by Staff Writer
Sunday, 15th March 2026
West Ham are out of the relegation zone for the first time in 2026 after securing a valuable point against title-chasers Manchester City at the LOS.
Konstantinos Mavropanos' first goal of the season cancelled out Bernardo Silva's freak opener to secure a share of the spoils for Nuno Espirito Santo's side and lift them above Nottingham Forest in the Premier League table for the first time since December.
And as a result, most bookies now have West Ham as favourites to remain in the Premier League - with Tottenham now considered the most likely to drop with Wolves and Burnley.
While West Ham spent much of the game under the cosh - United's only effort on target was Mavropanos' goal, while the visitors engineered six (of their 24) efforts on target - Mads Hermansen was rarely called upon and his only notable saves of the game were a Haaland effort he sent wide of the post and a shot he tipped onto the crossbar.
And while the point was an unexpected boost for West Ham's battle against relegation, the draw left the visitors nine behind league leaders Arsenal.
We'll have a full match report for you soon...
West Ham Utd: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Disasi, Diouf, Souček, Fernandes, Bowen (c) (Kante 90+6), Pablo (Magassa 64), Castellanos (Traore 75)
Unused subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Mayers, Potts, Wilson
Goals: Mavropanos (35)
Booked: Magassa, Fernandes
Manchester City: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri (Doku 60), Rodri, Silva (c) (Reijnders 75), O’Reilly, Semenyo (Foden 75), Marmoush (Cherki 60), Haaland
Unused subs: Trafford, Dias, Ake, Gonzalez, Kovacic
Goals: Silva (31)
Booked: Marmoush, Silva
Possession: WHUFC 29%-71% MCFC
Shots/on target: WHUFC 1/1-24/6 MCFC
xG: WHUFC 0.54-2.12 MCFC
Referee: Michael Oliver
Estimated attendance: 55,000
Tickets sold: 62,459
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