West Ham v Burnley Predictions & Betting Odds – 10th March 2018

Hammers to ease pressure with home win

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West Ham v Burnley Betting Tips – Premier League 10th March 3.00pm

With three defeats in their last four league games, West Ham have slipped back into relegation trouble as they are now just the three points away from safety heading into the weekend. Burnley managed to end their long winless streak of form by taking a home success over Everton last weekend to keep themselves in the top seven. Can they build on that to take down the flailing Irons?

West Ham News and Form

West Ham could do with breaking out another home win to ease some relegation pressure. They have suffered three defeats in their last four games, but the three losses there were away from home. They landed a 2-0 win over Watford in their last home game, which actually leaves them on a good four-match unbeaten streak of home form (W2 D2) at the moment. Overall their home record for the season reads W5 D4 L4 in the top flight but they have only managed the one clean sheet in their last eleven league games, so even against a low scoring side like Burnley they are going to be a little vulnerable and therefore it is worth taking a punt on both teams to score at Coral for 8/11 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 10:58 p.m. on March 7th, 2018). There have been a fair bulk of low-scoring games in West Ham’s home games this season, with just 38% of their home fixtures going above the 2.5 goal line. Each of their last three home games have gone that way, despite the Hammers scoring in each of their last five home fixtures. Almost 70% of their home goals this season have been in the second half of matches and the Hammers have been level at half time in seven of their home games.

Burnley News and Form

Burnley snapped an eleven match winless streak of form that they were running on in the Premier League and that was with a 2-1 home victory over Everton last weekend. So that was a relief for them. They have gone six matches without a win on the road though (D4 L2) and suffered a disappointing 1-0 reverse out at Swansea in their last road game. They are still defensively well organised and should keep this tight though you would imagine. The Clarets have netted under a goal per game on average this season away from home in the league, while they have conceded an average of a goal per game. Just 29% of their away games have made it over 2.5 goals. Burnley have failed to score in 43% of their away games this season and in the Coral correct score market the 1-1 draw is at 5/1 odds, the joint-shortest option as a West Ham 1-0 victory. The Clarets have netted 67% of their away goals in the first half of matches while they have conceded 71% of their away goals after the half time break. Six times this season they’ve been level at 0-0 at half time in road games.

West Ham v Burnley Head to Head

After a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor between these two in mid-October, it leaves West Ham on a great unbeaten stretch of seven games against Burnley in all competitions. So that is something positive that they can take forward. West Ham have won four of the five previous Premier League clashes in all of that. The Irons have won their last two on home soil against the Clarets in the top flight, both 1-0 victories.

West Ham v Burnley Betting Odds*

West Ham 5/4, Draw 2/1, Burnley 5/2* (Betting Odds taken at 11:39 p.m. on March 6th, 2018)

West Ham v Burnley Predictions

West Ham to win: The Clarets haven’t done enough on the road recently to warrant showing much at and with the Hammers desperately in need of a home win to ease some pressure, back the home side to collect maximum points but only by a narrow margin.