Premier League: Top level against not good enough, at least according to the league table. West Ham United - Southampton. Home win or a surprise result?
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Carabao Cup. That game was an away game at Tottenham Hotspur, so at least West Ham United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
West Ham United form and stats
West Ham United have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
West Ham haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 183 minutes ago. Masuaku scored that one.
West Ham United lost their last game at Tottenham Hotspur (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfielder Rice was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Rice hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 7 times and had 86 successful passes (of 90 total).
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Arsenal.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does West Ham handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and three defeats.
There will be little rest for West Ham United after this match as they are travelling to Watford for a Premier League game in only two days.
West Ham United can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
Southampton has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Crystal Palace for a Premier League game that ended a draw (2-2). Midfielder Ward-Prowse was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Ward-Prowse scored one goal and hit four key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Arsenal wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Southampton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.
After this away game Southampton return home for a Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur. That game is only two sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Southampton have conceded 19 goals in these games. Southampton has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Southampton - West Ham 0-0. Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): West Ham won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Southampton got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  M. Antonio 6 goals |  P. Fornals Malla 4 goals |   A. Broja 4 goals |
West Ham United missing players
Southampton missing players
| West Ham United | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 26 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 88% |
| 71% | 88% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 65% |
| 59% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 78% | 53% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 41% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 65% | 88% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 56% | 53% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 29% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.6 | 12.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 35% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 27% | 25% |
| 13.2 | 11.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 13.6 | 12.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
- Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- West Ham United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 35 | 44 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 35 | 41 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 38 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Brentford | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 10 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -26 | 10 |
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