Comments and predictions for West Ham vs Southampton: The away team is defeated
The match between West Ham vs Southampton in the Premier League takes place at 9:00 p.m. on April 19. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest West Ham vs Southampton team information
West Ham are without Aaron Cresswell (muscle), Crysencio Summerville (thigh) and Michail Antonio (leg). Potter could switch to a back four with Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman and Scarles, while Mavropanos could be dropped from the starting line-up.
The midfield could see the return of Edson Alvarez or Tomas Soucek alongside former Southampton man James Ward-Prowse. Up front, Niclas Fullkrug could be handed a starting spot alongside Bowen, Paqueta and Kudus.
For Southampton, Albert Gronbaek (tendon) and Charlie Taylor (hip) remain absent, while Paul Onuachu (ankle) remains doubtful. The good news is that former West Ham player Flynn Downes has completed his suspension and is likely to return to the starting midfield, replacing Fernandes or Ugochukwu.
Young talent Tyler Dibling, who has been on the bench for two of the last three games, could start alongside Cameron Archer and one of two names: Fernandes or Kamaldeen Sulemana in attack.
West Ham vs Southampton latest expected lineup
West Ham United:
Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles; Soucek, Ward-Prowse; Bowen, Kudus, Paqueta; Fullkrug
Southampton:
Ramsdale; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning; Fernandes, Dibling; Archer
Latest football commentary on West Ham vs Southampton
After back-to-back wins over Arsenal and Leicester City in late February, West Ham have been in disarray over the last five Premier League games, alternating between defeats and draws. Their most recent game saw them lose 2-1 at title contenders Liverpool.
It looked like Liverpool would have secured a valuable point at Anfield after an 86th-minute own goal from Andrew Robertson, but just two minutes later captain Virgil van Dijk headed home the winner, handing manager Graham Potter his sixth defeat in 12 games since taking charge in January.
West Ham have now dropped to 17th in the table, but are still 14 points clear of the relegation zone. A win over Southampton would virtually guarantee their 13th consecutive stay in the top flight. They would also be just three points behind Everton, who are in 13th.
The Hammers have every reason to be confident when hosting Southampton, having lost just one of their last 12 Premier League meetings with the opposition (W8 D3). That defeat came at home in a 2-3 draw in December 2021.
However, Potter still needs to improve his home form, where West Ham have won just two of their last seven league games (D1 L4), including four games without scoring.
On the other side, Southampton has officially been relegated and has just parted ways with coach Ivan Juric. The first match after the change was a 0-3 home defeat to Aston Villa.
This is the 26th defeat after 32 rounds - the worst record in the club's history in 139 years of existence. The current 81% loss rate is also the highest ever recorded in a season in the top flight of English football.
As of the day of the West Ham game, Southampton have spent a total of 170 days bottom of the table this season – their most in a single campaign. In the last two Premier League seasons, they have spent 60% of their time (324/544 days up to 19 April) at the bottom of the table.
Interim manager Simon Rusk will take charge of Southampton for the remaining six games and will be hoping to help the team surpass their record Premier League points low (11 points set by Derby County in 2007-08). They currently need two more points to do so.
Southampton have won just five of their last 23 Premier League meetings with West Ham, but three of those victories have come away from home, including a 3-2 win in December 2021 under Ralph Hasenhuttl.
Latest West Ham vs Southampton score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.West Ham vs Southamptonas follows:
- Sportsmole:West Ham 2-0 Southampton
- WhoScore:West Ham 3-1 Southampton
- Our newspaper predicts:West Ham 3-1 Southampton
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