West Ham ease pressure on Lopetegui with win
Soucek loops header into net for opener before Doherty levels
Bowen restores lead with fine solo effort
Defeat increases pressure on Wolves boss O'Neil
Tributes paid to Michail Antonio
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West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Andy Hinchcliffe
Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesThat should have been a fabulous goal. Joao Gomes might have been slightly ahead of the ball, but in that position, he should be knocking it back across the goal. It was a really good opportunity.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
A great chance for Wolves.
Matheus Cunha starts the move, Matt Doherty crosses and Joao Gomes has sprinted into the penalty area. But he can't get a clean contact on the side-footed effort and it stays out and goes over the top when he should've hit the target.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Tomas Soucek is such a threat when the ball is played into the box and he flicks on a free-kick from the left, but it can't find a team-mate and West Ham can't build on that.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Andy Hinchcliffe
Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports
Wolves did really well to recover there. Rayan Ait-Nouri reacts so quickly by getting around on the cover and getting the block in. He did that brilliantly.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Great block from Wolves' Rayan Ait-Nouri to block a goalbound shot from Carlos Soler.
Signs that it's getting better.
Ait-Nouri had flung himself at the ball, with Soler shooting powerfully from 12 yards out. Top defending.
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Image source, Getty ImagesI've had this game on for less than 2 minutes and it's already as poor a game as I anticipated! It doesn't look like either side is that fussed about saving their gaffer.
Tom
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Straight from that corner, Wolves counter and they have a two attackers versus two defenders chance, but Konstantintos Mavropanos doess well to get his body across Jorgen Strand Larsen and Lukasz Fabianski can gather.
Shortly afterwards Matheus Cunha with a half-chance from 22 yards out, but Fabianski deals with the low strike comfortably, diving to his right down at the near post.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Andy Hinchcliffe
Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports
As a goalkeeper, you don't always have to make flying saves. Sometimes you just need to make sure you keep the ball out. Sam Johnstone got that absolutely right there.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
West Ham go short with the corner, it comes to nothing which leads to grumbles from the home fans.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Better from West Ham as Jarrod Bowen has a strike at goal, but it is blocked by the foot of goalkeeper Sam Johnstone. The Hammers come again and this time win a corner.
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Could this loser of this game actually be the winner? Does the team who loses lose their manager but gain a winner?
Ben, Chester
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Image source, Getty ImagesWe are seeing why both sides are struggling this season. Not much to get excited about so far.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Andy Hinchcliffe
Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesGary O'Neil will be happy with the start Wolves have made here.
They look fairly comfortable. They've got a lot of bodies back defensively trying to nullify West Ham, but they are also committing bodies forward when they have the ball.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
A long-range effort for Wolves from Mario Lemina after Toti Gomes wins the ball inside the half.
It would've been goal of the season from Lemina, instead it's just a waste of a good position as he blazes well over from 35 yards out. Hopeful, very hopeful.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Image source, Getty ImagesJarrod Bowen looks to run on to a flick on from a long clearance from Lukasz Fabianski.
Bowen looks to have got away from Santiago Bueno, only for the defender to recover nicely on the edge of the penalty area.
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As both managers are under pressure tonight, which player is going to save his manager's job tonight?
Pathol
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Andy Hinchcliffe
Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports
Michail Antonio has been incredible for West Ham. It's no wonder everyone in the stadium is applauding for him.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Henry Moeran
Radio 5 Live commentator at the London Stadium
Image source, Getty ImagesGary O'Neil and Julen Lopetegui stand 10 yards apart from each other with so much in common, in terms of what their future might hold if the result goes against them this evening.
Immense pressure on both bosses.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
A great moment of support for West Ham's number nine Michail Antonio in the ninth minute. The home fans are on their feet applauding.
Hopefully Antonio will be back on a football pitch as soon as possible.
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
A right-footed shot from former Wolves captain Max Kilman against his old side but he can't put the Hammers ahead as his effort is charged down thanks to a good block from Mario Lemina. That may have tested Sam Johnstone if it had made its way through.
Jarrod Bowen has scored six goals in 10 appearances in the Premier League against Wolves
West Ham edged to a narrow Premier League victory over struggling Wolves to ease the pressure on under-fire head coach Julen Lopetegui.
However, the result is only likely to increase the scrutiny over Gary O'Neil's position as Wolves manager, with his side remaining 19th in the table after three consecutive defeats.
Tomas Soucek's second-half header from Jarrod Bowen's corner had set the hosts on their way.
Matt Doherty had superbly levelled from Rayan Ait-Nouri's cross for the visitors, before Bowen scored West Ham's decisive second goal with a placed effort during a frenetic spell in the second-half.
