Neves approaches the edge of the box before lashing a dipping strike wide. He had no interest in taking the ball to the corner.
90' +3
D. Rice gets yellow.
Rice receives a yellow card after tripping Traore who was breaking away down the middle of the pitch. Wolves will take their time taking this free-kick.
90' +1
Benrahma runs towards the byline before crossing the ball deep to Coufal. Crashing a volley at the goal, his effort is blocked by Kilman before Rice curls a shot over.
89'
Cresswell's searching free-kick from the left is knocked into the air by Kilman before being flicked away by Toti.
87'
A moment of confusion in the West Ham defence. Rice heads the ball back over the head of Aguerd who is under pressure from Ait-Nouri. The defender must have thought it came off of a Wolves player, allowing it to go out for a corner.
86'
West Ham are having a good spell. Antonio keeps a cross from the left alive, heading the ball back to Rice. Swinging a leg at it, his shot hits the ground before being cleared away by Lemina. It may not have been going on target, but the former Southampton and Fulham man did not want to take the chance.
84'
Cresswell curls a free-kick into the box. Under pressure from Rice, Collins heads it away before going down in a heap. Hooper stops play, with the defender fine to continue seconds later.
83'
Toti Gomes enters the game and replaces Hugo Bueno.
Fifth and final substitution for Wolves. It comes at left-back, with Toti replacing Bueno.
76'
G. Scamacca enters the game and replaces Pablo Fornals.
Substitution for West Ham. Moyes adds another striker with Fornals coming off for Scamacca.
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74'
West Ham are about to respond with a change of their own. Scamacca is getting ready to come on.
73'
Adama Traoré enters the game and replaces João Moutinho.
M. Lemina enters the game and replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.
Wolves make their fourth change of the game. Lemina comes on to make his debut with Hee-Chan coming off.
Moutinho cannot continue after being tackled by Aguerd. He is replaced by Traore.
70'
N. Aguerd gets yellow.
The first yellow card of the game goes to Aguerd. Getting there before the West Ham defender, Moutinho pokes it past him before getting tripped. The midfielder is down after the challenge and needs some attention.
69'
Fornals attempts to curl the ball over the top of the Wolves defence. Running behind, Antonio looks to get on the end of it, but cannot get there before Sa. Rushing out of the box, he pretends to smash it clear before playing a short pass.
67'
Bowen looks to spin past two Wolves players. Rushing back, Ait Nouri is there to flick the ball away.
65'
Rice and Bowen are over a free-kick on the right. Wide of the box, it is the captain who swings it in, but it is cleared away.
64'
R. Jiménez enters the game and replaces Matheus Cunha.
R. Aït-Nouri enters the game and replaces Daniel Podence.
Wolves make their first substitution of the game. It comes in the striking position with Jimenez replacing Cunha.
Lopetegui has decided to make another chance. On the left wing, Ait-Nouri comes on for Podence who has scored the only goal of the game so far.
61'
Rice switches the play out to Benrahma who is positioned on the left wing. The Algerian attempts to drive the ball across the box, but Collins is there to poke it away.
60'
S. Benrahma enters the game and replaces T. Souček.
Moyes is utilising the substitutes bench and is making his first alteration. Benrahma, who scored against Brentford last time out, replaces Soucek.
58'
Neves chips the ball down the right to Cunha who moves away from his central position. Looking to go past Ogbonna, he is pushed to the floor by the former Juventus defender. He wants a free-kick, but does not get one.
54'
Cresswell plays a deep free-kick to Rice before receiving the ball back from the West Ham captain. The left-back then slides the ball to Fornals who has his cross blocked.
50'
Bowen's inswinging corner is cleared away by Collins.
48'
Daniel Podence has scored a goal for Wolverhampton Wanderers!
GOAALLLLLLL! PODENCE SCORES! 1-0! On the break from a corner, Semedo dribbles the ball down the pitch before finding Nunes. Looking for Hee-Chan in the box, his pass is intercepted. However, it goes straight to Podence who lashes a low shot past Fabianski.
47'
Wasted opportunity for West Ham straight after the restart. Sa gives the ball away cheaply, handing possession straight to Bowen outside the box. Unmarked on the left, Fornals is ignored with the winger instead finding Coufal who has a shot blocked.
46'
Wolves get the game back under way. Neither side has elected to make a change.
45' +2
HALF-TIME: WOLVES 0-0 WEST HAM
45'
There will be two minutes of additional time.
43'
Cunha looks to make something happen. He gets onto the end of a pass from Bueno, getting into the space between Coufal and Ogbonna. Flashing it across the box, it goes beyond Hee-Chan who cannot get on the end of it.
41'
Antonio looks to play a fast throughball into the path of Fornals who runs beyond the Wolves defence, but the striker puts too much power on it. Antonio apologises to the midfielder.
39'
Fornals jumps furiously into the air. Putting Collins under pressure just inside the Wolves half, he gets close to the defender who falls over and clears it off the pitch. Thinking that he has won a throw-in, Hooper gives a free-kick.
37'
Wolves pack the box going up for a corner. Crossing it in from the left, Moutinho's ball in looks to go over everyone, but it instead finds Neves who bursts into the space from outside the box. Taking it on the volley, the midfielder crashes his strike over.
