Andre Ayew scored his season first goal for West Ham on Wednesday night.

The game was settled by two goals in the space of three minutes close to half-time as the gulf in class between the two sides told.

Diafra Sakho scored for the first time since last November before Andre Ayew raced through to give the Hammers their opening win of the campaign.

Angelo Ogbonna’s header was cleared off the line by Kyle Storer, and just seconds later Ayew crossed and Sakho was foiled by Jonathan Flatt’s sprawling save.

But five minutes before half-time Sakho turned on Noble’s pass on the edge of the area and found the bottom of Flatt’s net.

The lead was doubled within three minutes when Ayew broke through after a one-two with Sakho and finished in confident fashion.