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Commentary

1¹ An exceptional effort from VANAT scraped the top of the crossbar. 5¹ A right foot effort from VANAT was pushed round the post by KARIUS. 10¹ GOAL!! A mishit goal-kick was intercepted by COQUELIN who setup LEES-MELOU with a simple chance. (1-0 West Ham United) 12¹ A corner fell to OSMAJIC who fired the ball inches wide. 14¹ GOAL!! A delightful dummy from MAYULU allowed OSMAJIC to lay a lovely ball off to HÉLDER COSTA who rammed the ball into the net. (1-1) 20¹ A header by VANAT at the far post was comfortably collected by KARIUS. 21¹ MAYULU scuffed an easy chance. 22¹ The hapless West Ham United 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BYRAM dropped just wide. 28¹ The Rochdale 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from COQUELIN. 31¹ HÉLDER COSTA ran onto a delightful ball from MAYULU but fired his shot wide. 36¹ ASORO waltzed round HUGHES and stabbed a poor shot over. 44¹ GOAL!! Unlucky VANAT hit the crossbar before LEES-MELOU stabbed the ball home as MAYULU failed to clear. (2-1 West Ham United) 46¹ HÉLDER COSTA chipped the ball to DAVID COSTAS who touched it just beyond the near post. 48¹ The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from VAN AANHOLT. 0² A late tackle on LEES-MELOU by LEVITT results in a booking. 3² A penalty box meleé resulted in HÉLDER COSTA tapping a low shot wide. 5² A free-kick from HÉLDER COSTA went over. 6² GOAL!! An inswinging corner was hoofed clear only for VANAT to hammer the ball home. (3-1 West Ham United) 10² HÉLDER COSTA kicked the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area. 12² PEARSON beat two Rochdale players and thundered a golden opportunity just beyond the far post. 27² HUGHES was put clear by WEIMANN and he turned the West Ham United 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post. 37² A shot from RODRIGO FERNANDES was smothered by the West Ham United 'keeper. 45² A tame strike from HULK bounced agonisingly wide.

West Ham United   League position: 14 Home league form: LWLX Overall league form: LWLXLLXW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups David BUTTON 7  1 6½ Loris KARIUS(c) Sam BYRAM 7½ 2 8  MARTIM Moreira Patrick VAN AANHOLT 8½ 3 6  Andrew HUGHES Pierre LEES-MELOU 8  4 7  Senny MAYULU Matty PEARSON 7½ 5 6  DAVID COSTAS Cordal Charlie TAYLOR 6½ 6 6  Jetro WILLEMS Francis COQUELIN 5½ 7 6  RODRIGO Francisco FERNANDES (c)HULK 8½ 8 7½ HÉLDER Wander COSTA (p)Vladyslav VANAT 6½ 9 6½ Milutin OSMAJIC(p) (f)Andriy YARMOLENKO 6½ 10 5½ Dylan LEVITT(f) Joel ASORO 6  11 5½ Andreas WEIMANN Manager Albert RUSNÁK    12    Naoufal BANNIS Zan VIPOTNIK 6½ 13    Ethan HORVATH GONÇALO Bento CARDOSO 6  14    Jay DASILVA Erik THOMMY    15    Sam BELL Ibrahima MBAYE    16 6  Umaro EMBALÓ

Rochdale   League position: 18 Away league form: WXLX Overall league form: LWLXLLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

West Ham United 3 Rochdale 1 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 26,247, Stadium: London Stadium, Referee: Lee Probert 7½) Lees-Melou 10¹, Lees-Melou 44¹, Vanat 6² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Hélder Costa 14¹ CoquelinóVipotnik 23², VanatóGonçalo Cardoso 37² OsmajicóEmbaló 21²       Levitt 0² 1 1 3 19 0 0 7 2 4 9 11 11 3 1 57% 43% ¶ Man of the match: Patrick van Aanholt ¶