West Ham find themselves deep in the mire at the half time break despite dominating much of the opening 45 minutes.
The Hammers go into the interval 2-0 behind - and but for the intervention of the woodwork, it could have been THREE.Despite United dominating proceedings for the opening 25 minutes, it was the home side who opened the scoring when Marvin Bartley was allowed to carve his way through the visitors' defence before planting the ball beyond Robert Green.
Less than a minute later Kevin Nolan thought he had equalised for West ham but the goal was ruled out by referee Mark Haywood, although exactly why is unknown.
Carlton Cole - who should have put the Irons ahead on nine minutes when he failed to hit the target despite having rounded goalkeeper Lee Grant - then missed another glorious opportunity to score when he failed to find the back of the net from three yards with a header.
And the home side took full advanatage of that miss when they doubled their lead on 36 minutes; a mistake by Danny Collins, playing alongside James Tomkins in the heart of the defence in the absence of Abdoulaye Faye allowed Paterson to steal in at the back post and put the ball in the net with his knee.
Jack Collison was denied with three minutes of normal time remaining when his thunderbolt was brilliantly tiipped over by Grant, before Burnley almost made it 3-0 when Wallace's cross dropped over Green's head onto the post.
Defensively, West Ham have been an abject mess in the opening 45 minutes and will have to do something they've managed just once since November 2011 - namely score three goals - in order to win this game.
As always, we'll have a full match report for you at the final whistle. Let's hope it makes prettier reading.
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