West Ham hit six past Wrexham as crowd record falls at London Stadium | OneFootball

West Ham thrashed Wrexham 6-0 at the London Stadium, six different scorers powering the promotion hopefuls back to the top. The visitors still set a club attendance record.

Anthony Patterson tipped a Jarrod Bowen effort onto the bar early on, but Bowen struck on 29 minutes from Morato’s low cross. According to NY Times, the contest became one-way traffic.

After Konstantinos Mavropanos blocked George Dobson’s drive, Taty Castellanos teed up Joel Piroe to sweep in the second. Just after the break Mavropanos headed a third, his effort squirming under Patterson.

Having defended a set piece, Kyle Walker-Peters surged upfield and slid in Castellanos, who finished on 63 minutes. Mohamadou Kante drilled a left-footed fifth from a Manor Solomon lofted pass, then Solomon added the sixth with seven minutes left.

Retaining Mavropanos looks invaluable, the Greece international a menace at set pieces and part of a back line that claimed only West Ham’s second clean sheet in nine. Nuno Espirito Santo made shutting out Wrexham a pre-match priority, and his side did so while scoring freely.

The attendance was announced as 59,712, with EFL clubs counting paying customers rather than turnstile entries, and there were empty white seats. Those absent missed West Ham ending an anomaly in this fixture, which had previously favoured the Welsh club.

For Phil Parkinson’s side it was chastening, having conceded just once in their previous three away games. This was their worst defeat since 5-0 at Stockport in September 2023 and the heaviest of his reign.

Source: NY Times

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