West Ham United continued their depressing begin to the 2025/26 season with one more defeat on residence soil, dropping 2-0 to Brentford in Monday night time’s London derby.
It’s been a month since , however his successor, Nuno Espirito Santo, is struggling to steer the membership away from hazard.
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The Portuguese tactician has now misplaced two of his opening three Premier League video games as West Ham head coach (D1), stretching the Hammers’ winless streak to 5 video games in a row (D1, L4).
Objectives on both aspect of half-time from Igor Thiago and Mathias Jensen have been sufficient to sentence West Ham to their sixth Premier League defeat in eight video games (W1, D1).
Apparently, it was Brentford’s first win away from residence, but it surely additionally prolonged West Ham’s depressing residence document this season.
West Ham have been woeful on the night time, and the 2-0 scoreline flattered the hosts’ massively underwhelming efficiency, making it clear that Nuno has loads of work to do shifting ahead.
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Monday’s defeat noticed West Ham set an undesirable Premier League document to rub salt on their wounds.
The Hammers have now misplaced their opening 4 league video games of the season on residence soil for the primary time within the Premier League and the membership’s complete historical past.
They’ve misplaced every of these 4 video games by a mixed scoreline of 12-2 (5-1 vs Chelsea, 3-0 vs Tottenham Hotspur, 2-1 vs Crystal Palace, and 2-0 vs Brentford).
West Ham have now taken simply 4 factors from their opening eight video games, marking their worst begin to a season of their Premier League historical past.
The defeat towards Brentford leaves West Ham rooted within the backside three, only one place and two factors above bottom-feeders Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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West Ham’s 4 factors have come away from residence, beating Nottingham Forest at Metropolis Floor and holding Everton to a 1-1 draw at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
They face one other tough fixture towards newly promoted Leeds United subsequent weekend and can hope to get again to successful methods at Elland Street.