West Ham Moves Further from Relegation Zone with Win Over Struggling Leicester
In the 27th round of the Premier League, West Ham United secured a crucial 2-1 victory over Leicester City. The Hammers took the lead through Tomas Souček, but Leicester equalized with an own goal by Jannik Vestergaard. However, West Ham held on to claim all three points, improving their league position and moving ahead of Everton to 15th place.
For Leicester, the situation continues to worsen. The Foxes remain in the relegation zone, sitting second from bottom and facing the grim prospect of dropping to the Championship if they cannot turn their season around.
2024-25, England - Premier League
West Ham - Leicester 2:0 (2:0)
Goals: Soucek, 21 (1:0); Vestergaard, 43 (own goal) (2:0)
West Ham: Areola; Cresswell; Alvarez Ed. (Soler, 66); Kilman; Scarles (Emerson Palmieri, 66); Ward-Prowse; Todibo (Mavropanos, 66); Soucek (Irving A., 90); Wan-Bissaka; Kudus (Ferguson E., 73); Bowen
Bench: Fabianski; Rodríguez G.; Luis Guilherme; Ings
Leicester: Hermansen; Justin; Faes; Ndidi; Kristiansen (Thomas L.J., 87); Vestergaard (Daka, 87); Soumare B. (Winks, 61); El Khannouss; De Cordova-Reid (Mavididi, 61); Buonanotte; Vardy
Bench: Stolarczyk J.; Coady; Okoli; Skipp; Jordan Ayew
