Summary

  • West Ham only side without a point in Premier League

  • Arnautovic recovers from knee injury to start

  • Wolves without a win since Premier League return - have not won for 17 consecutive top-flight games

  1. YELLOW CARDpublished at 24 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    Ryan Fredericks marks his home debut with a yellow card for a clunky tackle from behind on Diogo Jota.

  2. Postpublished at 22 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    Ruben Neves is the latest player in old gold to take aim from outside the box, but yet again it's off-target, bouncing yards wide of the left-hand post.

    Ruben NevesImage source, Reuters
  3. Postpublished at 20 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    It's been exciting in parts so far, but there's been no goalmouth action as yet.

  4. Postpublished at 15 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    A ball pumped over the top towards Michail Antonio drops on the edge of the area, but Ryan Bennett shepherd it back to Rui Patricio.

    Seconds later at the other end, Raul Jimenez takes the ball down off his chest, speeds past Cresswell and fires the ball across the box, but it's too far in front of Diogo Jota.

  5. Postpublished at 12 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    Issa Diop gets away with one, the ball striking his hand on the outside edge of the box after he challenged Costa.

  6. CLOSE!published at 10 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    But that is much better from Doherty! He shoots on target from outside the box, after a lovely take-down and pass from Helder Costa, but Fabianski pushes the shot around his post for a corner.

    Aaron Cresswell and Matt DohertyImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 9 mins

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    Nice work from Diogo Jota is spoiled by Matt Doherty, whose cross from the right after he was found in space merely loops over into Fabianski's clutches.

    Matt DohertyImage source, Reuters
  8. Postpublished at 7 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    Wolves looked unsettled for a couple of minutes, and they're not scared to have a go when the chance comes with Joao Moutinho shooting wide from distance - but as yet Lukasz Fabianski has had nothing to worry about.

  9. CLOSE!published at 4 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    Felipe Anderson is given too much space on the edge of the box and drills in a low shot that Rui Patricio drops sharply to his right to parry, and he's then up quickly to hoof a rebound away.

    Good start by the hosts.

  10. Postpublished at 2 mins

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    Raul Jimenez takes the ball down off his chest nicely and fires off the game's first shot, a volley that bobbles well wide of the left post.

  11. Postpublished at 1 min

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    West Ham's Michail Antonio looks around in anger as the corner he felt was his in the opening 20 seconds is given as a goal kick. Two nice kits on display today, not too busy, nice and simple.

  12. KICK-OFFpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

    West Ham 0:0 Wolves

    And we're under way on a sunny afternoon in east London, with West Ham kicking off

  13. Nearly ready...published at 14:57 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

    West Ham v Wolves (15:00 BST)

    The teams emerge into the London Stadium sunlight, with the managers exchanging the usual pleasantries. Today's referee, Chris Kavanagh, is getting things together with kick-off moments away.

  14. Tale of two win-less clubspublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

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    Martin Fisher
    Match of the Day commentator

    It's early days but three consecutive defeats have West Ham fans worried again. It replicates their start to last season, which set the tone for a difficult campaign.

    Despite the arrival of a Premier League-winning manager over the summer and a host of new signings, things haven't yet clicked and familiar shortcomings remain.

    Wolves are also looking for their first win but are far more upbeat.

    Confidence, already high after breezing to the Championship title, was massively boosted by taking a point off Manchester City last week in a spirited display that oozed belief.

    West Ham's woes might continue for a while yet.

  15. Postpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

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    Stephen Warnock
    Ex-Liverpool defender on Final Score

    You have to instill confidence into players somehow.

    It was a huge result to win against AFC Wimbledon in the League Cup. They needed it.

  16. Compare and contrastpublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

    West Ham v Wolves (15:00 BST)

    Both sides are searching for their first Premier League win of the season, but while West Ham have yet to win a single point, Wolves have two and will be boosted by the 1-1 draw with champions Man City last weekend.

    Willy Boly scores for Wolves v man CityImage source, AFP
  17. Not so happy returnspublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

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    It's not been the kind of return to the Premier League that Manuel Pellegrini would have envisaged. The ex-Man City boss' new side have shipped nine goals in three outings so far, but the Chilean will be hoping that a midweek win over AFC Wimbledon in the Carabao Cup will have lifted spirits a bit.

    Manuel PellegriniImage source, Getty Images
  18. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

    West Ham v Wolves (15:00 BST)

    What do you make of today's line-ups? Send us your thoughts, as ever, to #bbcfootball or via text to 81111 (UK only - please include your name) - your theories, rants and opinions on anything to do with today are always welcome!

  19. Wolves unchanged, Arnautovic startspublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

    West Ham v Wolves (15:00 BST)

    The Hammers make just one change, with Aaron Cresswell replacing Arthur Masuaku, while Marko Arnautovic has shaken off a knee injury to be fit for kick-off.

    West Ham XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Balbuena, Diop, Cresswell, Snodgrass, Carlos Sanchez, Wilshere, Antonio, Anderson, Arnautovic.

    Subs: Adrian, Zabaleta, Obiang, Noble, Hernandez, Yarmolenko, Rice.

    West HamImage source, BBC Sport

    Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo names an unchanged side for the fourth Premier League match in a row.

    Wolves: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Joao Moutinho, Neves, Castro Otto, Helder Costa, Jota, Jimenez.

    Subs: Ruddy, Gibbs-White, Saiss, Vinagre, Hause, Bonatini, Traore.

    WolvesImage source, BBC Sport
  20. Good afternoonpublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 1 September 2018

    West Ham v Wolves (15:00 BST)

    Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of West Ham v Wolves. Without any further ado, let's take a look at today's team news.