West Ham United midfielder Valon Behrami says tonight's clash with Birmingham City is like a Cup final.

As they did at Turf Moor against Burnley on Saturday, the 24-year-old wants the club's supporters to sing their hearts out from first to last, creating an atmosphere that will make it impossible for the Blues to enjoy their evening in east London.

Behrami told whufc.com: "I hope our supporters are going to give us a big help, because we need them at home to create pressure on the other team. We need that at the moment because we don't find a good atmosphere in the dressing room from Saturday's result, so we need to make it with the crowd pushing behind us.

"We are now in a very, very difficult position and we have to play Wednesday's game like a final.

"We have to play the whole 90 minutes, from the beginning until the end, like we did in the final minutes at Burnley. We need to treat every game like a final because the situation has started to get very dangerous."