George Cox.
Image by: Paul Hazlewood
PUBLISHED
06:00 10th February 2016
by James Hilsum
ALBION 0
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WEST HAM UNITED 2
Kemp (pen) 30
Diangana 69
- Goals from Dan Kemp (penalty) and Grady Diangana give West Ham the victory
- Albion’s three-match unbeaten run comes to an end
- The Seagulls remain ninth in the Barclays U18 Premier League South table
- Brighton next face Fulham away on Thursday 18th February
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Goals in each half from Dan Kemp and Grady Diangana were enough to secure all three points for the Hammers.
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Albion had a chance to take the lead inside the opening few minutes when Reece Meekums raced one-on-one with goalkeeper Rihards Matrevics, but the shot-stopper reacted well to make the save.
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Meekums had another chance to break the deadlock when his shot almost crossed the line, before being cleared away at the last moment by the West Ham defence.
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But it was the Hammers that took the lead on the half-hour mark when Kemp was brought down inside the box.
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The forward stepped up to take the subsequent penalty and fired the ball into the bottom corner beyond Albion keeper Bailey Vose.
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George Cox had a chance to level at the end of a free-flowing Albion move, but was denied by a strong save from Matrevics.
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The Hammers wrapped up the points in the 69th minute after Diangana’s lob from 30 yards out beat Vose.
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Thomas Byrne came close to finding the net for the Seagulls, but his close-range header from a corner went over the bar.
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ALBION: Vose (GK); Moore, White (Rolph 65), Barker, Cox; Davies, Meyers, Sanders; Meekums (Ferguson 45), Byrne, Garcia.
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SUBS NOT USED: Sanchez (GK), Golan, Hutchinson.
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