West Ham 3-0 Burnley: Half-time match report

West Ham took control of their Barclays Premier League clash against Burnley to lead 3-0 at half-time.

Jack Collison capitalised on some static defending to race onto Scott Parker's free-kick and fire the Irons ahead on 18 minutes.

Junior Stanislas slotted home a second before Carlton Cole converted a penalty as Burnley were made to pay for poor defending after a bright start when Clarke Carlisle's header was cleared off the line.

The home side made three change for the visit of Burnley.

Captain Matthew Upson was missing with a hamstring injury, along with Valon Behrami while Julien Faubert dropped to the bench.

Radoslav Kovac, Jonathan Spector and Herita Ilunga all came in from the team which drew 3-3 at Hull.

Burnley manager Owen Coyle selected the same starting XI for the fifth consecutive Barclays Premier League match.

It was a positive start by the Hammers, who remain far too close to the relegation zone for comfort - out of the bottom three only on goal difference following just one league victory since beating Wolves on the opening day.

Scott Parker, captain for the afternoon, burst forward, and the ball was eventually fed out to Jack Collison on the left, but his cut-back into the penalty area was hacked clear by Steven Caldwell.

West Ham looked nervy at the back, as England keeper Robert Green spilled a near post strike from Andre Bikey.

Chris Eagles, the former Manchester United trainee, whipped over a cross from the right which flew through the six-yard box.

Burnley - who have yet to win away on their return to the top flight - almost took the lead on nine minutes when Clarke Carlisle's downward header from a corner was cleared off the line by Parker.

The Irons, though, were then denied by the woodwork after Guillermo Franco's header from Collison's cross came off the top of the bar.

It needed a timely tackle from Manuel Da Costa to stop Steven Fletcher as the Burnley striker burst into the West Ham penalty area.

West Ham, however, took the lead on 18 minutes.

Parker's quickly-taken free-kick caught the Burnley defence cold as Collison beat a static offside trap to run clean through and slot past Brian Jensen.

Burnley responded well, as Wade Elliott shot over from the edge of the penalty area.

Franco was off target with his looping header from Ilunga's cross.

Referee Chris Foy felt the wrath of the Upton Park faithful after he called play back for a foul on Parker as Carlton Cole was away down the left touchline, before West Ham doubled their lead on 34 minutes.

The busy Franco slipped a reverse pass to Junior Stanislas on the right.

The England Under-21 winger looked to have missed his opportunity when Jensen made a smart save at his near post only for the Burnley keeper to get his angles all wrong from the rebound as Stanislas guided the ball inside the far post.

There was a moment of concern when Cole needed treatment for what looked like a foot injury and had to go off.

The England forward, though, was soon back in the action.

West Ham were then awarded a penalty when Spector charged onto Kovac's pass and into the area before being brought down by Robbie Blake.

Cole stepped up to drill in the spot-kick for his seventh goal of the season.

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