By Alessandro Schiavone in Lille Friendly game: Brazil 1-1 Tunisia Goals : Mastouri 23' (T), Estevão 44' penalty (B) Lucas Paquetà missed a penalty as Brazil were held to a 1-1 draw by Tunisia in a friendly in Lille. Having replaced friend and Newcastle rival Bruno Guimaraes on the hour-mark, the West Ham midfield cog blazed over having previously converted 10 in a total of 11 spot-kicks and all seven for the Hammers. The last and only time he failed to guide home from the cl

By Alessandro Schiavone in Metz Metz 2-1 Nice Goals: Ali-Cho 35' (N), Hein 53' & Diallo 84' (M) Having had their Sundays off after featuring in respective 2-2 draws a day beforehand, Tottenham Hotspur's Pape Matar Sarr and Arsenal's William Saliba may have taken in a Ligue 1 cracker on television. And it was Pape Sarr's former team Metz who continued their fine resurgence after coming from behind to see off Nice 2-1 to make it three impressive wins on the spin. Nice, where Sa

Back to back home wins : Picture by William Powell Wes t Ham recorded back to back wins at home in the Premier League for the first time since October 2024 as they came from behind against Burnley to win 3-2 at the London Stadium.  The London Stadium is normal quiet and subdued of late but after the unexpected win over Newcastle United last week the Hammers fans were back at their noisy best with the side seeking two home wins on the bounce.  The last time the Hammers had won

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht There's a famous saying that goes: 'Never go back to a place where you have been happy'. And maybe, just maybe there's a truth to that for Sebastien Haller who has gone from Utrecht juggernaut [51 goals in two-and-a-half seasons between January 2015 and summer 2017 for the club] to ghost. Less than three months after sealing a return home on a permanent basis, it's highly likely that Sebastien Haller already regrets that

Setting the scene : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League West Ham United (2) 3 Paqueta 35, Botman og 45+5, Soucek 98 Newcastle United (1) 1 Murphy 4 The leaflets doing the rounds ahead of kick-off spoke of the gloom surrounding the London Stadium these days. Hammers fans had organised a 'sit-in' protest at full-time against the Sullivan-Brady regime running the club. The near funereal silence for many of the opening passages, along with thousands of empty seats also told the

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone The dice appears to be well and truly loaded in Arsenal's favour this season according to a West Ham legend. A 2-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor saw Mikel Arteta's men extend their victorious streak to nine games and open up a seven-point gap at the top of the Premier League. Remarkably the Gunners haven't conceded a goal since their 2-1 away win at Newcastle in late September. There's been a surge of optimism and wind in their sails since th

By Alessandro Schiavone at CEGEKA Arena, Genk KRC Genk 0-0 Betis Sevilla Balompié Oh Hyeon-gyu hit the foot of the post in the second-half as Genk and Real Betis Balompie could not be separated in a goalless draw in matchday 3 in the Europa League tonight. That's as good as it got in this dull game as the fifth-placed La Liga side, who were taken to the cleaners by Chelsea in the Europa Conference final in May, failed to turn up completely. Unlike their fans. Numerous and voc

West Ham United (0) 0 v Brentford (1) 2 Igor Thiago 43 Jensen 94 By Kaz Mochlinski at the London Stadium Premier League Matchweek 8 Brilliant Brentford produced their best performance under Keith Andrews to beat a woeful West Ham United, who were overwhelmed amid an ever-worsening atmosphere of increasing negativity around the London Stadium. The Bees added to the Hammers’ troubled start to the season with goals from Igor Thiago and Mathias Jensen at the end of each half, rew

By Alessandro at Stade Velodrome Olympique Marseille 6-2 Le Havre Goals : Kechta (24' LH) Greenwood (35' penalty), 67', 72', 76', Robinio Vaz 88', Murillo 90+3 (Olympique Marseille), Touré 90+2 (LH) Olympique Marseille replied to an early Le Havre sucker punch with six throws of their own as Premier League persona non grata Mason Greenwood became the first club player since Jean-Pierre Papin back in 1991 to net a quadruple. Despite late cosmetic goals by Robinio Vaz and Micha

By Alessandro Schiavone at Emirates Stadium Arsenal 2-0 West Ham Goals: Rice 38', Saka 67' penalty West Ham United succumbed to an...