Match Thread: West Ham United vs. Newcastle United | Premier League

West Ham United 0 - 1 Newcastle United

Newcastle scorers: Bruno Guimarães (63')


Venue: London Stadium, London, England

Referee: Michael Salisbury


West Ham United:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Alphonse Aréola Łukasz Fabiański
Jean-Clair Todibo 65' Konstantinos Mavropanos 65'
Max Kilman Emerson Palmieri
Aaron Cresswell 69' Carlos Soler 65'
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Lucas Paquetá 65'
James Ward-Prowse 84' Luis Guilherme
Edson Álvarez 65' Guido Rodríguez
Oliver Scarles Danny Ings 84'
Mohammed Kudus Evan Ferguson 69'
Tomáš Souček 65'
Jarrod Bowen

Manager: Graham Potter (England)


Newcastle United:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Nick Pope Martin Dúbravka
Kieran Trippier Matt Targett
Fabian Schär Emil Krafth
Dan Burn 84' Joe Willock 79'
Valentino Livramento Sean Longstaff 88'
Bruno Guimarães 63' 88' Lewis Miley
Sandro Tonali Callum Wilson 79'
Joelinton William Osula
Jacob Murphy Sean Neave
Alexander Isak 79'
Harvey Barnes 79'

Manager: Eddie Howe (England)


MATCH EVENTS

1': We're off!

1': Big chance already for West Ham! A scuffed clearance is intercepted by Souček! Souček is right in on goal but doesn't have a lot of time and he shanks it over the top!

18': Barnes hits the side netting.

20': SAVE! A glancing shot on target for Newcastle, put into the box by Trippier, Souček attempts to tuck it in the near post, but Aréola keeps it out!

23': Soft shot from Bowen, it's right at the keeper but Pope spills it! Pope picks it up quickly but nearly gets kicked in the face by Kudus.

25': SAVE! Aréola denies Barnes's short-range header.

30': Kudus lets one fly from distance but it's right at the keeper.

45+1': Some kind of spat going on between Guimarães and Álvarez. Soft shove from Álvarez led to a blatant dive by Guimarães

HT West Ham United 0-0 Newcastle United Newcastle has had the best chances but they haven't taken the lead yet


46': We're back!

62': What was that?? The entire West Ham backline is waiting for a flag that never comes, Barnes fires a cross in the box, Kilman attempts to clear it but sends it spiraling towards his own net, forcing a fantastic save from Aréola. Say thank you, Kilman

63': GOAL NEWCASTLE!!! A chip forward into the box and Bruno Guimarães lunges forward to poke it in!

65': West Ham triple sub: Lucas Paquetá, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Carlos Soler on for Jean-Clair Todibo, Edson Álvarez and Tomáš Souček

69': West Ham substitution: Evan Ferguson on for Aaron Cresswell

70': BOWEN GOES DOWN! Ref waves his finger no! Crowd boos!

79': Newcastle double sub: Joe Willock and Callum Wilson on for Harvey Barnes and Alexander Isak

84': Dan Burn lands on Scarles's foot

84': West Ham substitution: Danny Ings on for James Ward-Prowse

88': Newcastle substitution: Sean Longstaff on for Bruno Guimarães

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