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West Ham currently 14th in table Soucek loops header into net for opener before Doherty levels Bowen restores lead with fine solo effort Win would lift Wolves to within a point of safety Both managers under heavy pressure Tributes paid to Michail Antonio Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Michael Emons #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Gary O’Neill’s face tells you everything you need to know about the likely event to come. Nick, Kent FT: West Ham 2-1 Wolves Andy Hinchcliffe Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports It must have been the most pressurised game Julen Lopetegui has coached in his career. It is a huge three points in his season and also West Ham's season. West Ham 2-1 Wolves Mario Lemina and Jarrod Bowen are involved in an altercation in the centre circle, just after the final whistle. Players from both sides get involved. West Ham 2-1 Wolves Into the ninth minute of added time. West Ham 2-1 Wolves One last opportunity for Wolves. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde shoots well wide. West Ham 2-1 Wolves Andy Hinchcliffe Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui has Jarrod Bowen to thank tonight. He's scored one and assisted one. He has been the difference in this game. West Ham 2-1 Wolves Wolves get a free-kick, Tommy Doyle's delivery finds the head of Mario Lemina and wide it goes. That could be their last chance gone. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) I'm not a fan of either team (Brighton supporter) but Gary O'Neil has been robbed blind by VAR tonight. Should have had two penalties to Wolves and Bowen's goal arguably came after a foul too. Andy S, Brighton West Ham 2-1 Wolves Aaron Cresswell swings in a free-kick, but Tomas Soucek, who opened the scoring, gave his marker a shove before heading tamely wide. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) This is like the Everton v Forest game last season where we had three clear pens not given. Maybe Wolves will send a tweet this time. Graham, Southampton West Ham 2-1 Wolves Henry Moeran Radio 5 Live commentator at the London Stadium Defeat likely, or possibly spelling the end of their times in charge, so at the moment Lopetegui will be the man that will be much happier of the two. West Ham 2-1 Wolves Eight minutes of additional time. West Ham not there yet. Hope for Wolves. West Ham 2-1 Wolves Time running out for Wolves. Is time running out for Gary O'Neil? #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) What a truly woeful decision from VAR. That is a stone cold penalty every single day of the week. What does he have to do? Throw himself to the floor dramatically? ! A foul is a foul! Tim West Ham 2-1 Wolves Mohammed Kudus puts the ball into the net for West Ham but always looked offside and was. West Ham 2-1 Wolves Andy Hinchcliffe Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports It was a completely unnecessary challenge from Konstantinos Mavropanos. He's so lucky to get away with it. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Cannot see Mourinho in the Championship Reece Steve (Sussex) West Ham 2-1 Wolves Konstantinos Mavropanos had trod on the foot of Jean-Ricner Bellegarde before Tommy Doyle's chance. It was checked by VAR and we've definitely seen penalties given for that. Not this time though. West Ham again a touch fortunate to not concede a spot kick. West Ham 2-1 Wolves That should be 2-2. But instead it goes miles over the top. A great chance for Wolves and it fell to Tommy Doyle after Matheus Cunha had again created something. Match report to appear here. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed-in to a BBC account to play. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 9th December 2024 at 21: 58 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. 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 Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions 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 x Go T faced, 57 goals conceded). Based on the same metric this season, the Portuguese has conceded five goals more than expected (16 x Go T faced, 21 goals conceded). © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.