Wrexham concede six as unbeaten away league start ends at West Ham

Wrexham’s unbeaten away start in the Championship ended with a 6-0 defeat at West Ham United, who scored through six different players at the London Stadium. Wrexham had conceded one goal across the previous three league trips. West Ham scored twice before half-time and added four more after the break.

Jarrod Bowen put West Ham ahead on 28 minutes and Joel Piroe made it 2-0 on 37. The third goal came three minutes into the second half, through Konstantinos Mavropanos. Taty Castellanos scored the fourth on 63 minutes, before substitute Mohamadou Kante added another on 76 and Manor Solomon completed the scoring on 82.

Four changes with Wrexham four down

Phil Parkinson made four substitutions on 67 minutes, with the score already 4-0. Issa Kaboré replaced Danny Imray, Kieffer Moore came on for Sam Smith, Matty James replaced George Dobson and Dominic Hyam took over from Joe Worrall. West Ham had brought Kyle Walker-Peters on for Joël Veltman in the first half; Kante replaced Piroe on 68 minutes before scoring.

The defeat followed a draw at Cardiff City, a win at Millwall and a goalless draw at Swansea City in Wrexham’s first three away league games. Those trips had produced five points and just one goal conceded. Wrexham’s second league defeat leaves Parkinson’s side on seven points from seven matches. West Ham move to 14 points from seven games.

Possession did not bring chances

Wrexham had 47% possession but managed eight shots, with one on target. West Ham had 19 attempts and nine on target. The gap was also evident inside the penalty area: West Ham took 13 shots from inside the box to Wrexham’s four.