West Ham vs Southampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th April 2025

Southampton go up against West Ham on Saturday for a Premier League meeting at London Stadium.

Ranked as number 17 in the Premier League standings, The Hammers, have so far collected 35 points this season, while Southampton collected ten points. This puts them up as number 20 after 32 rounds.

The last time West Ham played Southampton, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Saturday.

The Irons have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded 11 goals, or 1.1 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Southampton are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net eight times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.8 goals a game in which they conceded 27 times, an average of 2.7 per game. They managed zero clean sheets in these.

West Ham won the last two meetings against The Saints, as they followed up a 1-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 1-0 score.

West Ham vs Southampton Prediction

West Ham Form

A draw is the best West Ham can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 1-0 defeat against Wolverhampton. A2-2 draw with Bournemouth followed before they were defeated 2-1 by Liverpool. West Ham only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Premier League matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored seven and conceded eight goals.

Southampton Form

Southampton recorded a single draw in their previous three games, and they claimed it in a 1-1 match against Crystal Palace. Then Tottenham proved too strong in a 3-1 defeat, just like Aston Villa who won 0-3. Southampton managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 17 time and letting in seven.

Southampton could find it tough to break down the defensive barriers put up by West Ham at London Stadium this coming Saturday. The home side doesn't score much themselves, though, and we aim for the under 2.5 goals betting market.

West Ham won 12 points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won four, scored 11 and let in ten goals. Southampton claimed one wins from seven goals scored and 18 conceded from their past eight matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them four points to their account. West Ham have a record of nine wins, eight draws and 15 defeats in the Premier League this season. Southampton enjoy a record of two wins, four draws and 26 defeats in the Premier League.

West Ham vs Southampton Squads

West Ham Squad

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

Alphonse Areola (0/21), Lukasz Fabianski (0/13), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Cresswell (0/14), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (2/31), Emerson (2/27), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/21), Kaelan Casey (0/0), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/28), Max Kilman (0/32), Vladimir Coufal (0/16), Andy Irving (0/10), Carlos Soler (1/27), Crysencio Summerville (1/19), Edson Alvarez (0/25), Guido Rodriguez (0/20), James Ward-Prowse (0/18), Lucas Paqueta (4/28), Luis Guilherme (0/10), Mohammed Kudus (3/26), Oliver Scarles (0/13), Tomas Soucek (7/29), Danny Ings (1/15), Evan Ferguson (1/19), Jarrod Bowen (8/28), Lewis Orford (0/0), Michail Antonio (1/14), Niclas Fuellkrug (3/12).

Southampton Squad

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

Aaron Ramsdale (0/24), Alex McCarthy (0/5), Joe Lumley (0/3), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/4), Charlie Taylor (0/0), Jack Stephens (0/14), James Bree (0/14), Jan Bednarek (2/26), Joachim Kayi Sanda (0/0), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/30), Nathan Wood (0/9), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/29), Welington (0/0), Yukinari Sugawara (1/29), Adam Lallana (0/14), Albert Groenbaek (0/0), Flynn Downes (1/21), Joe Aribo (3/30), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/21), Mateus Fernandes (2/30), Ryan Fraser (0/8), Ryan Manning (0/20), William Smallbone (1/14), Cameron Archer (2/29), Kamaldeen Sulemana (1/20), Paul Onuachu (4/22), Rento Takaoka (0/0), Ross Stewart (0/0), Tyler Dibling (2/28).

West Ham vs Southampton Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for West Ham, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. Edson Alvarez gets a day off from the West Ham squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Michail Antonio sit this one out for West Ham due to an injury.

West Ham vs Southampton Lineups

West Ham vs Southampton H2H

West Ham go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 1-0 and 1-0 the last two times they played Southampton. West Ham claimed six wins against Southampton in the last ten encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

West Ham vs Southampton Results

Both teams to score only came out three times in the previous ten games between Southampton and West Ham. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 1/1 with the bookies.

West Ham vs Southampton Betting Tips

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for West Ham, Tomas Soucek has been good for them over the course of the season with seven goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Southampton, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator on Saturday, depending on your betting strategy.

West Ham claimed three wins, drew two and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Southampton won one, drew two and lost seven of their last 10 games away. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. West Ham managed a clean sheet in one of their games at home, Southampton kept a clean sheet in one of their last 10.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between West Ham and Southampton as under 2.5 goals happened four times. West Ham scored an average of 1.5 goals a game, with Southampton averaging 0.5 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of West Ham’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Southampton, who managed to hit the net 0.7 times on average in these games.