at the end of September.


In their last match, a 90th-minute goal from substitute Ross Wallace earned them a 2-2 draw at fellow promoted side Leicester.
West Ham have enjoyed a much better start to the season, amassing 10 points from their seven games to leave them seventh in the table.

Opta facts

• Burnley are unbeaten in their last three league meetings with the Hammers (W2 D1), scoring exactly twice in each encounter.
  
• Diafra Sakho is the first West Ham player to score in four consecutive Premier League games since Carlton Cole in the 2008/09 campaign. Cole scored in five successive games on this run.
  
• Burnley have scored a league-low three goals after seven matchdays and they have the lowest shot conversion ratio (5%).
  

This includes a 3-1 victory over Liverpool and a 2-0 triumph over QPR in their last game before the international break.
In Diafra Sakho they have one of the league’s most in-form strikers, with the Senegalese having scored in each of his last five games for the club.
The last time these two met at Turf Moor in the top-flight was in 2009/10, when goals from David Nugent and Kevin McDonald were enough to give the home side a 2-1 win.
Team news
Burnley's injury problems have eased ahead of the match at Turf Moor.
Striker Danny Ings (hamstring), midfielders Nathaniel Chalobah (throat) and Dave Jones (thigh) and defenders Kieran Trippier (ankle) and Michael Keane (hamstring) should all be fit enough to be included in the squad.
Matthew Taylor needs an Achilles operation and the game is also likely to come too soon for fellow midfielders Dean Marney (hamstring) and Steven Reid (groin).
Hammers boss Sam Allardyce is hoping to have midfielder Mark Noble fit and available for the game.
The 27-year-old has been missing with a calf injury but returned to training during the international break and could feature.

West Ham: Allardyce's side are in good form
Hammers boss Allardyce will also be keen for Enner Valencia to be involved despite travelling to play for Ecuador but the likes of Guy Demel (thigh), Andy Carroll (ankle) Joey O'Brien (knee), Cheikhou Kouyate and James Collins (both groin) all remain sidelined.
Paul Merson's prediction
I don’t see Burnley getting their first win here and I think they’re struggling, I really do.
They pulled up trees to get promotion last season, but now the two main players who got them up - Danny Ings and Sam Vokes - are injured and you have to feel sorry for them.
I hope this season doesn’t turn into a damp squib, but it’s so hard with two centre-forwards injured.
I think West Ham are in their stride at the moment, Diafra Sakho is scoring goals for fun and they are probably more of a threat in their away games these days because of the pace they have.
I think West Ham will win.
PAUL PREDICTS: 1-3