Sam Allardyce has admitted that his team have exceeded his expectations this season.

West Ham beat Southampton 4-1 at Upton Park on Saturday and Allardyce has been impressed with the start the Hammers have had.

"This is a fantastic start considering we have just been promoted... We've done the job better than I expected with 14 points from eight and we're on two or three more points more than I had hoped," he said.

The former Blackburn Rovers gaffer  has made it clear that the Hammers will now concentrate on their away fixture at Wigan and getting two wins in a row.

"We focus on Wigan away now. Our last away game was against Queens Park Rangers, which was a terrific performance and a well-deserved victory. Can we now go and get our first back-to-back wins in the Premier League?

"When you've won a game, to go and try to win the next one is a massive ask and it makes a huge difference. That's our aim. Wigan haven't won at home so there might be a lack of confidence there, so if we can take advantage of that then we might do back-to-back wins," he added.

However, he has warned that bigger tests are to come, "We don't get too carried away because the fixtures have been very kind to us. The teams that we have played in our first games were very difficult but there's only Arsenal in there that might be in the top four that we've played."

Mark Noble, Modibo Maiga and Kevin Nolan scored the Hammers' goals in last weekend's victory over Southampton.

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