YELLOW CARDpublished at 53 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Brentford defender Mathias Jorgensen catches Lucas Paqueta with a high boot and gets shown a yellow card.
Summary
Bowen scores first senior hat-trick as West Ham beat Brentford in Premier League
Emerson added fourth for Hammers with stunning 25-yard strike
West Ham had lost each of past three games and were without win in 2024
Brentford now winless in three matches and remain 16th in table
YELLOW CARDpublished at 53 mins
Postpublished at 52 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Keane Lewis-Potter puts in a dangerous cross for Brentford and Ivan Toney times his header all wrong, not even making contact with the ball.
Postpublished at 21:09 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Not sure who the second player was getting ready but he's back down too now.
Postpublished at 51 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Ben Mee is back on, looking pretty uncomfortable.
Postpublished at 50 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Play is back under way. Vitaly Janelt puts his bib back on, Brentford are obviously going to see if Ben Mee can recover.
Postpublished at 21:08 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Brentford are getting two subs ready. I know Ben Mee is good but he's not two players good.
Postpublished at 48 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Brentford defender Ben Mee is down injured after sliding in on Mohammed Kudus. The physios are on.
Postpublished at 21:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
The Sky cameras picked up an argument between West Ham coach Kevin Nolan and Brentford forward Neal Maupay at half-time. Maupay is always in the middle of these things.
Postpublished at 47 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
James Ward-Prowse swings in the free-kick but referee Simon Hooper see something he doesn't like in the box so gives Brentford a free-kick.
Postpublished at 46 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Lucas Paqueta is fouled by Neal Maupay about 20 seconds into the half.
KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
The second half begins. Can West Ham end this long winless run?
Postpublished at 20:58 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
West Ham had 14 shots in the first half, their most in the opening 45 minutes of a Premier League game since December 2016 against Burnley.
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Brentford have lost their last five Premier league games when behind at half-time, since that Hammers game.
Postpublished at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
West Ham are unbeaten in their last three Premier League matches when leading at half-time, going back to... their last game against Brentford.
The Bees came back to win that one 3-2 on 4 November.
Postpublished at 20:53 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
West Ham are leading a Premier League home match at half-time for the first time since 17 December against Wolves.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:48 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Jarrod Bowen's early double has West Ham ahead at the break.
Postpublished at 45+2 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Ivan Toney six yards out. Surely 2-2? No, he somehow shoots wide, and is offside anyway so a late flag pops up.
INJURY TIMEpublished at 45 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
Three minutes added on.
Postpublished at 45 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
It's a great inswinging cross from JWP and Tomas Soucek hooks a volley over from six yards out.
Then the whistle goes, Soucek was offside.
Postpublished at 44 mins
West Ham 2-1 Brentford
West Ham have a free-kick on the left wing. James Ward-Prowse stands over it.