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

  1. Team news - Paqueta returns for Hammerspublished at 19:02 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February

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    West Ham playmaker Lucas Paqueta makes his first appearance since 7 January after recovering from a calf injury.

    Kalvin Phillips misses out as he serves a one-match ban after being sent off for two bookable offences at Nottingham Forest.

    Konstantinos Mavropanos and Tomas Soucek both come back in having been on the bench against Forest.

    West Ham XI: Areola, Coufal, Zouma, Mavropanos, Emerson Palmieri, Soucek, Alvarez, Lucas Paqueta, Ward-Prowse, Kudus, Bowen.

    Subs: Fabianski, Johnson, Antonio, Ings, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Mubama, Scarles, Earthy.

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    Brentford make three changes to the side that narrowly lost to Manchester City last time out.

    Neal Maupay, Mathias Jensen and Keane Lewis-Potter all come into the first XI.

    Brentford XI: Flekken, Jorgensen, Ajer, Mee, Lewis-Potter, Onyeka, Norgaard, Jensen, Reguilon, Toney, Maupay.

    Subs: Wissa, Ghoddos, Strakosha, Collins, Damsgaard, Baptiste, Janelt, Roerslev, Yarmolyuk.

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  2. Postpublished at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February

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    Jamie Carragher
    Former Liverpool defender on Sky Sports

    David Moyes has done a brilliant job at West Ham but I think it's time for him to move on in the summer.

  3. Postpublished at 18:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February

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    There could be a strange atmosphere today.

    This is West Ham's first home game since the 6-0 thrashing by Arsenal - a match which saw thousands of fans stream out very early indeed.

    Boss David Moyes is under pressure from some sections of the fanbase.

  4. Everton points deduction reducedpublished at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February

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    Brentford have slipped down a place in the Premier League today and that's because of the big Everton news.

    The Toffees' penalty for breaching Premier League financial rules has been reduced from 10 points to six after an appeal.

    The reduction lifts them from 17th to 15th - with the Bees now 16th.

    However Everton, and relegation rivals Nottingham Forest, could still face point deductions later this season.

    Read more here.

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    Everton points deduction: Rob Edwards and Nuno Espirito Santo react

  5. Postpublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February

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    Hello and welcome to live text commentary of tonight's Premier League London derby between the Hammers and the Bees.

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