Strand Larsen delivers as nervous Wolves pull away from danger zone

"Three points means three beers," according to Vítor Pereira. The Wolves head coach and fans can enjoy a few righteous pints after his side moved 12 points clear of the relegation zone with a hard-fought victory against West Ham.

- Will Unwin

Jørgen Strand Larsen scored the only goal to open up a greater gap on Ipswich and Leicester. Their rivals have a game in hand but Wolves will feel they are close to securing another season of Premier League football after a meritorious victory against a West Ham team that struggled to get going.

Graham Potter offered first West Ham starts to Luis Guilherme and Evan Ferguson to create a new front three alongside Jarrod Bowen, while Pereira continued without the suspended Matheus Cunha. The Brazilian missed the two previous matches, which Wolves came through with a draw and win, although his comments about feeling it is the right time to move were not warmly greeted at Molineux.

Wolves are looking to eek their way to Premier League survival, aided by the dispiriting state of the three teams worse than them. They looked nervous in defence, the slight threat of going down still looming over them, and a Toti Gomes mistake allowed Bowen to burst down the right into space, reaching the box before pulling back for Ferguson who should have tapped in at the far post but messed up the finish, summing up West Ham in the first half.