Blackburn vs West Ham 2-1

Blackburn beat West Ham 2-1 at Ewood Park, with two second-half goals giving them the cushion they needed before Joel Piroe pulled one back late on.

The match was goalless at half-time. Blackburn went ahead in the 54th minute when Andri Guðjohnsen, set up by J. Fevrier, scored for 1-0.

West Ham made two changes on 59 and 65 minutes, while Blackburn responded with a double substitution on 70 and 71 minutes. One of those changes paid off immediately, as Yuki Ohashi, who had come on in the 71st minute, assisted Oladapo Afolayan's goal on 71 minutes to make it 2-0. West Ham finally found a reply on 82 minutes, when Joel Piroe scored from Taty Castellanos's assist to cut the gap to 2-1, but Blackburn saw it through from there.

West Ham had 64% of the possession, 570 passes to Blackburn's 322 and 19 shots to 5. Blackburn had 3 shots on target to West Ham's 5 and won 4 corners to 9. West Ham also edged xG, 1.28 to 0.9, while Blackburn made 4 saves to West Ham's 1 and committed 16 fouls to 8.

Blackburn were booked three times, with Gady Beyuku in the 34th minute, Kristi Montgomery in the 67th minute and Augustus Kargbo in the 87th minute. West Ham received two yellow cards, for Maximilian Kilman on 72 minutes and Arne Engels on 86 minutes. There were no red cards.