It is not just a fondness for claret and blue that unites Burnley and West Ham. Neither is in form – no win in 12 league games and one in nine respectively – and both were busy in the final week of the transfer window as they look to stave off relegation. Brian Laws could give debuts to the on-loan Chelsea midfielder Jack Cork and the former Celtic left-back Danny Fox, though the latter faces a fitness test. Gianfranco Zola has a welcome selection dilemma: how and when to deploy his three new strikers, Mido, Ilan and Benni McCarthy. Richard Jolly
Venue Turf Moor
Tickets £26-32 (0871 221 1914 )
Last season n/a
Referee S Bennett
This season’s matches 17 Y63, R2, 3.82 cards per game
Odds Burnley 8-5 West Ham 2-1 Draw 12-5
Burnley
Subs from Penny, Weaver, Kalvenes, Duff, Gudjonsson, Paterson, Edgar, McCann, Nugent, Jordan, Nimani, Guerrero, Cork, Thompson
Doubtful Fox (groin), Kalvenes (hamstring), McCann (knee)
Injured Alexander (calf, 13 Feb), Caldwell (groin, 13 Feb)
Suspended None
Form guide LLLLDL
Disciplinary record Y32 R2
Leading scorer S Fletcher 6
West Ham
Subs from Kurucz, Stech, Ilunga, Payne, Da Costa, Stanislas, Sears, Daprelà, Mido, Ilan, Noble, Nouble, Diamanti, Ngala
Doubtful Ilunga (hamstring)
Injured Dyer (hamstring, 13 Feb), Franco (hamstring, 20 Feb), Gabbidon (hamstring, 20 Feb), Hines (knee, Mar), Boa Morte (knee, May), Davenport (legs, unknown)
Suspended None
Form guide DDDLWD
Disciplinary record Y45 R3
Leading scorer Cole 7
Match pointers
• Burnley have lost eight of their last 10 meetings with West Ham in all competitions
• If all this season’s matches had ended at half-time, West Ham would be in eighth place
• Burnley manager Brian Laws has not won any of his last 16 matches as a manager (four with Burnley, 12 with Sheffield Wednesday)
• West Ham have not failed to score in a match against Burnley since losing 2-0 at Turf Moor in December 1975
• Burnley have allowed their opponents 102 shots on target from inside the box, more than any other side
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