West Ham United and Southampton are going to face on Sunday the 26th of December at 3:00 pm in the 19th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in London at the London Stadium. The chosen referee is Kevin Friend.
West Ham United sits in the 5th position in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Arsenal in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Southampton sits in the 15th place in the table with 17 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
West Ham United
West Ham United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 88.24%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
David Moyes is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: Ł. Fabiański, C. Dawson, I. Diop, T. Souček, D. Rice, P. Fornals Malla, J. Bowen, M. Benrahma and M. Antonio.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of West Ham United would be 27.33.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Cresswell.
A. Obinze Ogbonna, K. Zouma and B. Johnson will definitely miss the match.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 88.24%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (15 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against West Ham United with the following players: K. Walker-Peters, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović, M. Karim, V. Livramento, W. Smallbone, I. Diallo, J. Ward-Prowse, O. Romeu Vidal, N. Redmond, N. Tella and A. Broja.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Southampton would be 23.45.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ F. Forster, C. Adams and A. Armstrong because of injury.
A. McCarthy, S. Armstrong and M. Djenepo will definitely miss the match.