Burnley 0, West Ham United 0: Clarets and Hammers share the spoils as Burnley move within two points of safety


In a game that lacked any real quality, both sides will be happy to share the spoils, here’s how the action unfolded.
Burnley v West Ham United
Key Events
- Jay Rodriguez replaces the injured Maxwel Cornet
- Jack Cork starts in place of Josh Brownhill who drops to the bench
- Ben Mee recovers from injury to start in place of Nathan Collins
Today’s teams
Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Gudmundsson, McNeil, Cork, Westwood, Wood, Rodriguez
Subs: Hennessey, Brownhill, Lennon, Collins, Pieters, Bardsley, Vydra, Long, Thomas
West Ham United: Fabianski, Coufal, Antonio, Lanzini, Dawson, Bowen, Benrahma, Diop, Masuaku, Soucek, Rice
Subs: Areola, Fornals, Vlasic, Noble, Kral, Alese, Ashby, Baptiste
Kick off!
Manuel Lanzini gets the game underway. Burnley in their traditional claret and blue, with West Ham in an all darky navy away kit. Burnley shooting towards the Cricket Field stand in the first half.
18 mins
Gudmundsson heads an Ashley Westwood corner wide, wouldn’t have counted though as the referee blew for a foul on Fabianski.
25 mins
BIg save from Nick Pope to deny Issa Diop the opening goal, he gets a hand onto the powerful header and tips it round the post for a corner which comes to nothing.
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