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

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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

But ultimately, it finishes West Ham 2-1 Wolves. Bowen proved captain fantastic for his much-maligned coach Lopetegui, who may now live to fight another day. It was Bowen who swung in the corner for Soucek to head home the opener but Wolves fought back after a brilliant finish from Doherty, who met Ait-Nouri's excellent centre. Parity was restored for only two minutes, though, as Bowen shimmied his way past Guedes and bent a lovely finish into the bottom-right corner. And that proved enough for West Ham - whose xG of 1 was actually lower than Wolves' 1.44 - to take a big three points. O'Neil now is surely staring down the barrel of a gun with his Wolves side 19th and four points adrift of safety.

9 December 2024 21:59

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Yellow Card Mario René Junior Lemina

9 December 2024 21:58

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9 December 2024 21:58

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FULL-TIME: WEST HAM 2-1 WOLVES

9 December 2024 21:57

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9 December 2024 21:53

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Bowen is named Man of the Match and, given he has an assist and a goal to his name, it's easy to see why. But will those contributions be enough to win this game? There's still a little bit of time for Wolves...but not much!

9 December 2024 21:53

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Yellow Card Łukasz Marek Fabiański

9 December 2024 21:52

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Oooft close! Cresswell swings a lovely free-kick in from the left and it's a mistimed header from Soucek. He could have done better there given his prowess in the air.

9 December 2024 21:51

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Wolves need to make something happen quick here. They've pulled it back once, but they're running out of time.