West Ham 2-2 Burnley – Hammers Manage Come Back From 2 Goals Down To Grab A Draw Against Burnley

Match Report of Premier League match between West Ham and Burnley, as West Ham completed a second half come back to snatch a draw.

Danny Ings and Lucas Paquetá rescue West Ham from a disaster loss against Burnley, both scoring in the second half to pull back a draw after being 2-0 down. A match of ups and downs for both David Moyes’s side and Vincent Kompany’s men.

Match Review

Burnley started the game very strong, taking the lead on the 11th minute through the form of a David Fofana wonder strike. The Chelsea loanee struck the ball in from outside the box, rifling the ball it into the back of the net, silencing the home crowd.

The relegation-threatened away team managed to double their lead, as Josh Cullen forced an own goal out of West Ham defender Konstantinos Mavropanos. The greek international stuck his foot out in-front of goal, sending the Burnley captain’s drilled pass into his own net.

Half time struck and two West Ham players were pulled off, the poor preforming Kalvin Phillips and alongs side him James Ward-Prowse. Off the bench came Michail Antonio and Edson Álvarez. Meanwhile Burnley swapped Larsen for Brownhill.

West Ham began the second half with a much better morale within themselves and 1 minute into the second half, they found the back of the net. Lucas Paquetá won the flick on from Areola goal kick, this landed to opposition defender Lorenz Assignon who sent the ball back into the mix. Estève miss judged the young fullbacks header, giving Paquetá a clear 1 on 1 with the Burnley keeper. The Brazilian tucked the ball away to the left of James Trafford with no error.

With the game at 2-1 and 45 minutes still to play, the Iron’s were well and back in the game. However it was not that easy for West Ham, as a missed chances from Mohamed Kudus and woodwork misfortune due to Coufal cross left them frustrated. However, substitute Danny Ings finally broke through, latching onto Antonio chested pass with a poachers finish. Unfortunately for West Ham, the goal was ruled out by VAR due to Michail Antonio being offside from the free kick that created the chance.

In the dying ends of the game West Ham looked to be defeated, until Kudus played a ball into the box on the 91st minute which fell to Danny Ings who leathered it in on the half volley. Ings earned his team a draw against his former club.

Both teams leave the game with a point each, one who lost a 2-0 lead and the others who clawed back in the second half to insure they did not lose.

Stats

The stats truly show how spectacular this game really was as West Ham edged possession ever so slightly, with 52% to Burnley’s 48%.

Burnley had 11 shots with 4 on target, West Ham had double the shorts with 22 but the same amount on target. West Ham did have 2.11 xG to Burnley’s 0.68 xG, showing Burnley were the more clinical of the sides.

West Ham created 3 big chances and 4 corners, this was to Burnley’s 1 big chance created and 3 corners on the day.

This draw did not do anything to the league table, leaving West Ham in 7th and Burnley in 19th.

Player Ratings

West Ham

Starting XI: Areola (6), Cresswell (7), Aguerd (6), Mavropanos (6), Coufal (7), Phillips (5), Soucek (6), Ward-Prowse (6), Kudus (7), Paquetá (8), Bowen (6)

Substitute: Álvarez (6), Antonio (6), Ings (7)

Burnley

Starting XI: Trafford (6), Taylor (6), Estève (6), O’Shea (6), Assignon (6), Larsen (6), Cullen (8), Berge (7), Vitinho (6), Odobert (6), Fofana (7)

Substitute: Brownhill (6), Delcroix (6), Gudmundsson (N/A)