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Southampton vs West Ham Prediction & Betting tips
The English Premier League is doing very quickly and in some cases the teams only have 48 hours to regenerate between two games. The 16th matchday of the 2020/21 season is on the program from Monday to Wednesday. Among other things, there is a duel between table neighbors Southampton and West Ham.
There is tension in this Premier League season anyway, because the top is extremely close together. Southampton, as ninth in the table, is only four points behind Everton, second in the table. The Hammers are right behind the Saints in tenth place and could catch up with the Saints with a win.
However, both teams are in a mini crisis and have not won in three league games. Accordingly, a forecast of the three-way market between Southampton and West Brom seems relatively difficult.
Southampton :
Southampton missed a big point on Boxing Day when the Hasenhüttl-Elf had to be content with a goalless draw at Craven Cottage against promoted Fulham. It was a tired kick, with two clear sidelights from the Saints being the only highlights. The failures in the Southampton warehouse could not be compensated. In particular, the absence of top scorer Danny Ings (six goals, three assists) was clearly noticeable.
Ings had to be replaced with a thigh injury in the narrow 1-0 defeat against Manchester City and thus missed the trip to London. The good news, however, could be that he will at least be available again as a joker in the home game. The Spaniard Oriel Romeu will definitely return after being suspended. Jannik Vestergaard will still be out.
The thin staff cover recently took revenge, because Southampton could not celebrate a victory in the last three league games. Due to the failures on Boxing Day, Southampton has almost positioned itself. The Senegalese Moussa Djenepo was the “oldest” field player on the bench at the age of 22. With the return of Romeu and possibly Ings, Hasenhüttl will have more options again.
So far this season, the ninth in the Premier League has celebrated four home wins and had to deal with three defeats. Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy suffered eight of the nine goals they conceded in their defeats to Tottenham (2: 5) and Manchester United (2: 3). Southampton lost just 0: 1 against the Citizens before Christmas.
Conversely, this means that Southampton was able to keep the box clean in all four home wins. Instead of a normal bet on the home win, given these statistics at Southampton and West Ham, the tip on a win without conceding a goal is advisable.
West Ham :
One day before his stint with the Saints, David Moyes is celebrating his one-year anniversary with his second Hammers service. In contrast to his first engagement (November 2017 to May 2018), the Scot can look back on better statistics this time. When he took office, the team was in dire need of relegation, and West Ham is now in the secured midfield of the Premier League.
Many experts believed that Moyes will not live to see its one-year anniversary. With Arsenal, Wolves, Leicester, Tottenham, Manchester City and Liverpool, West Ham had a real horror program to complete between matchday two and seven. With eight points, West Ham exceeded all expectations in these top games and thus laid the foundation for a strong autumn.
The Hammers, like the Saints, have had to give up a little in the last few days and have only managed to get two draws from the last three league games. On Sunday, the Moyes-Elf reached a 2-2 draw in their home game against Brighton despite being behind twice.
Although West Ham can look back on a strong autumn with 22 points from 15 league games (most recently the Hammers were better in 2015/16), David Moyes is not entirely satisfied with the season so far. In particular, the flagging offensive worries him.
Offensive player Michail Antonio has been out for several weeks due to a thigh injury and ex-Frankfurt Sebastian Haller could never really meet the high expectations. If Moyes has his way, the prodigal son, Marko Arnautovic, will be convinced to return to London in January.
With 23 goals this season, the West Ham offensive can by no means be described as harmless. However, it can often be seen that not much works out of the game, but that resting balls in particular are a strength.
Southampton vs West Ham head to head matches
29.02.20 PL West Ham Southampton 3 : 1
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31.03.18 PL West Ham Southampton 3 : 0