Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 West Ham United: James Ward-Prowse scores first goal for Hammers

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James Ward-Prowse scores West Ham's opener

West Ham United continued their unbeaten Premier League commencement by stunning Brighton with a objective counter-attacking show arsenic James Ward-Prowse scored his archetypal Hammers goal.

The Hammers' summertime signing tapped successful from 2 yards retired successful the 19th infinitesimal aft bully enactment from Michail Antonio.

Jarrod Bowen added a 2nd for the visitors successful the 58th minute, bringing down Said Benrahma's transverse earlier poking the shot into the corner.

And though Brighton continually dominated possession and territory, Bowen acceptable up Antonio to drill a changeable into the country for the distant side's 3rd successful the 63rd minute.

The Seagulls scored a precocious consolation extremity erstwhile Pascal Gross' thrust effort recovered the acold corner, but David Moyes' men survived a precocious surge of Brighton unit to connected to victory.

The triumph means West Ham extremity the time apical of the Premier League connected goals scored, beating Brighton successful the apical formation for the archetypal clip successful 13 attempts.

Ward-Prowse drives ruthless West Ham

West Ham person made an fantabulous start, backing up their triumph implicit Chelsea past play with a ruthless show successful Sussex.

Incredibly, the visitors' 31 palmy passes successful the archetypal fractional was the lowest full reached by a Premier League broadside since November 2006, erstwhile Watford had 30 against Portsmouth.

But they inactive went up done Ward-Prowse, who bundled Antonio's transverse implicit the enactment aft Lewis Dunk was caught successful possession.

It was Ward-Prowse's 3rd extremity engagement successful conscionable his 2nd crippled for the Hammers having joined from boyhood nine Southampton this summertime for astir £30m.

As Brighton pushed aft the restart West Ham exploited the abstraction their players near behind, and Bowen brilliantly controlled Benrahma's cross-field shot successful a counter-attack earlier uncovering the bottommost corner.

Five minutes aboriginal the 3 points were wrapped up acknowledgment to Antonio's good decorativeness and creating abstraction for himself. The Jamaica planetary astir added a 4th successful the closing stages but prodded a changeable implicit erstwhile done connected goal.

Ward-Prowse besides had a accidental to adhd a 4th precocious on, seeing his changeable from a tight-angle saved and the rebound disconnected a Brighton defender and connected to the transverse bar.

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Squad number1Player nameVerbruggen
Squad number6Player nameMilner
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number11Player nameGilmour
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number28Player nameFerguson

Squad number9Player nameJoão Pedro
Squad number14Player nameLallana
Squad number24Player nameAdingra
Squad number34Player nameVeltman

West Ham United

Squad number23Player nameAreola
Squad number5Player nameCoufal
Squad number4Player nameZouma
Squad number21Player nameOgbonna
Squad number33Player nameEmerson
Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
Squad number20Player nameBowen
Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Squad number7Player nameWard-Prowse
Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá
Squad number9Player nameAntonio

Squad number8Player nameFornals
Squad number18Player nameIngs
Squad number22Player nameBenrahma
Squad number24Player nameKehrer

Line-ups

Brighton

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Verbruggen
6MilnerSubstituted forVeltmanat 72'minutes
4Webster
5Dunk
30Estupiñán
13Groß
11GilmourSubstituted forLallanaat 60'minutes
7MarchSubstituted forAdingraat 72'minutes
18WelbeckSubstituted forJoão Pedroat 60'minutes
22MitomaBooked astatine 88mins
28Ferguson

Substitutes

3dos Santos de Paulo
8Dahoud
9João Pedro
14Lallana
23Steele
24Adingra
29van Hecke
34Veltman
40Buonanotte

West Ham

Formation 4-1-4-1

23Areola
5Coufal
4Zouma
21Ogbonna
33Emerson
19ÁlvarezBooked astatine 45minsSubstituted forFornalsat 84'minutes
20Bowen
28SoucekSubstituted forBenrahmaat 39'minutes
7Ward-ProwseBooked astatine 24mins
10Lucas PaquetáSubstituted forIngsat 85'minutes
9AntonioSubstituted forKehrerat 79'minutesBooked astatine 89mins

Substitutes

1Fabianski
2Johnson
3Cresswell
8Fornals
17Cornet
18Ings
22Benrahma
24Kehrer
45Mubama

Live Text

Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, West Ham United 3.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, West Ham United 3.
Attempt saved. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emerson with a done ball.
Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Danny Ings.
Attempt blocked. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
Attempt saved. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United).
Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
Attempt saved. Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by João Pedro with a cross.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
Substitution, West Ham United. Danny Ings replaces Lucas Paquetá.
Substitution, West Ham United. Pablo Fornals replaces Edson Álvarez.

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