In this 19th week match, on Sun Dec 26th, West Ham United and Southampton will play a match in London in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 5th placed West Ham United, recorded a 0-2 loss against Arsenal. Martinelli struck first for Arsenal in the 48th minute on a feed from Alexandre Lacazette, then Emile Smith Rowe added another in the 87th minute on a feed from Bukayo Saka At the end of 90 a dissapointed West Ham United couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. West Ham United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed Southampton is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 2nd minute, but James Ward-Prowse got the equalizer for Southampton in the 32nd minute . Southampton is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 11th, Southampton hosted West Ham United at the St. Mary’s Stadium in their last match together. Southampton and West Ham United battled to a 0-0 draw. Southampton had 10 on net, and West Ham United had 13, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Armando Broja has been the most prolific scorer on Southampton in the last five matches with 2 goals. Tomáš Souček and Arthur Masuaku are the top scorers for West Ham United in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
David Moyes’s squad will be without Ryan Fredericks, Angelo Ogbonna and Benjamin Johnson, while Ralph Hasenhüttl’s squad will be without Fraser Forster, Stuart Armstrong, Che Adams, Alex McCarthy and Valentino Livramento.