So what a day for teenager Reece Burke. The 18-year-old centre-half, who has only made one first-team appearance this season and that came in the League Cup against League One side Sheffield United.

The players have shook hands, it is a nice sunny day in south-west London and we are nearly ready to go.

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Each week BBC Sport pundit Mark Lawrenson predicts the results of the Premier League games. This week he is up against world snooker champion Mark Selby, who has tipped West Ham to do his Leicester City side a favour by winning 2-0 at Loftus Road.

Click here to see their reasoning and also their predictions for the weekend's other Premier League matches.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says: "We played extremely well at Leicester and shouldn't have lost the game but Leicester are fighting for their lives so we have to match the fight that QPR have and Burnley will have here.

"The players have to realise they are not on the beach yet - far from it. The focus should be that we want to finish on a high.

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"People think we're having a bad season because our bad run is coming at the end of the season. Finishing the season well gives everyone a high going into the summer.

"We wanted to finish with more points than we've ever managed and we should've achieved that a long time ago."

QPR boss Chris Ramsey says: "I wouldn't say I'm expecting the sack if QPR are relegated but I've been in the game a long time and you have to be realistic about what generally happens, whether it's fair or not fair.

"I'm going to say it would be unfair because I'll be shopping in Lidl instead of Waitrose, I'll have a different shopping basket.

"I have to look at it from my personal point of view. The club have to do the best for their long term and if it's not me, I'd fully support whatever they decided to do.

"But I think it is me. I think the club long-term needs someone like me to have a holistic approach of building the club."

So what do both managers make of the game? Let's hear from them and find out.

Tom Holmes: If Big Sam goes it's a disgrace. How many others could make such top-class signings and lead this side to a top-10 finish?

Charles Ridley: Better performance needed from West Ham today. A top-10 finish and derby win would be good.

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So what do we make of West Ham's season? As Steve says, they made a bright start with European football seriously talked about as a potential target.

But in 2015, the wheels have come off for the Hammers, and once again the fans are criticising manager Sam Allardyce. The Hammers boss still does not know if he will be in charge of the team next season.

Yet the Hammers could still come eighth, which would represent their highest finish since they came seventh in 2001-02.

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BBC Match of the Day commentator

"It'll be interesting to see how two weeks without a game has impacted on QPR - a break from the claustrophobic pressure may have done them the world of good.

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"Luckily for Rangers, today's opponents are arguably in worse form than they are. Like the Christmas decorations in Mr Scrooge's house, West Ham started coming down on Boxing Day. Sam Allardyce's team have slipped from fourth to 10th, taking only 12 points in their last 16 games.

"Despite only two league wins in 16 games, Rangers can point to small margins. Six of their last seven defeats have been by a single goal. Rangers aren't bad at all - but maybe they're just not quite good enough?"

It is a busy day of football and of course every angle is covered on the BBC Sport website.

We have live text commentaries on every Premier League game, or alternatively you can read an overview, a round-up of the Championship action or a look at the pick of the European action.

These are the other Premier League matches today.

So this is the situation facing QPR. The bottom three go down, and at the moment it is bad news for all three sides that won promotion from the Championship last season.

We said QPR have a tough run-in. Their last four games..

2 May v Liverpool (A), 10 May v Manchester City (A), 16 May v Newcastle (H), 24 May v Leicester (A).

Only one change for QPR from their last match two weeks ago. Veteran defender Richard Dunne replaces Mauricio Isla, who drops to the bench.

West Ham hand a Premier League debut to defender Reece Burke, who comes into the side to replace Winston Reid. Elsewhere, Kevin Nolan returns to captain the side with Matt Jarvis also coming into the team. There is no Alex Song or Carlton Cole in the starting line-up.

QPR: Green, Dunne, Onuoha, Caulker, Hill, Phillips, Barton, Sandro, Henry, Austin, Zamora.

West Ham: Adrian, Jenkinson, Collins, Burke, Cresswell, Kouyate, Nolan, Noble, Downing, Jarvis, Valencia.

Good afternoon and welcome to BBC Sport's live text commentary from the Premier League match between QPR and West Ham. And what a vital game it is for QPR and Chris Ramsey.

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So no time to delay, let's get straight to the team news.

Cast your minds back to May 2014. Bobby Zamora's dramatic last-minute winner gave QPR a 1-0 win over Derby in the Wembley play-off final to take the R's back into the big time.

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But, just like the other teams that came up from the Championship, QPR have found it tough going in the Premier League.

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They only have five games to save themselves from relegation, but face a daunting run-in, including away games at Liverpool and Manchester City. But today QPR face a West Ham side in shocking form.

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If QPR are to survive they must get something from this match. It is now or never.