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Commentary

4¹ A header by VAN BOMMEL at the near post was easily collected by BACKHAUS. 6¹ A wonderful save prevented JAMES from scoring a great goal. 8¹ DEWSBURY-HALL hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area. 9¹ A corner bobbled toward DE PAUL who nodded an effort over. 13¹ Uncertainty in the West Ham United defence enabled SAMUEL COSTA to crack an effort over the bar. 17¹ GOAL!! A long ball from FABINHO had the Preston North End defence back-pedalling and GOSENS made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (1-0 West Ham United) 23¹ GOAL!! After DEWSBURY-HALL was bundled over the referee waved play-on and VAN BOMMEL went on to easily score. (1-1) 27¹ A twenty yard drive from GOSENS caused the 'keeper no problem. 28¹ ANDRICH beat GOSENS and blasted the ball to RASPADORI who hit his shot wide. 31¹ VAN BOMMEL poked a simple chance past the righthand post. 34¹ A accurate pass found GOSENS and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide. 37¹ A header from GOSENS was kicked off the line by DOUÉ. 40¹ GOAL!! West Ham United's HUTCHINSON beat four defenders before firing just inside the Preston North End 'keeper's near post. (2-1 West Ham United) 0² RASPADORI was put clear by DEWSBURY-HALL and he nutmegged BACKHAUS but rammed his shot wide. 1² GOAL!! A great solo effort from LAPORTE who beat four defenders before rocketing the ball into the top corner. (2-2) 3² DEWSBURY-HALL floated the ball to VAN BOMMEL who flicked it over the bar. 8² The West Ham United 'keeper saved a curling effort from VAN BOMMEL. 14² GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was skillfully stroked into the net by VAN BOMMEL. (3-2 Preston North End) 24² The referee yellow cards VAN BOMMEL for violent conduct against NEYMAR. 34² A poor tackle on FABINHO by ANDRICH results in a booking. 36² A poor shot from ÁLVARO SANZ rolled agonisingly wide. 41² The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from GOSENS.

West Ham United   League position: 19 Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: LXLLWLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Mio BACKHAUS 5½ 1 6  UGURCAN Çakir Lukas KLOSTERMANN 7½ 2 6½ JAVI LÓPEZ (c)David ALABA 6  3 8  Aymeric LAPORTE(c) Rodrigo DE PAUL 8  4 7  Marco FRIEDL Emre CAN 7½ 5 7  Guéla DOUÉ FABINHO 6½ 6 6½ Robert ANDRICH Omari HUTCHINSON 8  7 6½ Daniel JAMES Robin GOSENS 6½ 8 7  Kiernan DEWSBURY-HALL(f) (p)Charlie HUGHES 5½ 9 6½ Giacomo RASPADORI(p) (f)ISI PALAZÓN 7  10 7  SAMUEL Almeida COSTA NEYMAR da Silva 5½ 11 7½ Ruben VAN BOMMEL Manager Joe Connelly Matteo PESSINA    12    Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS ÁLVARO SANZ Catalán 8  13    Soungoutou MAGASSA SERGIO CAMELLO Pérez    14 6  Lewis MILEY Presnel KIMPEMBE    15 7½ Oscar BOBB KAIO Jorge    16    Emmanuel LATTE LATH

Preston North End   League position: 8 Away league form: LWLX Overall league form: WWLLWWLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

West Ham United 2 Preston North End 3 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 39,923, Stadium: London Stadium, Referee: Jirí Lerch 7½) Gosens 17¹, Hutchinson 40¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession van Bommel 23¹, Laporte 1², van Bommel 14² AlabaóÁlvaro Sanz 2² JamesóBobb 30², Samuel CostaóMiley 30²       van Bommel 24², Andrich 34² 2 3 5 10 1 3 5 6 8 10 13 16 3 2 53% 47% ¶ Man of the match: Aymeric Laporte ¶