After Aston Villa’s 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest within the early kick-off, two extra video games had been on provide within the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Sticking round within the Midlands, West Ham travelled to Wolves for an enormous conflict on the backside of the standings.
Each groups sit within the relegation zone, however with Forest shedding, the Hammers had the prospect to shut the hole to only one level from security.
On the opposite aspect, Wolves wanted a win in the event that they had been to provide themselves any probability or forcing their approach out of the underside spot.
Within the different recreation, Brighton welcomed Burnley to the South Coast. The Seagulls are sitting fairly within the prime half of the desk, and had been trying to preserve their good type on the Amex up.
Burnley, nonetheless, stay determined for wins beneath Scott Parker. Learn on to see how each video games unfolded within the prime flight.
Wolves 3-0 West Ham
Wolves claimed a long-awaited Premier League victory with a commanding 3-0 win over West Ham at Molineux, ending their winless run in emphatic style.
The harm was achieved in a powerful first-half show from the hosts. Jhon Arias opened the scoring inside 4 minutes, steering house from shut vary after a well-worked transfer involving Mateus Mane and Hee-Chan Hwang.
Wolves doubled their benefit halfway by means of the half when Hwang calmly transformed from the penalty spot following a foul on Mane.
The third arrived earlier than the break as 18-year-old Mane fired in his first senior purpose for the membership, capping a dominant spell.
West Ham struggled to reply and created little or no throughout the 90 minutes, managing solely sporadic efforts regardless of a number of half-time modifications.
Brighton 2-0 Burnley
Brighton secured a snug 2-0 house win over Burnley to finish a six-game Premier League winless run and transfer into the highest eight.
The hosts managed possession from the outset and took the lead simply earlier than the half-hour mark. After a sustained spell of strain, Georginio Rutter reacted quickest to a deflected effort and completed from a decent angle to provide Brighton a deserved benefit.
Burnley provided little in response, though they did power Bart Verbruggen right into a late first-half save to maintain the rating at 1-0.
Any hope of a comeback was successfully ended moments after the restart. Yasin Ayari doubled Brighton’s lead with a exact right-footed strike into the underside nook, capitalising on Burnley’s sluggish begin to the second half.
Premier League fixtures and outcomes this weekend
Elsewhere at present, there was loads extra motion within the Premier League.
On Sunday, six extra video games are on provide. Leeds welcome Manchester United within the early kick off, as Liverpool additionally tackle Fulham, Sunderland journey to Tottenham, and within the massive match, Manchester Metropolis host Chelsea.
Matches begin at 15:00 GMT / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT until said in any other case.
Saturday, January 3
Brighton vs Burnley
Wolves vs West Ham
Bournemouth vs Arsenal (17:30)
Sunday, January 4
Leeds vs Manchester United (12:30)
Everton vs Brentford
Fulham vs Liverpool
Newcastle vs Crystal Palace
Tottenham vs Sunderland
Manchester Metropolis vs Chelsea (17:30)
