Burnley go to West Ham having hit the bottom
Burnley travel to the London Stadium tomorrow in the knowledge that we will need to pick up at least a point if we are to get away from the bottom of the league following Sheffield United?s point at Bournemouth this afternoon.
We last went bottom after the home defeat against West Ham in November but a week later beat Sheffield United to move ahead of them and we have remained so until today. Luton have also won an away point at Crystal Palace which takes them eight points clear of us but it is Nottingham Forest in 17th place who we must also get above and they are eleven points clear which shows just how difficult a task it will be trying to get anywhere near them or Everton, even if they were to have points deducted, more in Everton?s case. We make the journey to the London Stadium with our record this season suggesting we might have more of a chance of a result given the game is away from home. Although we have now scored one goal more at home than away, we have won eight of our thirteen points on the road and we have conceded eight fewer goals than we have at Turf Moor.
Right now, we are on our longest run of the season without a win with just two points from nine games since the win at Fulham on the Saturday before Christmas. It?s our longest such run for just over two years, a run of eleven games that ended with a 3-0 win at Brighton although we had drawn seven of those eleven games.
During this recent run, we?ve seen three new players come in on loan including French...
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