35'
Rice lifts a deep free-kick into the box. Antonio looks to get on the end of it, but Collins is there to head it away.
33'
Running down the right, Bowen dribbles past Bueno before crossing the ball straight into the hands of Sa.
31'
Paqueta's chipped ball into the box is knocked away as far as Coufal who races into the box from the left. With nobody around him, he drives a shot towards the bottom corner. His attempt beats Sa but is blocked by Bueno.
29'
Bueno gets down the left before lofting a cross into the box. Originally cleared away, Neves brings the ball down under pressure from Paqueta, taking two touches before launching his spinning shot over.
26'
On the counter, Semedo rushes through the middle of the pitch before feeding Hee-Chan down the left of the box. Unmarked, he looks to be in space to shoot, but Coufal and Bowen get back to block his path. Cutting inside, the winger finds Neves who has his shot blocked.
24'
Semedo has been involved a lot so far. This time he looks for Moutinho with a short pass on the edge of the box, but the veteran midfielder does not move towards it. As a result, Soucek is there to regain possession.
20'
Semedo whips a dangerous cross into the box. Going low, Fabianski cannot get there. Coming across Coufal is there to clear it behind with Podence hoping for an easy finish.
18'
Good play from West Ham. Coufal and Bowen combine on the right before the ball finds Antonio in the box. Recycling the ball, possession goes back to Bowen who looks for Soucek. Pushing it onto his right foot, the midfielder aims for Antonio with a throughball, but the striker goes down under pressure from two defenders. He wants a penalty, but referee Simon Hooper ignores his claims.
16'
Semedo and Nunes take shots from outside the box within seconds of each other, but both attempts are blocked.
13'
West Ham have struggled to keep the ball in the first 13 minutes. Wolves have looked comfortable in possession and keep getting space to move into down the wings. Despite their struggles with the ball, the away side have defended their box well.
11'
Semedo runs beyond Cresswell and into the West Ham box. Looking for Podence, he pulls it back to the winger who leaves it expecting someone else to get on the end of it. Losing the ball, Nunes recovers it before curling a shot into the hands of Fabianski.
7'
Bowen has the first shot on target of the game, but his tame attempt inside the box is saved by Sa.
5'
West Ham get forward this time. Fornals moves inside from the left before flicking it back to Cresswell. Getting forward from his left-back position, his attempt is blocked.
3'
First chance to Wolves. Down the right of the box, Hee-Chan slips the ball to Cunha. From a tight angle, he tries to drive a low shot across the goal but it is blocked by Aguerd who slides in.
1'
West Ham get this Premier League clash under way at Molineux.
Hello and welcome to the live commentary for the Premier League clash between Wolves and West Ham.
Wolves bowed out of the EFL Cup at the quarter-final stage after losing to Nottingham Forest on penalties last time out. Currently in 19th place, the Molineux outfit have won just one of their last eight Premier League games. However, there have been improvements under new manager Julen Lopetegui. Collecting four points from three games after the World Cup, the former Real Madrid boss guided his side to a win against Everton before a loss to Manchester United and a draw versus Aston Villa in the West Midlands derby. One point below West Ham, Wolves will move out of the relegation zone with a win.
Beating Brentford away from home in the FA Cup in their previous match, West Ham will be looking to secure back-to-back wins and increase the gap between themselves and the bottom three. Above the drop zone on goal difference, their last Premier League win came back in October, with goals from Kurt Zouma and Said Benrahma helping them overcome Bournemouth. West Ham followed their triumph with five consecutive league losses before gaining a point against Leeds United. They have won four of their last five Premier League games against Wolves.
WOLVES (4-3-3): Jose Sa; Nelson Semedo, Nathan Collins, Maximilian Kilman, Hugo Bueno; Matheus Nunes, Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho; Hwang Hee-Chan, Matheus Cunha, Daniel Podence.
WEST HAM (4-3-3): Lukasz Fabianski; Vladimir Coufal, Angelo Ogbonna, Nayef Aguerd, Aaron Cresswell; Pablo Fornals, Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek; Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio, Lucas Paqueta.
WOLVES SUBS: Matija Sarkic, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Mario Lemina, Raul Jimenez, Jonny, Toti, Adama Traore, Joseph Hodge, Chem Campbell.
WEST HAM SUBS: Darren Randolph, Ben Johnson, Kurt Zouma, Gianluca Scamacca, Manuel Lanzini, Flynn Downes, Saïd Benrahma, Thilo Kehrer, Emerson.
Wolves have scored just 11 goals this season, the lowest in the Premier League. Attacking against a low block, they have struggled to create meaningful chances, regularly passing it around the edge of West Ham's box before shooting in frustration. Despite having Cunha and Podence in the side, they lack creativity. The times that they have been able to get the ball across the box without it being hacked away, there has been nobody there to get on the end of it. A natural poacher in the box, Jimenez should be brought. As for West Ham, they have been disappointing in the first 45 minutes. Having just four shots, they need to make use of their counter attacks, with Semedo and Bueno regularly caught up the pitch.
That's all for today, goodbye.
Next up, Wolves host Liverpool in an FA Cup third-round replay, with West Ham welcoming Everton in the Premier League.
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