Premier League: West Ham United - Southampton pre-match thoughts and facts

West Ham United and Southampton should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

West Ham United form and stats

West Ham United have played 13 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). When West Ham United hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like West Ham United, Leeds United, Leicester City, Everton, AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

West Ham United's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own stadium, ending 4-0 against AEK Larnaca. The home team are looking to repeat that performance. Bowen (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.34/10. Bowen scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Aston Villa that ended 1-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier West Ham matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for West Ham United, as the Premier League home game vs Newcastle United is only three days away.

The West Ham United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. West Ham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. West Ham United has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

Southampton form and stats

Southampton have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 4-1-9 (14 played). When Southampton is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Southampton, Leeds United, Leicester City, Everton, AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest is teams we like to compare West Ham United with.

Southampton's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tottenham Hotspur that finished 3-3. The match against Tottenham Hotspur looked like a defeat for Southampton, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Ward-Prowse equalized in the 90th minute. Ward-Prowse got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, top player of the team. Ward-Prowse scored one goal, hit six key passes and had 67 successful passes (of 76 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Brentford.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Southampton playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Southampton have conceded 22 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Southampton have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing West Ham United.

This isn't the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Southampton - West Ham United 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

J. Ward-Prowse 7 goals

C. Adams 5 goals

M. Benrahma 4 goals

West Ham United missing players

Southampton missing players