⏮️ Brentford pile misery on sorry West Ham with impressive win | OneFootball

FULL TIME! WEST HAM 0-2 BRENTFORD

A hugely impressive and dominant performance from Brentford, who seal their first away points of the season.

Nuno loses his first home game in charge of West Ham, who have now lost all four games at the London Stadium this season - the first time that has happened in their history.

A great night for Keith Andrews, who gets his first away league win as a manager.

The Irons look in real trouble.

GOAL! GAME OVER!

Brentford seal the points in the dying moments of added time with a fine second.

Mathis Jensen puts an emphatic exclamation mark on an excellent display from the Bees, hammering the ball into the top net from a cut back.

Lucas Paquetá smashes a volley miles over the bar and that might be that.

Fans have streamed out of the London Stadium with four minutes of added time to go.

Konstantinos Mavropanos can barely walk here and is carted off with West Ham now down to 10 men.

Tonight could have gone worse for the Irons given it's just 1-0, but not by much.

Keane Lewis-Potter almost bends one into the top corner.

Brentford should have scored at least five goals tonight but it's still only 1-0.

West Ham don't look like scoring but while there's time left, there's a chance.

Thiago tests Areola at his near post.

The Brazilian has been a real handful tonight and looks like the player Brentford signed last summer for a then-record club fee.

He was injured for large parts of his debut season but it's now five goals in eight league games this season.

10 minutes left for West Ham to rescue a totally undeserved point.

Keith Andrews is close to his first away league win as a manager.

Summerville finds Bowen but the West Ham skipper fires wildly over and wide with his right foot.

It would be typical if West Ham snatch a result here.

Souček is off and Guido Rodriguez is on, which means Callum Wilson won't get on tonight.

A strange situation considering the need for a goal.

OFF THE BAR!

How are Brentford not out of sight????

Schade crashes a header onto the bar from six yards out after powerfully meeting a cross.

Andy Irving is off with Callum Marshall on, rather than Callum Wilson.

Interesting.

It's back to all Brentford, who continue to threaten from corners.

Sepp van der Berg misses a free header from their latest.

Will they live to rue this?

The Irons have been a bit better - not a hard task - but Damsgaard forces Areola into a save with a low drive across the box.

A second Brentford goal would probably seal the win, even with plenty left on the clock.

BACK UNDERWAY!

Can West Ham do anything here?

Nuno has made three subs to try and stem the flow with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, El Hadji Malick Diouf and Konstantinos Mavropanos on for Kyle Walker-Peters, Ollie Scarles and Mateus Fernandes.

HALF TIME!

It's been dominance from the Bees but it is still only 1-0.

Boos ring around the London Stadium unsurprisingly.

GOAL RULED OUT FOR BRENTFORD!

Brentford thought they had the second their dominance has deserved right before the half-time whistle.

It was fine finish from Thiago, who latches onto Damsgaard's through ball to loft the ball over Areola but the Brazilian is ruled just offside after a VAR check.

Huge let off for West Ham at the end of the half.

Bowen - who else - tests Kelleher with a smart low shot.

That's West Ham's first shot on target.

This has been as one-sided a half you will have seen all season.

West Ham started brightly but it's been one way traffic for the last 30 minutes.

GOAL! AT LONG LAST!

Brentford finally take a fully deserved lead through Igor Thiago.

It's a long ball that goes straight past the West Ham midfield and into Kevin Schade.

He just about gets the ball under control and plays it to the striker who finishes with the aid of hands from Areola.

West Ham just about survive Brentford's seventh corner of the half.

The Bees have dominated every single statistic bar the one that matters most.

West Ham need to get to half-time while Brentford might live to regret all these missed chances.

BIG MISS!

Brentford should be two or three goals to the good.

Ouattara heads wide with a free header at a corner, which are causing West Ham all sorts of trouble just as they did when Graham Potter was in charge.

West Ham haven't won a home league game since February against soon-to-be relegated Leicester City, and don't look like ending that rotten run here.

Eight attempts in the last five minutes for the Bees...

AND AGAIN!

How are Brentford not in front?

Ouattarra's header from a corner looks to be going in but Bowen gets the slightest touch on it.

West Ham on the ropes here.

AND ANOTHER ONE!

It's another cross that causes West Ham problems.

Mikkel Damsgaard rises highest and almost heads the ball into the far corner but Areola gets a hand to it.

Brentford are looking very dangerous right now.

HUGE CHANCE!

Igor Thiago should really score here.

Ouattara nods a cross into his path but the striker hits the top of the bar from point blank range.

Crysencio Summerville goes down in the box under pressure from Yehor Yarmolyuk but appeals for a penalty are rightly waved away.

Tomáš Souček clashed heads with Dango Ouattara at that throw in and is getting bandaged up with blood streaming down his face.

Kayode's first long throw arrows into the box and Alphonso Areola just about punches it away.

That's likely to be a theme of the game.

It's been a lively start here from both sides but that bit of quality is lacking.

No surprise given these two side's respective positions in the table.

Jarrod Bowen fires just wide of Caoimhín Kelleher's post with a shot-cum-cross.

West Ham are looking to get the ball forward quickly at every opportunity.

Kevin Schade has had three half-openings in the first 10 minutes here.

He's up against youngster Ollie Scarles on the flank, and it looks like the Bess are targeting that side.

Brentford's Michael Kayode is down receiving treatment but looks like he'll be able to continue.

He's their long throw specialist so could be key here.

Good start from West Ham, who have already had three corners.

KICK OFF!

And we're underway in what already looks like a relegation six pointer.

Moments away from kick off at a somewhat empty London Stadium amid a fan boycott.

That tells you enough about what the West Ham fans think of the club's ownership.

And here's the Bees, who make just one change.

Record signing Dango Ouattara is in for Aaron Hickey.

Here are the teams, starting with the hosts.

Nuno makes five changes to his side with 19-year-old full-back Ollie Scarles, Jean-Clair Todibo, Kyle Walker-Peters, Tomas Soucek (back after a three-game ban) and Andy Irving all coming in.

Brentford do have a fine record against West Ham, though, having won six of the eight meetings since promotion in 2021.

That includes a 1-0 away at the London Stadium in February.

The Irons are languishing in 19th position, three points behind Brentford who have struggled so far this season after a summer of huge upheaval.

Keith Andrews has yet to earn a point away from the Gtech Stadium, losing all three games, meaning something must give tonight.

He'll be looking to lead West Ham to their first home league win of the season with their only victory coming away to Nottingham Forest, who were then ironically managed by the Portuguese manager.

In fact, they've lost all three of their home games, and all to London sides....

It's Nuno Espírito Santo's first home game with the Irons after taking over at the end of September.

He has so far earned a point from his two away games, drawing at Everton before losing at Arsenal prior to the international break.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of tonight's Premier League clash between West Ham and Brentford at the London Stadium.