Women's team
Women's team
West Ham United women's team 4-1 Liverpool Barclays Women’s Super League, Victoria Road, Sunday 1 November 2026, 2pm GMT
An emphatic West Ham United women’s team secured a big three Barclays Women’s Super League points with a 4-1 victory at home to Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.
It was a blistering first half that did the damage at Victoria Road as a Viviane Asseyi penalty, smart Leila Wandeler finish and deflected Laia Codina effort gave Rita Guarino’s Hammers a strong lead at the break.
Asseyi then found the net again in the second half, this time with a brilliant free-kick from the edge of the box, before Vivien Endemann netted a consolation for the visitors.
The win moves the Irons above the Reds and up to tenth in the WSL standings.
Women's team
Women's team
The Hammers’ ambition and determination to get on the front foot was clear. We came out the traps in a flash, pressing Liverpool, turning the ball over quickly and darting towards the final third with pace.
The clock had just ticked past six minutes when Katie Zelem sprayed the ball out wide to Asseyi, who, after a quick one-two with Inès Belloumou, found herself with a chance in the box.
Our No20’s clever first touch took her away from Fūka Nagano, who stuck out a leg and brought Asseyi down, leaving referee William Davis no choice but to point to the spot.
Asseyi’s record from 12 yards in the WSL is, quite literally, perfect. She stepped up to the spot having scored all seven of her previous penalties, and made no mistake in slotting away her eighth as she sent Khiara Keating the wrong way to give us an early lead.
Head Coach Rita Guarino would have been pleased with the fast start, but her smile would have grown even bigger eight minutes later when Wandeler quickly doubled our advantage.
Wandeler
On her first WSL start of the season, our No27 carried the ball from the halfway line to the edge of the box, played a one-two with Seraina Piubel, before slotting home.
While a third did come before the break, it could have arrived sooner when Zelem slipped Asseyi through on goal on half-an-hour, who crashed the crossbar one-on-one with Keating.
Up the other end, while Liverpool attacked the final third a few times in the first period, they couldn’t fashion a clear-cut chance. Their best opportunity came when Beata Olsson met Alejandra Bernabé’s cross, but headed straight at Constance Picaud-Inconnu.
And just moments later, we duly did get our third of the afternoon. Codina strode towards the edge of the box, unleashed a shot at goal when encouraged by the crowd, and it deflected off Jenna Clark, over Keating and into the back of the net.
Codina
With a three-goal lead, the Irons kept the pressure on and started the second half on the front foot. Nadine Riesen stung the palms of Keating, Piubel skewed a shot wide of the mark from inside the area, and Kelly Gago prodded an effort off target after Asseyi saw a close-range effort blocked.
Meanwhile, Picaud-Inconnu was called into action, as she did well to hold Alice Bergström’s strike from the right side of the box.
Guarino then sent Riko Ueki onto the pitch on the hour mark and she got straight into the action, clipping the ball to Asseyi who was brought down on the edge of the box by Clark, which set up our fourth goal.
Asseyi, Zelem and Belloumou all stood over the free-kick, but it was the former who struck and her curling shot flew straight into the top-right corner of the net to give us a 4-0 lead.
Asseyi
The Reds did pull a goal back on 72 minutes when substitute Endemann cut inside and found the net via a deflection off Codina, but it was merely as consolation.
Meanwhile, the Hammers went in search of a fifth and Asseyi went in search of her hat-trick, but she was denied twice by Keating late on.
The full-time whistle then blew and the Claret and Blue Army let out a massive roar from the stands, as they celebrated a massive three points.
West Ham United: Picaud-Inconnu, Riesen, Codina, Cascarino, Belloumou, Siren, Zelem ©, Wandeler (Morgan 76), Piubel (Salmon 83), Asseyi, Gago (Ueki 60) Subs: Walsh (GK), Endo, Kumagai, Nyström, Tennebø, Peacock
Goals: Asseyi 7, 62, Wandeler 15, Codina 44
Booked: Siren
Liverpool: Keating, Fisk, Ramos (Endemann HT), Kapocs, Nagano, Olsson, Clark, MacLean, Kerr, Bergström (Itamura 67), Bernabé (Ward 91) Subs: Kirby (GK), Parry, Enderby, Höbinger, Agrež, Trueman
Goal: Endemann 72
Booked: Kapocs
Referee: William Davis
Women's team gallery v Liverpool
Women's team gallery v Liverpool
Wandeler
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