Burnley will be hoping to secure a first win at Upton Park in over 30 years and will be encouraged by the news that West Ham captain Matthew Upson will be unavailable after suffering a hamstring strain in training. Danny Gabbidon is now fully fit after an abdominal injury and should step into the gap for Gianfranco Zola’s side, who have won only one league match since the opening day of this season. Burnley manager Owen Coyle has no new fitness concerns and is likely to stick with the same side that drew with Aston Villa last week. Richard Flower

Venue Upton Park

Tickets £35-51 (0871 222 2700)

Last season n/a

Referee C Foy

This season’s matches 10 Y30, R1, 3.10 cards per game

sportingbet odds West Ham 3-4 Burnley 11-4 Draw 11-4

West Ham

Subs from Kurucz, Stanislas, Tomkins, Diamanti, Dyer, Spector, Daprela, Kovac, Jiménez, Nouble, Hines, Ngala

Doubtful Diamanti (hip/thigh), Dyer (match fitness), Noble (calf), Tomkins (groin)

Injured Upson (hamstring, 5 Dec), Boa Morte (knee, Feb), Ashton (ankle, unknown), Davenport (legs, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide DLWDDL

Disciplinary record Y28 R2

Leading scorer Cole 6

Burnley

Subs from Penny, Kalvenes, Duff, McDonald, Gudjonsson, Edgar, Eckersley, Easton, Van der Schaaf, Thompson, Guerrero, Nugent

Doubtful None

Injured McCann (knee, 5 Dec), Paterson (knee, 20 Dec), Rodriguez (ankle, Jan)

Suspended None

Form guide DDWLLW

Disciplinary record Y18 R0

Leading scorer Alexander 4

Match pointers

• West Ham are unbeaten in their last nine meetings with Burnley in all competitions dating back to September 1978

• Burnley top scorer Graham Alexander is one short of 100 career league goals

• Mark Noble has created more goalscoring chances from set-pieces (20) than any other player in the Premier League this season

• Clarke Carlisle has made more defensive clearances (34) than any other player in the top flight so far

• West Ham have conceded at least two goals in eight of their last nine league games

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• Manchester United without Rooney due to calf injury
• Gerrard and Torres miss Liverpool’s trip to Sunderland

Arsenal v Birmingham City, Tomorrow, 3pm

Arsenal will be without Gaël Clichy (ankle) and Nicklas Bendtner (groin) but the goalkeeper Manuel Almunia should return from a virus. The midfielder Abou Diaby (ankle) also picked up a problem while away with France, but he is expected to be available along with the captain, Cesc Fábregas, who missed Spain’s midweek game for personal reasons. The Mexico striker Carlos Vela is on his way back from Central America and will not be included. The reserve keeper Lukasz Fabianski is close to a return following knee surgery, but winger Samir Nasri (broken leg), Croatia striker Eduardo da Silva (thigh) and Denilson (back) are still out.

Team (from): Almunia, Gibbs, Gallas, Vermaelen, Sagna, Rosicky, Fábregas, Song, Arshavin, Walcott, Van Persie, Mannone, Eboué, Diaby, Wilshere, Ramsey, Senderos, Silvestre.

The Birmingham striker Cameron Jerome is available after a two-month absence. The England Under-21 international has been out since suffering an ankle injury against Portsmouth at St Andrew’s in the second match of the season. His fellow forward Christian Benítez should also be available after missing the 2-1 defeat at Burnley, when he was allowed to return to Ecuador as his father had been involved in a car accident. Alex McLeish has a series of fitness doubts including Grégory Vignal, Franck Queudrue, Martin Taylor, David Murphy, Teemu Tainio, Giovanny Espinoza, Stuart Parnaby and Keith Fahey.

Team (from): Hart, Maik Taylor, Carr, R