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Burnley v West Ham: Championship – live

The Guardian UK Sunday 16 August 2026, 13:54 UTC By Tim de Lisle 1 min read
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Live updates from the 4pm kick-off at Turf MoorSeven Championship players to watch | Mail TimAfternoon everyone and welcome to the Maxwel Cornet derby. Burnley and West Ham have a few other things in common too: a famous old name, a claret-and-blue strip, and a recent fall from grace. Today they meet in the Championship for the first time in 14 years.

Afternoon everyone and welcome to the Maxwel Cornet derby. Burnley and West Ham have a few other things in common too: a famous old name, a claret-and-blue strip, and a recent fall from grace. Today they meet in the Championship for the first time in 14 years.

West Ham are widely tipped to finish first in the second tier, while Burnley, according to the Opta prediction machine, are more likely to come sixth. But Burnley are the ones who know how to win automatic promotion: they’ve done it the last four times they’ve been in the Championship. And they seem the more stable of the two clubs, with no battles raging in the boardroom.

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