ChampionshipWest Ham United 6-0 Wrexham
Friday, 11th September 2026
by Chris Wilkerson | Forum match thread
First league game since 1981, first since 1997 overall. Highest attendance for a Wrexham game. 59,712 the official attendance.
Five changes: Veltman, Morato, Solomon, Piroe and Castellanos in for Walker-Peters, Scarles, Austbo, Kante and Pablo. Wrexham make six changes. Only one defeat this season, but only one win, drawing the others. They did thrash Millwall 3-0.HMS Piss The Championship is in full flow
West Ham produced maybe the most dominant and complete performance of their history to make it four wins on the spin for The Championship leaders. The Hammers battered Hollywood's Wrexham FC from pillar to post in a comprehensive 6-0 victory. Playing in front of the largest attendance to ever watch a Wrexham game, the script was written by West Ham.
Two goals in the first half from Bowen and Piroe were followed by four more as Mavropanos, Castellanos, Kante and Solomon kept the crowd on their feet. Nuno's West Ham put in a quite complete performance, controlling the game with authority, picking their opponents apart and sending a message to the rest of the league. The best team in the division has settled now, and we're the team to beat.
It started almost immediately, the Hammers taking control of possession and not letting their visitors get a touch for two minutes, and they remained dominant, barely letting Wrexham form anything close to an attack. Even when the home side eased off and started to keep the ball and preserve energy, they still offered far too much for Phil Parkinson's side, who just never got near their opponents.
For the first time in the living memory of many, West Ham just bullied their opposition. It was a performance of power, one that should scare the rest of the league. Wrexham are a decent outfit, with only one defeat from their first six games of the season, albeit only one victory, a 3-0 thumping of Millwall at The Den a real signal of their ability.
Nuno shuffled his pack again, making five changes as Morato was handed a first start at left back, alongside the returning Walker-Peters, Solomon, Piroe and Castellanos.
Wrexham kicked off, lost the ball and then didn't see it for about two minutes as The Hammers immediately imposed themselves on the game. A side that has looked open and seemingly unprepared so often at the start of games was now locked in. The recent form seems to have focused the mind, given them the confidence to recognise what they are: the best team in the league.
To see it at the end as only 53% West Ham possession was a shock. What ball Wrexham did have, they did absolutely nothing with. It felt like the whole game was just swathes of West Ham passing between moments where they upped the tempo or exploited the space their passing had created to find more goals. At one point, Kilman and Castellanos seemed to just pass it back between themselves for what was actually just four passes, but felt like a statement of control.
The first notable chance came eight minutes in, Solomon smartly cutting in from the left and curling a ball at goal, but Castellanos couldn't get over the header to threaten goal.
Moments later, Bowen was thwarted by a fantastic reaction save by Patterson in the Wrexham net, the captain unleashed by smart play from Veltman, the right back reacting quickly on a throw-in to send Bowen down the line as the defenders strolled away.
He pushed into the box, and when he saw there wasn't anybody available for a pass, took on the shot from the angle. He went all power, a bit of a wild effort but one that would have flown into the back of the net if not for the hand from the goalkeeper that got just enough on it to send it rattling against the bar.
Mavropanos should have scored from the corner that followed, Engels delivering a curler that Mavropanos met six yards out, but headed wide.
The Hammers kept calm control for 15 minutes. Then Piroe wasted a decent opening, after great play by Solomon won possession back and Bowen and Castellanos combined to get the striker in, only to shift into space and spray his shot wide. Seconds later, Bowen had opened the scoring.
Started by Mukasa dropping deep to get possession, the midfielder pinged a beautiful diagonal from out wide to Solomon. He drove forward before pausing, allowing Morato to fly around him on the overlap, and then rolled the pass perfectly in front of the left back.
Signed with most assuming he was more centre back than full back, the Brazilian delivered perfectly himself, drilling it low across the six-yard line, and right into the path of Bowen's run. The captain opened his body up to let it roll across him, before placing it into the far corner with his right, the goalkeeper given no chance.
