Nuno Espirito Santo may find himself in sack danger soon at West Ham United

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Nuno Espirito Santo is under pressure with West Ham level on points with 18th-place Leeds United.

Burnley, with 10 points on the board, are just one point behind the Hammers, so things are heating up at the bottom of the Premier League table.

If West Ham lose to Manchester United on Thursday and Burnley pick up something from their game against Crystal Palace, there is a chance Nuno’s side end the gameweek in 19th place.

West Ham United face third-hardest fixtures in the Premier League

It was already a hard game for the Hammers when they hosted Liverpool and they ended up losing that one 2-0.

However, fans expecting a respite in the coming games will unfortunately not be too pleased with the next five fixtures.

Opta calculate fixture difficulty ratings based on various factors, including form, quality of squads, location of the game, etc. and West Ham are facing the third-hardest fixtures from all Premier League clubs in their next five matches.

Only Aston Villa and Sunderland have a higher opponent rating than the Irons (92.6) until the Boxing Day matchday.

West Ham take on Manchester United at Old Trafford next and then face another tricky game against Brighton, who are in fourth.

After that, they take on fifth-place Aston Villa and second-place Manchester City, a gruelling fixture list for Nuno.

Nuno could be in serious sack danger after five-straight losses

The Hammers are already on a one-game losing streak and they are the underdogs in their next four games.

Five straight losses until the Fulham game could see Nuno in serious sack danger and he knows that he should at least get four or five points until then to take some pressure off his back.

The last thing the owners will want to deal with is the perils of relegation and ahead of the January transfer window, they may feel the time is right to bring in a manager capable of galvanising the team.

As things stand, Nuno is not in danger of being sacked, but four losses from here on in may lead to him losing his job, so there is undoubtedly immense pressure on him to deliver.