Results tagged “Hull City”
West Ham will head to Old Trafford tomorrow night in good heart after comfortably dispatching relegation rivals Hull at Upton Park on Saturday.
Goals from Valon Behrami, Carlton Cole and Julien Faubert - his first for the club - put some distance between the Irons and the others around them in the Premier League's lower reaches.
It will be all guns blazing for West Ham as they look to put some distance between themselves and relegation rivals Hull.
Carlton Cole, Mido and Ilan will all be vying to take on the Tigers' porous defence, although one of the strikers will have to settle for a place on the bench.
He's the only just arrived at Upton Park but Mido is already planning to stick around longer than the end of the season.
The Egyptian international signed on loan for the Hammers on transfer deadline day and is determined to seal a permanent move in the summer.
West Ham squandered a two-goal lead for the second away game in succession as they ended all-square with fellow strugglers Hull.
The Irons salvaged a point with a late equaliser from Manuel Da Costa but should have left the KC Stadium with so much more.
Carlton Cole is expected to return to the side as West Ham prepare for a battle-of-the-strugglers with skint Hull City.
The striker - who has been the subject of paper matchmaking with Liverpool and Manchester United - should recover from hamstring problems in time to face the club one point ahead of the Hammers.
West Ham cruised to victory over Hull last night but it was definitely a case of what might have been.
The Hammers produced one of their best displays of the season to totally outplay their visitors and it was only poor finishing that denied them a bigger margin of victory.
West Ham's new signing Savio Nsereko could make his debut against Hull City this evening.
The 19-year-old German, signed for a club record fee on Monday, has been given clearance to play and could be included in Gianfranco Zola's squad.
Millwall have pledged to help seek out the "hooligan element" which sparked violence during the club's FA Cup exit at Hull City.
Police arrested 12 people after fans from the two sides clashed at the KC Stadium on Saturday, with fans ripping out 50 seats from the away end.
WEST Ham travel to Hull on Sunday looking to get back to winning ways.
After the international break the Hammers are back in Premier League action and face a tricky trip to face the high-flyers from Humberside, who lie third in the table in their first ever season in the top-flight.
