Burnley seek their fifth automatic promotion in the Championship as they face West Ham in the division's opener. The Clarets are the more stable of the two clubs, with no battles raging in the boardroom. Burnley's manager, Nicky Hayen, has spent only six months in British football - in the Cymru Premier with Haverfordwest County (though he has won a league title in Belgium, with Club Brugge). As well as getting used to English football, he needs to end a dismal sequence. If Burnley have a bogey team, it's West Ham, who have won five and drawn three of the past eight meetings between the sides. So the Hammers are the favourites today, but not by much, with Burnley on their home Turf. Burnley have a recent form of 0W-4D-1L (DDDDL, most recent first) and are 63 points behind leaders Arsenal in the title race. They have scored 38 goals this season, conceding 75 and have a goal difference of -37. Burnley's last result was a 1-1 draw against Wolves on 2026-05-24. The teams in full are: Burnley (probable 3-4-2-1): Weiss; Walker, Alleyne, Humphreys; Sonne, Mejbri, Raghouber, Bruun Larsen; Edwards, Ramsey; Flemming. Subs: Amos, Worrall, Sambo, Laurent, Lucas Pires, Tresor, Hountondji, Amdouni, Broja. West Ham (probable 4-4-2): Hermansen; Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles; Bowen, Orford, Kante, Solomon; Pablo, Castellanos. Subs: Areola, Veltman, Mayers, Golambeckis, Diouf, Ward-Prowse, Earthy, Ajala, Landers.