West Ham 1-3 Wolves: It is a crucial match for two struggling sides at Upton Park with Gianfranco Zola's men coming off the back of four successive defeats
Mick McCarthy's visitors know that victory would carry them above Wigan and into 15th place whilst opening up a healthy seven-point gap on the relegation zone
Karl Henry gets in front of Radoslav Kovac as his Wolves side enjoy the better of the early exchanges in the midfield battle
After Kevin Foley has rattled the bar, Kevin Doyle steals the ball away from an indecisive James Tomkins and sprints through to beat Robert Green from a tightening angle
It is the Republic of Ireland striker's seventh league goal of the season taking him ahead of the tally he achieved during his last top-flight campaign with Reading in 2007-2008
By contrast the powerful shot that doubles the visitors' advantage from full-back Ronald Zubar is his first league goal of the season
Three minutes later Matt Jarvis' low drive finds the net and, while the travelling support erupts, the restless home fans' mood darkens
Far fewer than the official attendance of 33,988 are still in their seats when Guillermo Franco lifts the ball over Marcus Hahnemann to score an injury-time goal of little consolation
Zola's side have slid four place in their last five games but may find solace in a run-in devoid of fixtures against the top four or bottom three
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