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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Withdean Stadium
  • Attendance: 6819
  • Referee: Penn, A

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Goal!! Dean Hammond scores for Brighton.

80mins

West Ham are replacing Matthew Etherington with Carl Fletcher.

69mins

Brighton are replacing Charlie Oatway with Jake Robinson.

59mins

Teddy Sheringham is replaced by Bobby Zamora.

55mins

Goal!! West Ham have scored with Marlon Harewood putting it in the back of the net.

54mins

Goal!! Brighton have scored with Dean Hammond putting it in the back of the net.

52mins

The referee has booked Nigel Reo-Coker.

51mins

Brighton are replacing Adam El-Abd with Gary Hart.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by A Penn

33mins

The referee has booked Daniel Harding.

8mins

Goal!! Nigel Reo-Coker scores for West Ham.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, April 23rd, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Dean Hammond snatched a vital point for Brighton for their fight for Championship survival with a last-minute equaliser.

The young midfielder headed his second goal of the game from a Richard Carpenter cross to pinch a third draw on the trot for the struggling Seagulls.

It was a blow to West Ham's promotion charge, although a point was still enough to move them into the play-off zone above Reading.

Brighton remain in a relegation place with two games to go, but are now only behind Crewe on goal difference.

West Ham took an eight minute lead from their first attack. Marlon Harewood challenged in the air with Guy Butters and the ball bounced loose for Nigel Reo-Coker to bravely nod in from close range.

Brighton manager Mark McGhee made a substitution in the 51st minute, bringing on Gary Hart for Adam El-Abd. The change paid off immediately, Hart providing the cross two minutes later from which Hammond headed the equaliser.

West Ham were back in front within two minutes, when Butters miscued a header from Chris Powell's long free-kick and Harewood tucked away his 19th goal of the season.

McGhee threw caution to the wind, bringing on Jake Robinson as part of a four-man attack.

Harewood missed a chance to seal the points for West Ham with a scissors kick over the bar from five yards from a Shaun Newton cross that proved costly for the Hammers as their defence failed to clear a Carpenter corner.

The ball went back to the Brighton midfielder and his cross was headed in by Hammond for his third goal in two games.

Brighton, without a win nine matches, now have the opportunity to boost their survival bid away to the relegated Rotherham.

Brighton and Hove Albion Team

West Ham United Team

Brighton and Hove Albion

West Ham United

Corners

114

Fouls

814

Goal attempts

118

Shots off target

65

Offsides

21

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