In between, Hammers winger Mohammed Kudus correctly had a goal ruled out for offside following a video assistant referee (VAR) review, while Wolves appeared to have genuine complaints when Emerson's shove on Goncalo Guedes did not result in a penalty in their favour after a similar review.
O'Neil's side were further enraged by the manner of Bowen's winning goal with home defender Konstantinos Mavropanos seemingly fouling Wolves' Uruguayan centre-back Santiago Bueno in the build-up.
The result leaves West Ham 14th in the table, nine points clear of the bottom three.
Julen Lopetegui dedicates West Ham win to 'special guy' Antonio
The job security of both Lopetegui and O'Neil was one of the two dominant storylines before kick-off in a match dubbed 'El Sackico' on social media.
The other was the health of Michail Antonio, who is currently recovering from a serious car crash.
In a tense first half, the Hammers could have done with the finishing power of their all-time leading Premier League goalscorer, who was given a show of support by both the club's players and fans, before and during proceedings.
Bowen, Carlos Soler and Mavropanos all had opportunities to open the scoring for the hosts but were unable to break the deadlock against a determined Wolves, who came into the contest having conceded more goals than any other top-flight side.
However, Wolves' resistance was broken eight minutes with their Achilles heel - defending from corners - proving costly again as they shipped their eighth goal of the campaign from one.
Even in those circumstances there was a huge element of misfortune. Wolves' captain Mario Lemina was convinced the ball went out off Aaron Wan-Bissaka before the corner was awarded, and subsequent replays showed it did.
Lemina's frustration visibly boiled over at full-time when he was involved in a heated confrontation with Bowen, which resulted in a booking and other players dragging him away from the England forward.
The visitors will justifiably feel aggrieved by further decisions that went against them.
West Ham, whose last home victory over Manchester United also came after they were awarded a penalty that should not have been given, will be delighted to have enjoyed the rub of the green again in potentially pivotal fixture.
Gary O'Neil 'not concerned' about Wolves future
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 35 |
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| 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 31 |
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| 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 29 |
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| 4 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
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| 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 25 |
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| 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 25 |
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| 7 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 24 |
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| 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 24 |
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| 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 23 |
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| 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 23 |
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| 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 20 |
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| 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 20 |
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| 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
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| 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 18 |
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| 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 14 |
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| 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 14 |
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| 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 13 |
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| 18 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 9 |
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| 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 38 | -15 | 9 |
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| 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 31 | -20 | 5 |
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Manager: Julen Lopetegui
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Gary O'Neil
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Julen Lopetegui
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Gary O'Neil
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
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West Ham have won their last four Premier League home games against Wolves, keeping a clean sheet each time. In their league history, only twice have they won five in a row at home without conceding against an opponent – vs Coventry (1919 to 1937) and Wolves (1920 to 1958).
Wolves won their first four Premier League games against West Ham following their return to the division in 2018, but have since lost six of their last eight against the Hammers (W2).
West Ham have won their last six Premier League home games played on a Monday, netting 2+ goals each time. Their last such defeat was in December 2019 against Arsenal (1-3).
Each of Wolves’ last five Premier League games played on a Monday have come away from home (W2 D1 L2), with Gary O’Neil winless in his three such games in charge of the Wanderers (D1 L2).
West Ham have conceded 71 goals in 33 Premier League games so far in 2024 – it’s their most league goals conceded in a single calendar year since 1976 (73 in 38 games).
Wolves have won four of their last six Premier League games in London (L2) after going winless in 14 straight such away trips between February 2022 and December 2023 (D3 L11).
Wolves have conceded more goals than any other Premier League side this season, shipping 36 times in their 14 games. Their last two games have seen them lose 4-2 to Bournemouth and 4-0 to Everton – they last shipped 4+ goals in three consecutive league games in September 1985.
West Ham’s Julen Lopetegui will be just the second manager to face Wolves in the Premier League having previously managed the club in the competition after Nuno Espírito Santo (W1 D2); his only previous experience of this fixture saw him win 1-0 at home with Wolves against the Hammers in January 2023.
Against no side has West Ham United’s Jarrod Bowen scored more Premier League goals than Wolves (5 – level with Brentford) with four of his five strikes against them coming at home, also his joint-favourite opponent to face at the London Stadium in the competition.
In last season’s Premier League, Wolves’ José Sá had the best goals prevented numbers of any keeper based on Opta’s expected goals on target faced metric (8.2 – 65.2 xGoT faced, 57 goals conceded). Based on the same metric this season, the Portuguese has conceded five goals more than expected (16 xGoT faced, 21 goals conceded).
