⏪ Leeds hang on for Elland Road win against struggling West Ham | OneFootball

Former West Ham favorite Rob Green has given his thoughts on the Hammers' struggles in defending set-pieces this season.

More bad news for Nuno and company.

The Hammers continue to struggle, however, with the club's only three-point haul of the 2025-26 campaign coming against Nuno before his dismissal from his previous post at Nottingham Forest.

They won 3-0 at the City Ground that day.

Leeds are up to 13th and within touching distance of the top half of the table. The fans will be headed home in good spirits from the club's famous ground.

FULL-TIME

Leeds hang on to bank all three points on home soil against a struggling West Ham, who are fully in an early relegation battle in the 2025-26 Premier League season.

A late header from Mateus Fernandes was not enough to help the Hammers to any points on the night as first-half hits from Brenden Aaronson and Joe Rodon pushed Daniel Farke's men over the line tonight.

West Ham are back in it!

A brilliantly flicked header from Mateus Fernandes, who got just enough on the end of a ball into the box from Jarrod Bowen, gets the Hammers on the scoresheet!

Further changes from Nuno as the Hammers look to battle back into proceedings

Off the bar!!

Aaronson rattles the woodwork after his rifled effort deflects up and over Areola and out for a corner, which ultimately amounts to nothing.

It's half-time in Yorkshire, and Leeds are coasting at Elland Road.

Farke could not have dreamed up a better opening 45 minutes of football.

Just wide from Okafor there, with the Swiss international coming close to making it 3-0 on the night with a curled effort into the far corner.

Leeds look confident heading into the break amid 13 minutes of added time.

And now we have an early change for Leeds, with Gabriel Gudmundsson limping off the Elland Road pitch. He's been replaced by James Justin.

West Ham denied a pathway back into tonight's contest after Lucas Paquetá thought he had slammed home at the near post to make it 2-1, but the Brazilian was judged to have been marginally offside in the end.

An unfortunate early change for the Hammers sees Callum Wilson replace Ollie Scarles.

Nuno and West Ham are in real trouble, not just tonight, but across the early weeks of the 2025-26 Premier League season.

GOAL! That's 2-0!

Joe Rodon pounces on West Ham's struggles with defending set pieces to head home to put the Whites in full control after less than 15 minutes of action!

Oh, and it's an early strike for the home side!

Leeds are 1-0 up inside the opening four minutes of action in front of home support, with USMNT midfielder Brenden Aaronson finishing from close range after Noah Okafor's header was initially saved well by Alphonse Areola.

A dream start for Leeds!

We're underway at Elland Road.

Will Nuno bank his first win for West Ham, or will Daniel Farke guide Leeds to all three points?

A moment of silence as both clubs and supporters pay respects to those who gave their lives in service during an early celebration of Remembrance Day ahead of kick-off.

If Leeds are looking for a pathway to goals this evening, they need look no further than this.

We're less than 30 minutes away from kick-off at Elland Road

It's a poor start to life for former Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo, who looks to bank his first win in Hammers colours tonight when they clash with Daniel Farke's Leeds United at Elland Road.

Here are the XIs for tonight's Premier League meeting: