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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West Ham face a nemesis in somewhat brighter mood. The Londoners have a poor recent home record against Everton but Wednesday’s late victory over Aston Villa will give them hope of ending the run. A major concern, however, is the loss of top-scorer Carlton Cole, who has a hamstring strain, but Everton have injury concerns of their own and come into this fixture on the back of a particularly poor run – David Moyes’s men have not won any of their past seven fixtures in all competitions. Sachin Nakrani

Venue Upton Park

Tickets £35-51 (0871 222 2700)

Last season West Ham 1 Everton 3

Referee A Wiley

This season’s matches 10 Y29, R3, 3.20 cards per game

sportingbet odds West Ham 7-5 Everton 17-10 Draw 11-5

West Ham

Subs from Kurucz, Stanislas, Tomkins, Diamanti, Gabbidon, Daprela, Kovac, Jiménez, Nouble, Ngala

Doubtful Gabbidon (calf)

Injured Dyer (hamstring, 21 Nov), Cole (hamstring, Dec), Ilunga (hamstring, Dec), Ashton (ankle, Jan), Boa Morte (knee, Feb), Davenport (legs, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide WDDLDL

Disciplinary record Y24 R2

Leading scorer Cole 6

Everton

Subs from Nash, Turner, Hibbert, Saha, Jô, Coleman, Duffy, Agard, Baxter, Wallace, Akpan, Mustafi, Garbutt

Doubtful Hibbert (virus), Saha (calf)

Injured Neville, Pienaar (both knee, 21 Nov), Jagielka (knee, Dec), Osman (ankle, Dec), Arteta (knee, Jan), Anichebe, Vaughan (both knee, unknown)

Suspended Bilyaletdinov (first of three)

Form guide DLDDWW

Disciplinary record Y10 R1

Leading scorer Saha 6

Match pointers

• West Ham have not managed to score more than two goals in a match against Everton since February 1974

• Everton have lost one of their last five league visits to Upton Park and have won the last two

• Scott Parker has picked up four yellow cards and one red in his last seven Premier League appearances

• Everton have drawn 10 Premier League games in 2009, more than any other side

• West Ham have scored nine goals at home this season, more than any other side in the bottom half of the table

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