Premier League: Spirited West Ham records long-awaited home win over Newcastle

West Ham United recovered from an early goal to beat Newcastle United 3-1 on Sunday to claim their first home win in the Premier League since beating Leicester City in February.

Newcastle took the lead in the fourth minute, Jacob Murphy scoring to cap off a counter-attack after West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen hit the woodwork at the other end, but that was as good as it got for the listless Magpies.

Goals from Lucas Paqueta and Tomas Soucek either side of a Sven Botman own goal saw West Ham win 3-1 and finally gave the club’s long-suffering fans at the London Stadium something to cheer about with a display of verve and creativity.

The result left them in 18th place in the table with seven points, five behind Newcastle in 13th.

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Bowen looked like he had won a penalty in the 11th minute but a lengthy VAR review showed Malick Thiaw touched the ball and the decision was overturned.

Undeterred, Paqueta leveled for the home side with a diving drive in the 35th minute, and Nuno Espirito Santo saw his side take a rare half-time lead after Newcastle defender Botman turned the ball into his own goal in first-half stoppage time.

Without an away win all season, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe made a triple change at half-time, replacing strikers Nick Woltemade and Anthony Gordon and defender Emil Krafth with Jacob Ramsey, William Osula and Fabian Schaer, but it made little difference.

West Ham midfielder Freddie Potts had a goal disallowed for marginal offside in the build-up, but with Newcastle offering so little in attack it proved inexpensive.

Instead, it was up to Soucek to get the three points, bundling the ball deep into second-half stoppage time to secure West Ham’s first win under Espirito Santo and only their second win of the season.

For winger Bowen, who played an influential role throughout, the home win was a sign of things to come.

“I say to the players all the time: we have so much potential in this squad, we have to understand it and go out and show it,” he told Sky Sports.

«It’s our stage. We can use all the tactics in the world, but once we go out it’s about playing football and doing what we love, and today was a start to that.»

Published on November 2, 2025