West Ham United 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Scamacca’s first Premier League goal helps hosts claim valuable win

Gianluca Scamacca’s first Premier League goal set West Ham on their technique to a snug victory over fellow early-season strugglers Wolves.

It delivered the Hammers’ first goal previous to half-time this time period and laid the platform for a valuable win that strikes David Moyes’ aspect out of the underside three and as much as fifteenth within the desk.

Prior to Scamacca’s second of inspiration there had been few moments of attacking aptitude on show from both aspect who initially lived as much as their billing because the joint-lowest scorers within the division.

Wolves, who misplaced Pedro Neto to a first-half harm went additional behind when Jarrod Bowen drove a low effort previous Jose Sa after the ball looped into his path.

The customer’s finest alternative fell to substitute Diego Costa, however the former Chelsea ahead headed simply extensive from a teasing Adama Traore cross.

Costa, that includes in his first aggressive sport since December 2021 and first in English soccer since 21 May 2017, appeared comparatively sharp given his lengthy interval of inaction.

He regarded to have provided an help for Daniel Podence’s tap-in earlier than being judged to have run marginally offside.

Disappointingly for the visiting supporters that was the most effective their workforce may muster with Wolves slipping down the desk to 18th.

Hammers hit kind as Wolves’ woes proceed

While West Ham have received 4 occasions in European competitors this season, that kind has not been reproduced domestically.

However, a fixture towards a Wolves aspect who’ve now didn’t win of their final eight matches on their travels served up an ideal alternative for Moyes and his aspect to treatment some early-season issues.

Craig Dawson’s return in defence, alongside Kurt Zouma and the spectacular Thilo Kehrer, offered some added metal to ship a first clear sheet at residence since beating Wolves 1-0 in February.

Further up the pitch, Bowen was the right foil to Scamacca’s energy and capped a nice efficiency stuffed with elusive operating with a medical end as he opened his account within the league this season.

With their Portuguese contingent, Wolves turned the first Premier League aspect to start out a match with eight gamers from the identical non-English nationality.

Yet regardless of having fun with loads of possession it was acquainted story of woe for Bruno Lage’s aspect who had been as soon as once more toothless within the closing third.

While Wolves had 15 efforts on goal, solely 4 discovered the goal and none critically threatened to beat residence goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

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