CLARETS winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson believes Burnley are learning how to break teams down at Turf Moor as they look to recapture the home form that propelled them to safety last season.

Burnley were a formidable outfit at home last term, picking up 33 of their 40 points in front of their own fans, with 10 victories from 19 Premier League games.

They’ve found it tougher at home this time around and while only one of their four games at Turf Moor has ended in defeat - a 1-0 reverse to West Brom - they have struggled to score goals. Chris Wood’s late equaliser against West Ham was only the Clarets’ second at home in those four games, following a nervy 1-0 win over Crystal Palace and a goalless draw with Huddersfield.

And Gudmundsson admits the Clarets have to adapt to teams coming to Turf Moor with a defensive mindset.

He said: “Our away form has been great but we would’ve liked a few more points at home. As long as we’re not losing games we’re alright.

“Teams are a bit more respectful and we’re growing into that situation in order to be able to break teams down.

“I think we’ve shown that. Because of our home form last season teams are coming here and showing us a lot of respect.”

Gudmundsson was introduced at half-time on Saturday with Burnley a goal down but a man up after Andy Carroll’s red card.

That dismissal made life tough for the hosts, with West Ham dropping deep, but the Iceland international hailed Burnley’s ‘maturity’ in staying patient and eventually finding a way through.

“It can be hard (playing against 10 men). They went 1-0 up so they just dropped in and then when we scored they just stayed compact,” he said.

“They were obviously happy with a point because Turf Moor is a tough place to come. It’s really tough to play against 10-men because they just drop back and defend.

“They went 1-0 up and went down to 10-men and just dropped really deep which can be tough to break down. We would obviously have liked the three points but we’ll take that point.

“It shows a lot of maturity from us in that we can go a goal down and still come back.”

Gudmundsson was heavily involved in the equaliser, creating space for himself on the right before sending in a pin-point cross for Chris Wood to head home.

That was Wood’s third Premier League goal of the campaign and Gudmundsson said he was under instruction to look for the New Zealand international or substitutes Sam Vokes and Ashley Barnes as the Clarets tried to get back in the game.

“I was obviously happy to create the goal,” the 26-year-old said.

“At that stage we had three big lads in there so it was just about getting the ball in to the box and trying to work from there and Woody was there and it was a great goal. It was a good cross but Woody had to be in there to finish it off.

“It was just about keeping calm, not panicking, because we were always going to get our chances. We did and luckily we scored the goal.

“All of our strikers are quite big so, it was like the gaffer said at half-time, we just had to try and get the ball in the box. At that point we had three big lads on so it was just about getting the ball in there and luckily it went in.”