West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Wolverhampton Wanderers today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
There's a brief break in play here after Mavropanos goes up for a header but catches the face of Cunha. He looks to be okay but that one will have stung a little.
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Both teams are just sort of feeling each other out in the early stages, neither side has managed to put together a decent passage of play thus far.
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Referee John Brooks blows his whistle and we are underway at the London Stadium!
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
The players are entering to the pitch as "Forever Blowing Bubbles" plays out over the speaker system. Kick-off is imminent in this one!
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Lukasz Fabianski; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Max Kilman, Konstantinos Mavrapanos, Emerson Palmieri; Edson Alvarez, Tomas Soucek; Mohammed Kudus, Carlos Soler, Crysencio Summerville; Jarrod Bowen
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lopetegui opts to make two changes to the team that were beaten by Leicester with Emerson replacing Coufal, meaning Wan-Bissaka moves to the more familiar right-back role, and Summerville comes in for Ings. O'Neil opts to make three changes, including in goal as Johnstone returns between the sticks in place of Jose Sa - who doesn't even make the bench. Semedo returns from suspension, while Toti starts in a back three with Dawson - who scored two own goals in the Everton defeat - and Guedes on the bench.
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
WOLVES SUBS: Hwang Hee-Chan, Craig Dawson, Rodrigo Gomes, Tommy Doyle, Dan Bentley, Carlos Forbs, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Gonçalo Guedes, Pedro Lima
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
WEST HAM SUBS: Alphonse Areola, Aaron Cresswell, Vladimir Coufal, Lucas Paqueta, Niclas Fullkrug, Luis Guilherme, Dany Ings, Guido Rodriguez, Jean-Clair Todibo
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
WOLVES (3-4-3): Sam Johnstone; Matt Doherty, Hugo Bueno, Toti; Nelson Semedo Andre, Mario Lemina, Rayan Ait-Nouri; Joao Gomes, Matheus Cunha, Jorgen Strand Larsen
West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Things are even worse for the main in the opposing dugout this evening. Gary O'Neil's Wolves are 19th in the table having accumulated just nine points thus far and suffered a humbling 4-0 loss at fellow strugglers Everton last time out. The stakes could hard be any higher for both coaches in this Monday Night Football encounter.
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