West Ham United made it back-to-back Premier League wins by seeing off struggling Leicester City 2-0 at the London Stadium on Thursday.
Birthday boy Tomas Soucek provided the breakthrough for the Hammers 21 minutes in, and they did not look back from there as they claimed consecutive top-flight victories for the first time since March 2024, building neatly on their hard-fought victory at Arsenal
Jarrod Bowen played a huge part in West Ham’s second just before half-time, with his low finish deflecting in off Jannik Vestergaard for an own goal.
Despite their lowly position, Leicester failed to offer much in the way of a response after the break.
West Ham leapfrog Everton into 15th, level on points with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. Leicester, on the back of a fourth straight league defeat, are in 19th, five points from safety.
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Club reports
West Ham report | Leicester report
Match officials
Referee: Anthony Taylor. Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis, Marc Perry. Fourth official: Rob Jones. VAR: Michael Salisbury. Assistant VAR: Simon Long.
