Burnley vs West Ham LIVE commentary: Vincent Kompany aiming to end struggles against Hammers – kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Burnley will be aiming to end their woeful start to life back in the Premier League against West Ham, exclusively live on talkSPORT 2.
The Clarets have lost 10 of their opening 12 games this season and they sit at the bottom of the table, below Everton who have been deducted 10 points.
Vinceny Kompany’s side have also only scored nine goals while conceding 30, with the step up from the Championship proving to be too much.
They now take on David Moyes’ Hammers who bounced back from three straight losses to beat Nottingham Forest before the international break.
Burnley have lost all six games at Turf Moor in the Premier League this season.
If they are to lose again this weekend, they would become only the second team in English league history to lose their first seven home games of a campaign.
The Clarets would be the first team to do so since Newport County over 50 years ago in the old fourth division.
It is a record that Kompany will not want during his first stint as a top-flight boss.
The Belgian has already joined Mick McCarthy as the only two managers to lose their first six Premier League home games in charge.
And he’ll be desperate to put an end to the misery in front of the Burnley fans against West Ham.
Burnley could see the return of Hjalmar Ekdal who has not played for the club since August.
Manuel Benson is also getting closer to a comeback after not featuring in two months.
The Clarets will remain without Lyle Foster who is taking time away from football to focus on treating his mental health.
As for West Ham, they are set to be without star man Jarrod Bowen.
talkSPORT understands that Bowen’s knee injury will be assessed by a specialist after he was sent home from international duty with England.
Michail
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