West Ham United vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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West Ham United won back-to-back Premier League games for the first time this season when they came from behind to beat Fulham 3-1 at home in a London derby on Sunday.
Fulham took an early lead almost out of nothing when Andreas Pereira took the ball into West Ham’s box and blasted the ball from a tight angle past Lukasz Fabianski into the roof of the net.
Pereira quickly turned from hero to villain, however, when he fouled Craig Dawson in the box at a corner despite repeated warnings from the referee to keep his arms off the defender.
Jarrod Bowen dispatched the resulting penalty with aplomb as he sent Bernd Leno, who had just made a superb double save, the wrong way.
West Ham were slow to up the tempo with Fulham content to sit back but Gianluca Scamacca gave the home side the lead just after the hour mark when he deftly controlled Lucas Paqueta’s lob before applying a cool finish.
Michail Antonio came off the bench and wrapped up the win in stoppage time when he profited from a defensive mix-up between Leno and defender Tim Ream.
West Ham United vs Fulham
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Neeskans Kebano, Tosin Adarabioyo, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson; Harrison Reed, Joao Palhinha; Daniel James, Andreas Pereira, Bobby De Cordova-Reid; Carlos Vinicius.
West Ham United vs Fulham
WEST HAM SUBS: Ben Johnson, Vladimir Coufal, Michail Antonio, Manuel Lanzini, Flynn Downes, Alphonse Areola, Angelo Ogbonna, Said Benrahma, Emerson.
West Ham United vs Fulham
WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Lukasz Fabianski; Thilo Kehrer, Craig Dawson, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell; Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice; Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Pablo Fornals; Gianluca Scamacca.
West Ham United vs Fulham
Fulham had a day to forget in their last outing against Newcastle United. The Cottagers were reduced to 10 men inside the opening 10 minutes when Nathaniel Chalobah was dismissed. It only went downhill from there against a rampant Newcastle as Marco Silva's men suffered a 4-1 defeat. To make matters worse, Aleksandar Mitrovic was forced off with an injury, leaving Fulham without their key man in the final third. They face a challenge to respond to their setback this afternoon.
West Ham United vs Fulham
West Ham bounced back from successive Premier League defeats in their last league outing to defeat Wolves 2-0 on home soil. David Moyes' will be looking for his team to build momentum in their campaign after a sluggish start. The Hammers were impressive during the week to defeat Anderlecht in the Europa Conference League, delivering a 1-0 win on the road. It could be the start of a bright run of form for West Ham before the break for the World Cup.
West Ham United vs Fulham
Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the Premier League clash between West Ham United and Fulham at London Stadium.
West Ham vs Fulham team news: No Mitrovic as Scamacca starts
West Ham: Fabianski, Kehrer, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Fornals, Scamacca
Subs: Johnson, Coufal, Antonio, Lanzini, Downes, Areola, Ogbonna, Benrahma, Emerson Palmieri
Fulham: Leno, Kebano, Adarabioyo, Ream, Antonee Robinson, Reed, Joao Palhinha, James, Andreas Pereira, Reid, Vinicius
Subs: Rodak, Duffy, Wilson, Cairney, Onomah, Mbabu, Diop, Harris, Godo
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