Brentford ended their winless run with a 3-0 Premier League victory over West Ham, with Igor Thiago and Mikkel Damsgaard scoring after a Mavropanos own goal.
Brentford reignited their European push with a commanding 3-0 win over West Ham United at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Keith Andrews’ side needed a response after six Premier League games without a win, and they got one. A Konstantinos Mavropanos own goal put Brentford ahead in the first half before Igor Thiago doubled the lead from the penalty spot after the break. Mikkel Damsgaard then sealed the result late on.
It was not quite as straightforward as the scoreline suggested, particularly during a chaotic first half, but Brentford were sharper in the decisive moments and far more controlled after the interval.
West Ham had the first warning sign when Pablo turned Sepp van den Berg and forced Caoimhin Kelleher into a routine save. Brentford responded through their usual set-piece and long-throw pressure, with Michael Kayode causing problems down the right.
The breakthrough came after 15 minutes. Yehor Yarmoliuk delivered a deep ball into the area, Kayode helped create the scramble, and Mavropanos, sliding back towards his own goal, inadvertently lifted the ball into the net off the underside of the bar.
West Ham almost responded immediately. Valentin Castellanos struck the base of the post from the edge of the box, before Mavropanos thought he had made amends by heading in from a wide free-kick. VAR intervened, however, and the goal was ruled out for offside.
The game then became stretched. Damsgaard missed a presentable chance after Mads Hermansen headed poorly outside his area, while Thiago was denied in a one-on-one after Brentford broke from a West Ham set-piece. Castellanos hit the woodwork again from a Jarrod Bowen corner, and Keane Lewis-Potter later saw a header saved before Kyle Walker-Peters cleared the rebound away from Dango Ouattara.
West Ham finished the half strongly, with Castellanos forcing Kelleher into a save from distance and then heading wide from Bowen’s corner. Brentford reached the break ahead, but not without warning.
The second goal changed the tone. Early in the second half, El Hadji Malick Diouf slid in on Ouattara on the edge of the area, and Craig Pawson awarded a penalty. VAR upheld the decision, and Thiago sent Hermansen the wrong way for his 22nd Premier League goal of the season.
West Ham briefly threatened a route back when Crysencio Summerville hit the underside of the bar and Tomas Soucek struck the outside of the post in the same passage, but Brentford survived and soon killed the game.
Damsgaard made it 3-0 in the 82nd minute, finishing precisely after Lewis-Potter’s assist to cap another influential display.
The closing stages also brought two significant personal moments. Kaye Furo was introduced late on for his Premier League debut, while Josh Dasilva came on for his first Brentford appearance since January 2024 after his long injury absence.
For Brentford, this was the result they needed. The performance had difficult moments, but the win lifts Andrews’ side back into the European conversation and gives them renewed momentum before a demanding run-in.