Veltman went off injured a moment later, maybe the only dark mark on the game for The Hammers. It was nearly followed by Wrexham scoring, and who knows how the game might have gone if they had taken the gift handed to them.
Under very little pressure passing out of his own penalty area, he looked wide to Walker-Peters, but passed directly to O'Brien. The winger quickly played it inside the box to Dobson, who turned and hit whilst the defence was in chaos. Hermansen was beaten and the ball flew to the bottom corner, only for Mavropanos to spare his own blushes, clearing off the line to keep the clean sheet intact.
As if that moment reminded these players they could lose, West Ham were up the pitch a minute later to double their lead.
When Castellanos spun away from his defender and made a run off the shoulder, Solomon played a wonderfully weighted pass through the defence. The striker took it on, drove into the box and turned inside to beat his man.
The space was there to shoot, but Castellanos smartly squared to Piroe in the middle of the area, the goal gaping for him as ?EUR~keeper and defence flew towards the Argentine, giving Piroe an easy finish down the middle of goal to make it 2-0 just before half time.
The lead could have been bigger, the performance deserved it, but fears Nuno's side would sit on their lead were quickly banished. Two minutes after the restart, Solomon controlled a good Bowen pass to get behind the defence, but his shot was deflected wide.
It mattered not. From the corner, Bowen curled it in beautifully to find Mavropanos free six yards out. He headed down, right at the goalkeeper, but right between his legs. It squeezed through and rolled over the line, another goal for the big centre back. His goals over the last 11 days are more than Fullkrug scored in his West Ham career.
It's worth noting in this game just how hard Castellanos worked. He defended with energy from the front, working more tirelessly than the rest of the forward line, and creating chances for the others with smart link play.
Solomon wasted a decent opening, Bowen smashed wide after a good move, and he was clear The Hammers weren't done with three.
Just after the hour mark, it was four. Two Wrexham corners ended with Walker-Peters, at arguably his best in a West Ham shirt, controlling and leading the counter. He flew forward, carrying from his own box and all the way into the Wrexham half.
He laid off to Piroe, but carried on his run, found excellently by the Dutch striker in the area. His touch took it away from his man, but when Castellanos looped around his outside, the right back held his ground, allowing the striker to take over. As simply as he could, Castellanos used his weaker left to calmly pass it into the far corner, with Patterson beaten again.
What was really enjoyable about the performance was that it was never reckless or uncontrolled. The Hammers scored their fifth and sixth without desperately chasing it, rather just exposing the gaps their play opened up.
They kept possession smartly, recycling the ball and moving their opponents around. Scarles and Kante joined from the bench, followed later by Orford and Ajala. The Premier League football that Wrexham so badly want was brought to them, and they couldn't live with it.
It was Kante who made it five, the team keeping the ball and preserving energy until Solomon made space just inside the Wrexham half and lifted a wonderful pass over the defence, spotting the run of Kante.
With one touch, it was under control, and the Frenchman was striding into the box. Out came the goalkeeper, at this point seemingly trying something new after conceding four, and it made Kante's decision for him.
Patterson flew down to smother the ball, Kante lifted it over him, making a difficult finish look easy, striking from the top corner of the Wrexham box and curling it nicely into an open net.
5-0 with five scorers, The Hammers went looking for their first six-goal haul since a Championship battering of Brighton, a day of Vaz Te's best. They got it with another new scorer, meaning the 6-0 win was the first time in our history that six different West Ham players have scored in the same league match.
Walker-Peters again flying forward, dribbling from his own half and at the tired and beaten down Wrexham defence. Making it into the box, he turned, squared to Solomon, who controlled and hit with his left, flying into the corner of the goal as Patterson dived to his left and saw another one beat him.
But just listing the goals doesn't do this game justice. It wasn't just scoring six, keeping a clean sheet and hammering a side that are justifiably seen as promotion rivals. The control, the calm dominance, was astounding. Never were Nuno's side stretched, at times it looked like training.
