Kudus double helps West Ham stroll to Wolves win

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Mohammed Kudus of West Ham United scores their team's second goal whilst under pressure from Craig DawsonKudus has now scored five Premier League goals since joining West Ham from Ajax in August

Mohammed Kudus scored twice to help West Ham get back on track in the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over Wolves at London Stadium.

A dominant West Ham looked a different side to the one that suffered a 5-0 thrashing by Fulham at Craven Cottage seven days previously.

Kudus' superb strike from the edge of the box was followed by a calm close-range effort less than 10 minutes later as the Ghanaian attacker put the Hammers firmly in control at the break.

Wolves applied pressure after the break but Jarrod Bowen made the points safe in the 74th minute with his 10th Premier League goal of the season.

David Moyes' home side showed little sign of fatigue from the 2-0 victory against Freiburg on Thursday that sealed their place in the last 16 of the Europa League.

This win moves West Ham to seventh in the Premier League, while Wolves stay 13th, 10 points clear of the relegation zone.

More to follow.

Line-ups

West Ham

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Fabianski5CoufalBooked at 87minsSubstituted forKehrerat 90+1'minutesBooked at 90mins4ZoumaBooked at 45mins27Aguerd33Emerson28Soucek19ÁlvarezSubstituted forFornalsat 70'minutes14KudusSubstituted forIngsat 87'minutes7Ward-Prowse10Lucas PaquetáSubstituted forMubamaat 87'minutes20Bowen

Substitutes

3Cresswell8Fornals15Mavropanos18Ings21Ogbonna22Benrahma23Areola24Kehrer45Mubama

Wolves

Formation 3-4-3

25Bentley23Kilman15Dawson24GomesBooked at 45minsSubstituted forAït-Nouriat 70'minutes22Nélson SemedoSubstituted forDohertyat 80'minutes5LeminaSubstituted forDoyleat 80'minutes8João Gomes27Bellegarde11Hwang Hee-chan12Matheus Cunha21Sarabia

Substitutes

2Doherty3Aït-Nouri4Bueno6Traoré9Fábio Silva17Bueno18Kalajdzic20Doyle40King

Live Text

Match ends, West Ham United 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Second Half ends, West Ham United 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Foul by Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Divin Mubama (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Danny Ings (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Foul by Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United).

Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pablo Sarabia is caught offside.

Attempt blocked. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximilian Kilman.

Substitution, West Ham United. Thilo Kehrer replaces Vladimír Coufal.

Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Kurt Zouma (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match because of an injury Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Foul by Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United).

Substitution, West Ham United. Divin Mubama replaces Lucas Paquetá.

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West Ham United

Squad number1Player nameFabianski

Squad number5Player nameCoufal

Squad number4Player nameZouma

Squad number27Player nameAguerd

Squad number33Player nameEmerson

Squad number28Player nameSoucek

Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez

Squad number14Player nameKudus

Squad number7Player nameWard-Prowse

Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá

Squad number20Player nameBowen

Squad number8Player nameFornals

Squad number18Player nameIngs

Squad number24Player nameKehrer

Squad number45Player nameMubama

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Squad number25Player nameBentley

Squad number23Player nameKilman

Squad number15Player nameDawson

Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes

Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo

Squad number5Player nameLemina

Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes

Squad number27Player nameBellegarde

Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan

Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha

Squad number21Player nameSarabia

Squad number2Player nameDoherty

Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri

Squad number20Player nameDoyle

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