Southampton vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th December 2024

West Ham go up against Southampton on Thursday for a Premier League meeting at St. Mary's Stadium.

Sitting bottom of the table, The Saints have claimed six points after 17 rounds, while The Irons have amassed 20 points. This places the latter as number 14 in the Premier League at the moment.

Southampton are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with West Ham but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

Southampton are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net seven times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.7 goals per game, as they conceded 21 goals. They managed two clean sheets in these matches.

The Hammers are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 12 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.2 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 19 goals, and while West Ham claimed two clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.9 goals per match.

The last time the pair played each other The Irons came away as 1-0 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind on Thursday.

Southampton vs West Ham Prediction

Southampton Form

A single draw is all Southampton have to show from their last three games, where they came up short, losing 0-5 and 1-2 against Tottenham and Liverpool respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation with a 0-0 against Fulham. Southampton only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded 17 goals.

West Ham Form

West Ham are unbeaten in their previous three matches, winning 2-1 against Wolverhampton, before recording a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth. Another draw followed then, this time 1-1 against Brighton. West Ham managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring 12 time and letting in six.

One could argue the pros and cons for a while in this encounter, but we find the value list with visitors West Ham. Having considered form, strength in squad and history of the two teams, they get the call here.

Southampton won four points from their last four encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored four and let in six goals. West Ham earned ten points from their last five games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored nine goals in those matches, but also allowed five goals against on their way to three wins. Southampton have so far been able to win just once after 17 Premier League games played, in stead showing off three draws and 13 defeats. West Ham have a record of five wins, five draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

Southampton vs West Ham Squads

Southampton Squad

Ivan Juric will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against West Ham from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Aaron Ramsdale (0/10), Alex McCarthy (0/4), Gavin Bazunu (0/0), Joe Lumley (0/3), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/0), Charlie Taylor (0/6), Jack Stephens (0/10), James Bree (0/4), Jan Bednarek (0/13), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/15), Nathan Wood (0/4), Ronnie Edwards (0/0), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/16), Yukinari Sugawara (1/15), Adam Lallana (0/8), Flynn Downes (1/15), Joe Aribo (2/16), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/7), Mateus Fernandes (1/16), Ryan Fraser (0/7), Ryan Manning (0/9), William Smallbone (0/4), Adam Armstrong (2/14), Ben Brereton Diaz (0/10), Cameron Archer (2/17), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/0), Paul Onuachu (0/7), Ross Stewart (0/4), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (0/0), Tyler Dibling (1/16).

West Ham Squad

Below is the full team squad of West Ham. The manager Lopetegui will pick his starting XI against Southampton from these players:

Alphonse Areola (0/8), Lukasz Fabianski (0/10), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Cresswell (0/5), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (2/16), Emerson (1/16), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/12), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/14), Max Kilman (0/17), Vladimir Coufal (0/10), Andy Irving (0/5), Carlos Soler (0/13), Crysencio Summerville (1/16), Edson Alvarez (0/13), Guido Rodriguez (0/15), Lucas Paqueta (3/17), Luis Guilherme (0/2), Mohammed Kudus (3/12), Oliver Scarles (0/2), Tomas Soucek (4/16), Danny Ings (1/9), Jarrod Bowen (4/17), Lewis Orford (0/0), Michail Antonio (1/14), Niclas Fuellkrug (1/6).

Southampton vs West Ham Team News

West Ham have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match on Thursday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands. Lucas Paqueta and Edson Alvarez can't be called upon by West Ham, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Southampton vs West Ham Lineups

Southampton vs West Ham H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, West Ham came away with a 1-0 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at St. Mary's Stadium, but face stern opposition, of course. In last ten encounters between the clubs, West Ham have been the dominant force winning six matches against Southampton. The bookies have West Ham to win this match at best price odds of 11/10.

Southampton vs West Ham Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Southampton and West Ham. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 6/5 with bookies.

Southampton vs West Ham Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Adam Armstrong will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. West Ham hope Tomas Soucek can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Southampton claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing seven. West Ham won two of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost five of the games in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at St. Mary's Stadium since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Southampton. The same occurred in seven of the last 10 league games away from home for West Ham.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Southampton managed an average of 0.6 goals, with West Ham averaging 1.6 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Southampton, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. In the last ten games for West Ham, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves.