Wolves ease past West Ham to keep up impressive campaign
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Your support makes all the difference.Marko Arnautovic marked his return to West Ham's team by getting injured and leaving Molineux on crutches after a 3-0 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Tuesday.
Arnautovic missed West Ham's last two games after he was tempted to accept a lucrative offer from a Chinese club. On Friday, he said he was staying at the London club and signed a new contract.
He was recalled by West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini but didn't finish the match after hobbling off in the 77th minute with a leg injury following a tackle from Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves. He was wearing a protective boot as he left the stadium.
Raul Jimenez's late double inspired Wolves to an ultimately comfortable victory after West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski threatened to frustrate the hosts.
Romain Saiss opened the scoring with a header from a corner in the 66th, before Jimenez took his tally to 12 goals for the season with strikes in the 80th and 86th minutes.
Wolves climbed to seventh place in the Premier League. West Ham lost three days after exiting the FA Cup at the hands of third-tier struggler AFC Wimbledon.
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PREVIEW
What time does it start?
Wolves vs West Ham kicks off at 7.45pm.
Where can I watch it?
The match will not be shown live in the UK. Highlights will be shown on Match of the Day at 10.20pm on Wednesday on BBC One.
It’s a big game for…
Lukasz Fabianski: The Polish goalkeeper has had a brilliant season in net for West Ham and, following their humbling at the weekend, his performance on Tuesday will be of even greater importance in helping the Hammers get back to winning ways.
Weird stat…
8: West Ham are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games played on a Tuesday.
Remember when…
Liam Brady scored a superb solo goal in West Ham’s 4-0 win over Wolves in May 1990.
Player to watch…
Diogo Jota: Jota has five goals in his last five Premier League games after failing to score in his first 13 appearances in the league and he will be hoping to keep this rich vein of form running.
Past three-meetings…
West Ham 0 Wolves 1 (Traore), Premier League, September 2018
West Ham 1 (Jelavic) Wolves 0, FA Cup, January 2016
West Ham 2 (Zubar OG, Sears) Wolves 0, Premier League, January 2011
Form guide…
Wolves: WLWLWD
West Ham: LDWWLL
Odds…
Wolves to win: 11/10
West Ham to win: 11/4
Draw: 5/2
(Odds provided by Betfair)
It took Manchester City only 24 seconds to open the scoring, but Newcastle have held firm since, one disallowed goal ruled out after Kevin De Bruyne was too hasty with a free kick notwithstanding.
The 7.45pm kick-offs have begun to resume after the half-time interval.
Another Fulham change - Luciano Vietto for Andre Schurrle.
GOAL! Fulham 1-2 Brighton (Calum Chambers, 47 minutes)
Fulham back in it!
Just what they needed. Calum Chambers scores his first Fulham goal in some fashion, hitting the ball sweetly on the volley and watching it fly into the top corner from the edge of the box.
Arsenal 0-0 Cardiff, 47 minutes
An offensive half-time change from Unai Emery, Alex Iwobi replacing Mohamed Elneny as Arsenal look to break the deadlock.
Fulham 1-2 Brighton, 54 minutes
Brighton resurging after their lead was halved.
Jurgen Locadia has his effort blocked and Dale Stephens goes close with a swerving volley.
Huddersfield 0-1 Everton, 55 minutes
A shame for Everton - captain Leighton Baines has picked up an injury and will have to go off.
Lucas Digne replaces him at left-back.
GOAL! Fulham 2-2 Brighton (Aleksandar Mitrovic, 58 minutes)
All square at Craven Cottage!
It is a scramble from a Fulham corner that sees Denis Odoi denied by a Brighton blocker on the line, and Aleksandar Mitrovic shows his goalscoring instincts to head home the bouncing ball.
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