A first half blitz was enough to secure a third successive win in all competitions for Nuno Santo's Hammers, as they breezed past a lacklustre Sunderland in Stratford this lunchtime.
Crysencio Summerville, Jarrod Bowen (penalty) and Mateus Fernandes all registered before half time to given the Hammers a virtually unassailable lead at the interval.And even though the visitors grabbed a consolation effort late on, the game had already been won before half time - giving the Hammers three more vital points in their fight against the drop.
The victory places West Ham just two points behind Nottingham Forest, who face Brentford later today, five behind Leeds and just seven adrift of Tottenham - who West Ham beat in north London last weekend - in 14th place.
We'll have a full match report for you soon...
West Ham Utd: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Mavropanos, Scarles (Diouf 70), Fernandes, Soucek, Bowen (c), Summerville (Kilman 90+3), Castellanos (Potts 75), Pablo (Wilson 70)
Unused subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Magassa, Kante
Goals: Summerville (14), Bowen (pen 28), Fernandes (43)
Booked: Caste;llanos
Sunderland: Roefs, Mukiele (O’Nien 83), Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo (Cirkin 46), Hume (c) (Diarra 46), Sadiki, Le Fée, Mayenda (Isidor 75), Mundle (Taibi 46), Brobbey
Unused subs: Patterson, Geertruida, Rigg, Adringa
Goals: Brobbey (66)
Booked: Ballard, Reinildo, Sadiki, Isidor, Diarra
Possession: WHUFC 47%-53% SFC
Shots/on target: WHUFC 13/5-7/2 SFC
xG: WHUFC 1.43-0.65 SFC
Referee: Thomas Bramall
Attendance (estimated): 52,500
Tickets sold: 62,456
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