Ahead of tonight’s game between West Ham and Brentford, the Bees were in double advantage. First of all, even thou they only had two wins in the last nine games in all competition, they were still better than the Hammers, who had none in that game span. And second, Brentford had a perfect record against the hosts – five wins in the last five matches in the Premier League. But West Ham supporters were optimistic since their living ‘mojo’ was back. Brazilian Luqas Paqueta was finally back from injury and with him in the squad, their win rate is 56 per cent, but while he was in the treatment room, the win rate was zero. In reality, West Ham are better with Paqueta for sure, but they are nothing without Jarrod Bowen. The Hammers’ forward made sure that the home fans finally see the first win in 2024 with his first ever hat-trick in an exciting 4-2 win over Brentford.The England international is West Ham’s best player by far and only Mohamed Salah (15) and Erling Haaland (17) have scored more Premier League goals than Jarrod Bowen, who is at number 14 (and counting) after tonight’s win. Ever present Bowen is their most consistent footballer who is also starting as a lone striker week in and week out, considering that Michail Antonio is always injured and they cannot find a proper second striker for years. And tonight he finally brought his team a first win in 2024 with two lighting strike goals in the 5th and 7th minute, before scoring the third one in the 63rd minute to secure the win. To make the night complete, Emerson scored a screamer from 20 meters five minutes later.As for Brentford, they continue to be in the relegation battle as they made too many defensive mistakes tonight, but managed to score two goals, out of which Congo’s Wissa scored a fantastic volley in the bottom corner to ‘spice things up’ near the end of the game, but in the 82nd minute, it was already too late. However, the guests used the relaxed mood of the home team to create two fantastic opportunities in injury time. Luckily for the Hammers, Alphonse Areola was awake and saved his goal on both occasions. The Bees needed a result here, considering they will be playing Chelsea and Arsenal in their next two matches. ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUEFridayChelsea – Tottenham POSTPONEDSaturdayAston Villa – Nott.Forest 4-2 (3-1)/Watkins 4, Luiz 29, 39, Bailey 61 – Diakhate 45+5, Gibbs-White 48/Man. Utd. – Fulham 1-2 (0-0)/Maguire 89 – Bassey 65, Iwobi 90+5/Crystal Palace – Burnley 3-0 (0-0)/Richards 68, Ayew 72, Mateta 77/Brighton – Everton 1-1 (0-0)/Dunk 90+5 – Brantwaithe 74/Bournemouth – Man.City 0-1 (0-1)/Foden 24/Arsenal – Newcastle 4-1 (2-0)/Botman 18 og, Havertz 24, Saka 65, Kiwior 69 – Willock 84/SundayWolverhampton – Sheffield Utd 1-0 (1-0)/Sarabia 30/MondayWest Ham – Brentford (2-1)/Bowen 5, 7, 63, Emerson 69 – Maupay 13/
