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Full-Time: WEST BROM 3-2 WEST HAM. The Baggies win an entertaining game. West Ham will be devastated to come away with nothing but Brunt is Albion's hero with his late winner in a five-goal thriller.
Good chance for West Brom as Robinson breaks through and tries to pull it back to Moore but it is cut out and goes for a throw.
West Brom continue to attack with men forward, Brunt delivers into the box when he should surely be looking to run down the clock and as West Ham look to break the home side win it back.
A long ball in from deep over the top, dropped to Scott Parker in space and as he looked certain to score Carson made an excellent save to deny the midfielder an equaliser. Poor defending, what a chance, what a save!
The fourth official has shown there is to be four minutes of stoppage time to the dismay of the home fans.
West Ham are trying to force an opening in these last few minutes but West Brom are defending all of the balls into the box well.
An attempt to sure up the midfield and hold the lead as Roman Bednar comes off and Marek Cech comes on.
WEST BROM 3-2 WEST HAM. A counter-attack from the Baggies. Robinson finding BRUNT who had made a good run into the centre, stumbling he managed to drag it into the corner off balance past Robert Green.
Matthew Etherington is West Ham's final change coming on for Boa Morte. Perhaps looking for some fresh legs to clutch a winner in the final moments here.
West Brom have a free-kick as the play starts to become a little broken up, 30 yards from goal in the right channel. Can they make the most of it? Kim delivers into the wall and in the end Boa Morte clears.
A very late tackle from Di Michelle in the middle of the park, perhaps it could have been a red as that was reckless to say the least. Its a yellow for Di Michelle.
Free-kick in a dangerous area about 30 yards from goal for West Ham but Parker's delivery is headed clear by Barnett and the danger passes.
Kim Do-Heon goes into the book for a cynical body-check to scupper a West Ham counter-attack.
Robinson goes for a header at the near post in a typically brave fashion but he took a nasty knock to the head and is down in the West Ham area.
The corner from Greening was headed out to Do-Heon on the edge of the box, he drove it through the crowd of players and in the end goes for another corner.
A corner for the Albion now as Luke Moore finds the ball at his feet, shifts it onto his left foot but the shot is well blocked and goes behind for a corner.
Corner for West Ham delivered into the near post by Mark Noble, met by the head of Carlton Cole but it goes high and wide. That was a difficult chance but Cole has looked dangerous today.
Behrami comes off, replaced by Faubert in a like for like switch in the midfield.
The second half of a double substitution sees James Morrison come off to be replaced by Kim Do-Heon who will go out onto the right hand side.
Borja Valero is withdrawn by Tony Mowbray and Luke Moore comes on so you would expect West Brom to go into a 4-4-2 formation.
Great counter-attack as Olsson broke out from the back four and continued his run into the space in the box but Morrison got the ball stuck under his feet as he tried to find the centre-half and the attack breaks down.
Penalty claims for West Ham, Cole had turned Barnett and appeared to be brought down by Hoefkens but the referee gives only a corner.
Bednar running towards goal on the edge of the box and he had options inside but he opted to shoot and drove it well over the bar.
Chris Brunt bending the ball into the far post from the right flank but it was fractionally too high for Bednar and Iluga cleared for a throw-in.
Greening picked out Bednar who turned Davenport but as he struck his shot Davenport was back in to block the effort and send it for a corner. The ball in was headed well wide by Barnett who should have done better.
Corner for West Ham, delivered by Noble and it came back to him from the clearance and his second attempt at the cross drove into the arms of Scott Carson.
A long spell of possession with some good passing from West Brom but they are unable to find the final ball into the loaded box. Morrison slides a great ball into the run of Bednar who tried to lift it over the oncoming Green but it was well saved.
A dangerous ball from Behrami low across the box but it was out of the reach of Carlton Cole and the ball ran through and the danger passed for the home side.
The second half is underway now - How will this end to end encounter pan out over the next forty-five minutes.
Half-Time: WEST BROM 2-2 WEST HAM. An exciting half comes to a close and I'm sure there is plenty of goals left in this one with both sides attacking with real intent and creating chances.
Carlton Cole tees up Boa Morte on the edge of the box after some excellent hold up play and the Portuguese winger fires it low into the near corner but Carson gets down well to save.
West Brom have a corner now as the first half comes towards it's conclusion - Greening delivers but Cole heads it away as far as Valero who's shot is blocked but West Brom keep the ball.
A period of pressure for the Albion as West Ham struggle to get out of their box but the play breaks down with a poor pass from Koren that goes out of play.
WEST BROM 2-2 WEST HAM. Roman BEDNAR steps up and sticks the penalty into the back of the net to level the scores once again in a frantic few minutes at The Hawthorns.
Green spills a shot from Barnett and Bednar latches onto it. As he looks to shoot he's brought down for a stone-wall penalty.
WEST BROM 1-2 WEST HAM. The corner is aimed towards the back post where Parker heads it back across goal for LUCAS NEILL to give the Hammers the lead.
Barnett making a mess of an attempted clearance and Di Michelle quickly pounced onto the loose ball and Di Michelle wins a corner off Carson.
A free-kick for West Ham about 25 yards out to be taken by Di Michelle who gets it over the wall and well over the bar.
