West Ham secured a 3-0 home victory over Derby, their second home win in five days. Joel Piroe opened the scoring after six minutes with a simple finish following a cross from Jarrod Bowen and a header from Taty Castellanos. Despite dominating early, West Ham lost fluidity as the game progressed and relied on substitutes for the decisive goals.

Edvin Austbo, signed for £10million from Viking, scored his first goal for the club after Bowen miscued a shot from Arne Engels' cross. Mohamadou Kante, a 20-year-old academy product, added a third with a low shot from outside the box. Nuno Espirito Santo praised the bench impact, noting the clean sheet and energy brought by substitutes, though he acknowledged the team lacked the intensity seen in their midweek win over Wolves.

Derby struggled to threaten, with Rhian Brewster replaced early by David Ozoh due to injury, and missed chances to reduce the deficit before the late goals settled the contest.