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Sunday 29th November 2015, Barclays Premier League,
Upton Park, Kick-Off 2:05pm |
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West Ham United |
1 - 1 |
West Bromwich Albion |
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1 - 0 |
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Zárate (17) |
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Reid (50, own goal) |
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Managers |
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Slaven Bilić |
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Tony Pulis |
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Starting XI |
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Adrián |
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Boaz Myhill |
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Carl Jenkinson |
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Craig Dawson |
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Winston Reid |
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Gareth McAuley |
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Angelo Ogbonna |
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Jonas Olsson |
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Aaron Cresswell |
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Jonny Evans |
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(Carroll 64)
Pedro Obiang |
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Stéphane Sessègnon (Lambert HT) |
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Victor Moses |
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Darren Fletcher (c) |
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Cheikhou Kouyaté |
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Claudio Yacob |
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Manuel Lanzini |
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James McClean |
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(Antonio 82)
Mauro Zárate |
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James Morrison |
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(Jelavić 74)
Diafra Sakho |
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Salomón Rondón |
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Substitutes |
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Alex Song |
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James Chester |
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James Tomkins |
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Craig Gardner |
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Andy Carroll |
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Victor Anichebe |
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Nikica Jelavić |
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Rickie Lambert |
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Michail Antonio |
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Saido Berahino |
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(gk) Raphael Spiegel |
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Callum McManaman |
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Josh Cullen |
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Anders Lindegaard (gk) |
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Bookings |
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Olsson (dissent 17) |
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Yacob (foul 82) |
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| Attendance:
34,914 |
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| Referee:
Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire) |
| Assistant 01:
Michael Mullarkey
(Devon) |
| Assistant 02:
Stephen Child (Kent) |
| Fourth Official:
Kevin Friend (Leicestershire) |
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| Official Matchday
Programme |
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The game is Albion's last ever league visit to Upton Park due to the Hammers
moving to the Olympic Stadium next year. |
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Gareth McAuley makes his 150th Albion appearance. |
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Claudio Yacob makes his 100th Albion appearance. |
MATCH REPORT
Rickie Lambert climbed off the
bench to rescue a point for
West Brom in a 1-1 draw against West Ham at Upton Park. The striker
had been on the pitch just five minutes as a half-time substitute when his shot
deflected in off Hammers defender Winston Reid. The fortuitous strike cancelled
out a superb free-kick from Mauro Zarate which had given West Ham an early lead.
But the Hammers, now without a win in four games, will look back on a host of
missed opportunities to stretch their advantage before Lambert pegged them back.
Zarate, only in the West Ham
side due to the recent injury suffered by playmaker Dimitri Payet, was at the
heart of the action throughout the first half. His first opportunity arrived
after Manuel Lanzini's delightful, jinking run into the area, but Zarate sliced
his shot into the side-netting. Moments later the former Birmingham striker lost
the ball in midfield and Salomon Rondon was inches away from giving West Brom
the lead with a fierce drive which flew just wide. But in the 17th minute Zarate
found the target in style after Gareth McAuley fouled Diafra Sakho just outside
the area. The Argentinian curled the free-kick up and over
Albion's defensive wall and out of the reach of goalkeeper Boaz
Myhill into the top corner. West Ham should have extended their lead but
Cheikhou Kouyate glanced Aaron Cresswell's inviting cross wide and Myhill twice
denied the lively Lanzini. Sakho would have scored but for a brave last-ditch
block from Jonny Evans and Victor Moses blazed an angled shot over the crossbar.
And West Ham were paid to pay
for those missed chances five minutes after the interval when a half-cleared
cross fell to Lambert, who fired the rebound straight at the arm of Hammers
skipper Reid. Lambert immediately appealed for a penalty but quickly changed his
tune as he saw the ball bouncing past wrong-footed keeper Adrian and into the
net. Suddenly Adrian was the busier of the two keepers, getting down well to
keep out a curling Lambert free-kick before pulling off a fine point-blank save
from Rondon's close-range header. Hammers boss Slaven Bilic threw on Andy
Carrroll in search of a winner, but promptly lost Sakho to injury after the
striker stretched for a shot which was deflected into the side-netting by Jonas
Olsson. Moses had a chance to win it for the hosts two minutes from the end but
the Chelsea loanee volleyed Lanzini's chip across goal and wide.
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