WEST BROM 1-1 WEST HAM. Davenport's cross from the left is met by Di Michele whose header is parried by Scott Carson straight to the feet of NOBLE who turns home to equalise. Albion will be disappointed with their defending.
A corner for West Ham after Di Michelle was set through down the middle but his attempted lob was turned over.
Hoefkens turned inside out by Cole and finding Boa Morte but his shot was blocked twice before the ball was sent into the stands by Behrami.
The pace of the game just slowing down now after an exciting start - A long ball from Davenport was well brought down by Cole and turned well and found a yard to shoot but sent it well wide.
Great piece of incisive passing set Koren through one-on-one with Green but the keeper managed to save well down to his left. Another good chance for West Brom and they can't afford to miss many more.
David Di Michele comes on to replace the injured Dean Ashton which is likely to mean the visitors go to more of a 4-5-1 system.
Two successive corners for West Brom - Delivered by Greening and Green made a mess of it, the ball fell for Bednar but his header went wide. What a chance and he should have scored.
Early worries for West Ham as Dean Ashton goes down after an aerial challenge and goes straight down the tunnel for treatment to an apparent head injury.
Lee Probert called into making a decision after a late challenge from Boa Morte. The referee just giving the winger a warning and setting the tone for the game.
Great ball from Brunt in behind the back-four and Bednar gathered the ball and tried to chip Green but ended up just lifting it into the keeper's arms - Perhaps he should have tried to pick out a team mate.
Wasteful from Cole as he had possession on the edge of the box and decided to shoot and fired wide. Boa Morte had made a fantastic run on the overlap and needed to be slipped in by the striker.
Scott Carson forced into his first save of the day as Dean Ashton struck a shot from distance after Barnett gave the ball away but the keeper saved well to his left.
The first chance on goal for the Hammers, Cole beating Valero on the edge of the box and squaring for Mark Noble who missed his kick and in the end the danger was cleared.
Another sniff of goal for West Brom with a quickly taken throw-in aimed at Bednar who had run in behind but it skipped away from the striker ad out for a goal kick - West Ham have started slowly and need to sharpen up on the ball.
WEST BROM 1-0 WEST HAM. Borja Valero finds space on the left-hand side and bends the ball into the box. JAMES MORRISON makes a good run to get in front of Matthew Upson and glances a header past Robert Green and into the net
Referee Lee Probert gets this encounter underway, and West Brom lose possession early from the kick-off.
West Ham play their first game since the appointment of Gianfranco Zola as manager and the on-loan IIunga makes his debut at the back. Dean Ashton and Carlton Cole are paired up-front providing plenty of height to challenge the Baggies back-four.
The home side are without striker Ishmael Miller because of an injury so Bednar starts up-front with Valero and Brunt looking to support the attack.
West Ham: Green, Neill, Davenport, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Boa Morte, Ashton, Cole
West Brom: Carson, Hoefkens, Barnett, Olsson, Robinson, Morrison, Koren, Greening, Brunt, Borja Valero, Bednar
Welcome to The Hawthorns, home of West Bromwich Albion who play hosts to West Ham today.
Chris Brunt ruined Gianfranco Zola's big day as he fired West Bromwich Albion to their first win of the season in a five-goal thriller against West Ham at The Hawthorns. Northern Ireland international winger Brunt struck seven minutes from time with a low left-foot drive after an excellent pass into his path by Paul Robinson. New West Ham boss Zola, who watched the game from the stands, will officially take charge of the team on Monday and his first priority will be tightening up their defence which was alarmingly leaky at times. The Hammers were trailing after just three minutes to a James Morrison header. Goals from Mark Noble and Lucas Neill then put the Hammers in charge only for their lead to last 60 seconds with Roman Bednar equalising from the spot. Bednar then missed two chances to regain the initiative at the start of the second half before Brunt took advantage of more acres of space in the West Ham defence to secure Albion a hard-earned three points. The Hammers still had a chance to grab a point in stoppage time but Scott Parker was denied by a save from Scott Carson. Albion had gone into the game without a goal in open play in their previous three Premier League matches but they soon ended that unwanted statistic. A left-wing cross from Brunt flashed across the face of goal and was picked up on the opposite flank by Iglesias Borja Valero whose centre was headed home from eight yards by Morrison. It should have been the signal for Albion to take complete control. But Morrison was denied a second goal by Robert Green before the England goalkeeper had a lucky let-off in the 16th minute when he missed a corner from Jonathan Greening only for Bednar to head wide. Robert Koren was then denied by Green when he only had the keeper to beat and Leon Barnett fired into the side-netting. Failure to take those chances hit Albion hard as they went from leading to falling behind in the space of seven minutes. A deep left-wing centre from Calum Davenport was headed goalwards by David Di Michele. His effort was saved by Carson but the loose ball fell invitingly to Noble who stabbed home from close range in the 29th minute. Carson pulled off another smart save to deny Di Michele but from the resulting Noble corner Matthew Upson nodded down to Neill who pounced at the near post. To their credit, after that double setback, Albion's response was swift and decisive. Just 60 seconds later, Barnett was sent crashing to the ground in the area by Green and Bednar scored from the spot - converting his second penalty of the season.
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