West Ham United’s Michail Antonio can’t believe his lack of home goals

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West Ham United winger Michail Antonio has not scored at the London Stadium for 18 months.

Michail Antonio has told West Ham United’s official website that he finds it crazy that he hasn’t scored more recently at the London Stadium.

It has been 18 months since Antonio last netted in front of West Ham’s supporters, with the winger only finding the net on his travels.

Antonio has found the back of the net twice in his last two outings, but both have come on the road.

And Antonio is now hoping to end his barren spell at the London Stadium, when West Ham take on Burnley at the weekend.

“I haven’t scored at home since September 2016? Wow!” Antonio said.

“I thought I was a ‘home scorer’ and scored most of my goals at home, but clearly that hasn’t been the case for quite a while.

“I’m on a little run now, though, and hopefully I can continue that by scoring at London Stadium on against Burnley on Saturday.

“I scored three at home at the start of last season, so it’s weird to hear that it’s been 18 months since I scored there. It’s crazy, in fact, but this Saturday that curse will be broken!”

Antonio has enjoyed a credible scoring record since arriving at West Ham for £7 million from Nottingham Forest back in 2015.

However, this season the winger has suffered badly with injury, which has kept him sidelined for much of the campaign.

Antonio has frequently been left on the substitutes’ bench by David Moyes, but he just be pushing for a start now, after his recent goalscoring form.

West Ham badly need to get back to winning ways, after losing 4-1 against Swansea City last weekend.

The Hammers are currently just three points above the drop zone, and sit in 14th place in the Premier League table.