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There was a general feeling that Hammers would find it very difficult to emulate Thursday evening's massive performance, and so it proved. Burnley arrived with a game plan that very nearly worked, however but for the visitors goalkeeper Hammers could and should have run away with the game.

West Ham: Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice ©, Bowen, Lanzini, Vlasic, Antonio. Subs: Areola (GK), Coufal, Fredericks, Masuaku, Noble, Kral, Fornals, Benrahma, Yarmolenko.
Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Collins, Tarkowski ©, Taylor, McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Cornet, Rodriguez, Weghorst. Subs: Hennessey(GK), Roberts, Long, Bardsley, Brownhill, Stephens, Lennon, Barnes, Vydra.

The opponents at Stratford for this afternoon's Premier League fixture arrive sans gravel voiced Sean Dyche, because the club's new owners inexplicably decided to axe the man who has kept them punching above their weight for the last 8 years on a total operating player spend of only £24 Million!