West Ham return to the Championship for the first time in 14 years
Burnley finished 19th in the Premier League last season, 17 points behind the Hammers
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Burnley suffered yet another relegation from the Premier League last season, their third of the decade. On the previous two occasions, the club have bounced straight back up at the first time of asking.
West Ham, however, are in unfamiliar territory as they have not played Championship football since the 2011-12 season.
Nuno Espirito Santo has arguably one of the strongest squads in the division and anything less than immediate promotion will be seen as a catastrophe.
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Team news
Burnley manager Nicky Hayen has no fresh injury worries and could begin this game with the same starting XI that featured against Notts County last weekend.
Both Josh Laurent and Zeki Amdouni are pushing for spots in the line-up, however, having both come off the bench last time out.
West Ham’s new summer signing Keiber Lamadrid is likely to miss the opening Championship match of the season, but he should not be out for long.
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The stats
West Ham hold an excellent head-to-head record against Burnley, winning five of the last eight meetings, with the other three games finishing as draws.
Burnley’s last victory against their opponents came in July 2020, although they did take four points from six the last time these two sides played in the Championship together.
Since their relegation from the Premier League, the Irons have won two and drawn three of their five matches.
Burnley, on the other hand, failed to record a single victory during pre-season and had to rely on penalties to defeat Notts County.
Taty Castellanos, who netted twice against Portsmouth in the Carabao Cup clash last week, bagged seven goals for West Ham last season after joining in January, with his first in the Premier League coming at Burnley.
Zian Flemming netted 11 league goals last year, registering 1.8 shots per game, while he took five shots against Notts County last week and scored Burnley’s equaliser.
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Prediction
Both of these teams will have lofty ambitions of making an immediate return back to the Premier League, so this opening clash could make a serious statement of intent.
It is tough to ignore West Ham's recent record between these two, winning five of the last eight head-to-heads, including the last two, while they have won on three of their last four trips to Turf Moor, drawing the other.
Taty Castellanos scored in a 2-0 win at Burnley last season and looks worthy of support to outshine Zian Flemming on Sunday.
Score prediction: Burnley 1-2 West Ham
