Resilience & Breakthrough

The match opened with **Wolverhampton** commanding a massive **83% possession** in the first five minutes. However, their dominance was largely territorial. West Ham’s defensive structure, led by an inspired **Konstantinos Mavropanos**, restricted Wolves to speculative efforts from Bellegarde and Andre.

The turning point arrived in the **42nd minute**. After weathering a storm of long throws and crosses, the Hammers struck through a set-piece. **Jarrod Bowen** delivered a pinpoint cross that found **Mavropanos**, who headed home to punish the visitors’ lack of clinical edge and send West Ham into the break with a 1-0 lead.

The Offensive Blitz

The Hammers emerged for the second half with lethal intent. In a devastating two-minute window, **Valentin Castellanos** secured the result. His first came in the **66th minute** off a Pablo assist, followed quickly by a deflected strike in the **68th minute** that left Jose Sa helpless.

The exclamation point was added in the **83rd minute** when **Mavropanos** produced a moment of magic, scoring with a spectacular **bicycle-kick**. Despite Wolves maintaining a higher possession count (56%), West Ham’s counter-attacking masterclass ensured a dominant 4-0 finish.

Efficiency Key: West Ham converted 4 goals from 7 shots on target, outperforming their 2.35 xG significantly.

• 1 Mads Hermansen (GK)
• 2 Kyle Walker-Peters
• 15 Yerson Mosquera
• 4 Axel Disasi
• 12 Malick Diouf
• 28 Tomáš Souček
• 18 Mateus Fernandes
• 20 Jarrod Bowen
• 19 Pablo
• 7 Crysencio Summerville
• 11 Valentín Castellanos

• 1 José Sá (GK)
• 15 Yerson Mosquera
• 4 Santiago Bueno
• 37 Ladislav Krejčí
• 38 Jackson Tchatchoua
• 27 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
• 7 André
• 8 João Gomes
• 3 Hugo Bueno
• 47 Angel Gomes
• 9 Adam Armstrong