Coufal and Soucek lead the Premier League! They beat Leicester 4:1 at home

West Ham won their second game of the Premier League season and are now top of the competition after a 4-1 win over Leicester. Vladimir Coufal assisted and Michail Antonio scored two goals.

Said Benrahma had the first chance of the match in the sixth minute, but Kasper Schmeichel dealt with his attempt. The Hammers continued to be more active but failed to hit the gears. In the 26th minute, the stadium was celebrating. Benrahma’s centre was sent to the back post from the first by Pablo Fornals.

Three minutes later, Tomas Soucek tried a header but missed the right post by a whisker. Ayoze Perez was shown a red card in the 40th minute. The referee didn’t see his tackle on Pablo Fornals at first, but VAR forced him to watch the replay again.

There were no more chances before half-time, so it was 1:0 to the booths. Mikhail Antonio opened the second half with a header, but Schmeichel made a great save and kept out the shot.

But in the 56th minute, Benrahma was already fishing the ball out of the net after a mistake in the visitors’ midfield. Fifteen minutes later, it was just a goal again. Youri Tielemans took advantage of a messy situation in the home team’s penalty area and shot past Lukasz Fabianski.

The Hammers secured the three points in the 82nd minute. Antonio was perfectly positioned in the penalty area and gave Schmeichel no chance. The muscular playmaker celebrated for the second time two minutes later when he neatly broke free in the whitewash and struck. The assist went to Vladimír Coufal.

West Ham won 4-1 and moved to the top of the Premier League table.