Arrogance isn't something West Ham often have, but this kind of arrogance, a confidence through understanding how good they are and what they can do to teams if they impose themselves on games. If this attitude follows them throughout the season, it's hard to see anyone stopping them.
Manager's Rating
Nuno Espirito Santo: 10/10 The attitude that was clearly instilled into the team to be professional and ruthless, keeping focused and playing the game in front of them. The changes worked, the team were phenomenal, and he's got them looking like a dominant, confident team. A great turnaround from how they started, credit to him.
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Click on any player's name to view their full KUMB bio, including all historical match notes and ratings/10.Mads Hermansen
Did nothing wrong, didn't have to do anything right.
Joel Veltman
Solid start to the game before it was curtailed by injury.
Morato
Morato, I was not familiar with your game. He seemed a bit of a big lump for left back, but sprinted around the outside and delivered a perfect ball like prime Ashley Cole.
Konstantinos Mavropanos
Should be aiming for 10 goals this season, he wins the majority of corners and most of them are dangerous. His big mistake was also his glory moment at the back, saving himself. And then he got the goal.
Max Kilman
His composure and comfort on the ball is looking important at this level. It helps to build a team that can do what they did here, manipulate the opposition with possession and make moments from the tiniest weaknesses being exposed. And the Wrexham attack got nothing out of the defence.
Arne Engels
Worked exceptionally hard and, with Mukasa, made what was a plain two alone in midfield into more than enough to keep the team ticking over.
Divine Mukasa
Recycled and used the ball smartly, whilst still having the vision to ping long balls for forward runners.
Manor Solomon
His best performance in a West Ham shirt. Creative, tricky, and with added work rate. Maybe dropping him was the rocket he needed?
Jarrod Bowen
The best player on the pitch, the best player in the league, and arguably England's best winger. And he's bossing games in The Championship.
Joel Piroe
Looks cumbersome but has good vision for incisive passes and his movement is excellent in the box. Seems to have struck up a partnership with Taty.
Taty Castellanos
His hard work makes the system work. Also a good message to those who wrote him off early in the season due to perceptions of body language. Works very hard for someone that some wanted gone because he so surely hated being here.
Substitutes
Kyle Walker-Peters(Veltman 30') As a sub coming into that game, it's harder than you'd think to come in and match the levels the team had shown. He took it to another level and delivered an attacking performance that seemed beyond him for many games. Outstanding ball carrying, he's also very intelligent in his passing.
Mohamadou Kante
(Piroe 68') Did what he was brought on to do, make deeper runs that challenge the defence, and he took his chance with aplomb.
Ollie Scarles
(Morato 68') Hardly noticed he was on, didn't put a foot wrong and passed smartly.
Josh Ajala
(Bowen 81') The game had mostly gone flat and was played out.
Lewis Orford
(Engels 81') As above.
Finlay Herrick
Did not play.
Airidas Golambeckis
Did not play.
Edvin Austbo
Did not play.
Pablo Felipe
Did not play.
Match Facts
West Ham United: Mads Hermansen, Joel Veltman, Morato, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Max Kilman, Arne Engels, Divine Mukasa, Manor Solomon, Jarrod Bowen, Joel Piroe, Taty Castellanos.Goals: Jarrod Bowen 28 Joel Piroe 37 Konstantinos Mavropanos 48 Taty Castellanos 63 Mohamadou Kante 76 Manor Solomon 82 .
Booked: Ollie Scarles 85 .
Sent Off: None sent off. .
Wrexham: Patterson, Imray (Kabore 67), Doyle, Worrall (Hyam 67), Vyner, Ekomie, Whiteman (c), Dobson (M James 67), O'Brien, O'Hare, Smith (Moore 67).
Subs not used: Ward, A James, Longman, Windass, Broadhead.
Goals: .
Booked: .
Sent off: None.
Referee: Samuel Barrott.
Attendance: 59,712.
Man of the Match: Kyle Walker-Peters.