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West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Follow all the action from London Stadium

Luke Baker
Monday 09 December 2024 13:00 EST
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A general view of London Stadium
A general view of London Stadium (Getty)

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.

9 December 2024 20:05

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.

9 December 2024 20:03

West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Referee John Brooks blows his whistle and we are underway at the London Stadium!

9 December 2024 20:01

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!

9 December 2024 19:57

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

9 December 2024 19:11

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.

9 December 2024 19:07

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

9 December 2024 19:05

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

9 December 2024 19:04

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

9 December 2024 19:03

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.

9 December 2024 18:37

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