3' There's a lot on the line for the visitors tonight. Before their last two games, they looked to be on course for what would have been a remarkable top-four finish. Europe is still within their grasp - and that is no mean feat either - but they need to reverse their slump.
1' We are underway in this Premier League clash between Burnley and West Ham!
The teams have emerged at Turf Moor and we are only moments away from kick-off.
West Ham meanwhile come into this game having lost consecutive league games for the first time since their opening two of the season. They last lost three in a row in June 2020.
Burnley are winless in their last seven Premier League home games (D5 L2), their longest run without a top-flight victory at Turf Moor since a run of eight between December 1970 and March 1971.
Subs: Darren Randolph, Fabian Balbuena, Conor Coventry, Frederik Alves, Ademipo Odubeko, Jarrod Bowen, Ryan Fredericks, Nathan Trott, Ben Johnson.
WEST HAM (3-4-3): Lukasz Fabianski; Issa Diop, Craig Dawson, Aaron Cresswell; Vladimir Coufal, Tomas Soucek, Pablo Fornals, Said Benrahma; Michail Antonio, Manuel Lanzini, Jesse Lingard.
Subs: Jimmy Dunne, Dale Stephens, Jay Rodriguez, Will Norris, Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Phil Bardsley, Johann Gudmundsson, Ashley Barnes, Erik Pieters.
BURNLEY (4-4-2): Nick Pope; Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor; Josh Brownhill, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil; Matej Vydra, Chris Wood.
The hosts are unchanged from that side that ran riot against Wolves, but there's five changes to the Hammers side beat by Chelsea - with Aaron Cresswell's return the surprise inclusion from his manager.
If anything, pundits would have backed them to be in a scrap in the lower half of the table - which is just where Burnley have found themselves. But Sean Dyche hasn't made the Clarets top-flight mainstays by throwing in the towel easily - and a win here would bolster their likely survival further.
If you'd told Hammers fans that they would be on the cusp of Europe's biggest club competition at the start of the season, you'd have got a few raised eyebrows. But that is exactly where David Moyes' side find themselves. The odds are against them - but victory today keeps them in the mix.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the 2020-21 Premier League season, as West Ham look to keep in the hunt for a top four finish - and Champions League football - against Burnley at Turf Moor.
