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Nottingham Forest earned a first league win of the year as goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and Callum Hudson-Odoi earned them a 2-0 victory over 10-man West Ham United that took them five points clear of the relegation zone.
West Ham have now gone six matches without a victory, losing the last three without scoring a goal.
How the match unfolded
There were two changes apiece at the City Ground. Nuno Espirito Santo handed starts to Brazilians Felipe and Danilo, with Moussa Niakhate and Ryan Yates making way from the side that lost 3-2 to Newcastle United.
David Moyes brought in Kalvin Phillips and Michail Antonio for Ben Johnson and Tomas Soucek.
Forest made a bright start and forced an early save from Alphonse Areola, who denied Anthony Elanga brilliantly with his feet.
The hosts went close again just before the half-hour when Nicolas Dominguez's blocked shot fell to Morgan Gibbs-White, who fired his effort straight at the West Ham ’keeper.
Forest eventually opened the scoring in the fifth minute of first-half added time through Awoniyi.
Nayef Aguerd could only head a cross away as far as Dominguez, and his low pass back into the penalty area found Awoniyi, who spun away from Aguerd before firing past Areola.
West Ham were reduced to 10 men on 71 minutes when Phillips was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Gibbs-White.
Forest took a firm grip of the contest and went close to doubling their lead when Elanga skied over the crossbar.
The home side did make it 2-0 in the fourth minute of stoppage time, the ball falling to Hudson-Odoi, who fired low into the bottom-left corner to net in a third consecutive match.
Forest climb one place to 15th on 24 points, while West Ham remain eighth on 36 points.
Club reports
Nott'm Forest report | West Ham report
Match officials
Referee: Tom Bramall. Assistants: Mat Wilkes, Adrian Holmes. Fourth official: Gavin Ward. VAR: Tim Robinson. Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton.
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