West Ham vs Southampton Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
West Ham are unbeaten in their last six Premier League meetings with Southampton, winning five in a row before their 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture.
Since drawing 3-3 in May 1994 in their first such meeting, none of Southampton’s last 17 away Premier League games against West Ham have ended level, with Saints winning just four of those (L13).
Since losing three in a row between 2013-14 and 2015-16, West Ham haven’t lost their final league game in any of the last four campaigns (W3 D1).
When finishing a league campaign away from home, Southampton have won just one of their last 13 final games (D4 L8), beating Man City 1-0 in the final game at Maine Road in 2003.
West Ham United need a point to guarantee a top-six finish in the Premier League for only the second time, finishing 5th in 1998-99 under Harry Redknapp. It will be manager David Moyes’ best finish since he came 6th in his final season as Everton boss in 2012-13.
Southampton have lost nine of their 10 Premier League away games so far in 2021, with the only exception being a 2-0 victory at bottom side Sheffield United. Saints have conceded 30 goals in these nine defeats, scoring just seven in return.
Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse hasn’t missed a single minute of Premier League football in either of the last two seasons – if he plays 90 minutes in this game, he will be the first midfielder to play every minute in consecutive seasons, and only the second midfielder to do so in more than one season, along with Gary McAllister (1993-94 with Leeds United, 1996-97 with Coventry City).
Since his first Premier League appearance for West Ham on February 3rd, only Kelechi Iheanacho (14) has been involved in more Premier League goals than Jesse Lingard (13; 9 goals, 4 assists). The record tally for goals/assists in a Premier League season for a player who didn’t appear until as late as February is 15 by Bruno Fernandes last season for Manchester United (8 goals, 7 assists).
Against no side has Southampton’s Theo Walcott scored more Premier League goals than he has against West Ham (6), while he’s only had more goal involvements against Newcastle (11) than he has against the Hammers (10 – 6 goals, 4 assists).
West Ham forward Michail Antonio has registered 10+ goals in his last two Premier League seasons, one of only five players to manage that feat in consecutive seasons for the Hammers. His strike against West Brom took him to 46 Premier League goals for the club, one behind Paolo Di Canio’s record of 47 which has stood since 2003.
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