Blackburn 2-1 West Ham: goals from Guðjohnsen, Afolayan and Piroe

Blackburn beat West Ham 2-1 in matchday 15 of the Championship, played on Saturday 7 November at Ewood Park. The referee was Thomas Kirk.

Andri Guðjohnsen opened the scoring in minute 54, with an assist from J. Fevrier. Oladapo Afolayan doubled the lead in minute 71, assisted by Yuki Ohashi. Joel Piroe pulled one back for West Ham in minute 82, with an assist from Taty Castellanos.

There were five yellow cards: three for Blackburn (Gady Beyuku, min. 34; Kristi Montgomery, min. 67; Augustus Kargbo, min. 87) and two for West Ham (Maximilian Kilman, min. 72; Arne Engels, min. 86). West Ham had 64% possession and 18 shots, four of them on target, with an xG of 1.28 against 0.90 for Blackburn, who had 36% possession and 4 shots, two on target. The best player of the match was A. Guðjohnsen, rated 7.7, with one goal.

In our table, Blackburn are 14th with 18 points from 14 matches, and West Ham are 8th with 23 points from 14 matches.