Southampton vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th October 2022

The Premier League game at St. Mary's Stadium on Sunday sees visitors West Ham facing home side Southampton. Southampton ended up winning 2-3 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton are number 17 in the table on seven points after nine matches. West Ham rank as number 13 with ten points after nine matches played.

Southampton will be eager to close the gap on West Ham in the Premier League table this coming Sunday. At the same time, the hosts will be very cautious of not losing further ground on their upcoming opponent. We could have a tight match between these two coming on.

Southampton are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 21 goals. They managed zero clean sheets in these matches.

West Ham are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net nine times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.9 goals a game in which they conceded 13 times, an average of 1.3 per game. They managed two clean sheets in of these.

Southampton vs West Ham Prediction

Southampton form

Southampton have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 1-0 by Aston Villa, before Everton ran out 1-2 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Manchester City, who came out 4-0 winners. Southampton just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the St. Mary's Stadium. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded ten goals.

Hoping for a campaign without too much hazzle, recent performances suggests Southampton could be dragged into a relegation-battle.

West Ham Form

In their last three matches, West Ham first beat Anderlecht 0-1, then Fulham by 3-1 and finally Anderlecht by 2-1. West Ham, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn zero and lost four in their last six away in the Premier League.

Aiming for a mid-table finish West Ham would require a quick upturn in form to even achieve even that.

Both Southampton and West Ham are having a hard time finding their way to the net. With the teams clashing in this round 11, we find a low scoring match is the natural pick.

Southampton won three points from their last three encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored two and let in three goals. West Ham earned six points from their last three games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored three goals in those matches, but also allowed one goals against on their way to two wins.

Southampton vs West Ham Team News

Southampton could be looking at four players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against West Ham. Kyle Walker-Peters and Mohammed Salisu can't be called up by the Southampton-manager, with both serving a ban.

Romeo Lavia and Valentino Livramento are all absent from the Southampton squad that faces West Ham at St. Mary's Stadium.

West Ham are juggling with three absent players on this coming Sunday when travelling to Southampton.

Michail Antonio, Maxwel Cornet and Naif Aguerd all face a spell on the sidelines for West Ham due to various injuries.

Southampton vs West Ham H2H

The Saints ended up winning 2-3 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at St. Mary's Stadium. All in all, West Ham have a fine reading on Southampton in previous seasons with a 6-2-2 advantage going into this match. The bookies have West Ham to win this match at best price odds of 2.40.

Southampton vs West Ham Results

Both teams scored four times in the last ten matches between Southampton and West Ham.

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 Michail Antonio 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.

St. Mary's Stadium saw Southampton winning three, drawing one and losing six of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. West Ham won four of their 10 most recent away games, drew two and lost four. Southampton conceded at least one goal in nine of their last 10 matches on home soil, whereas West Ham kept four clean sheets in their previous 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Southampton managed an average of 0.8 goals, with West Ham averaging 1.9 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Southampton saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across the tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.7 times in those matches.