LONDON. Southampton prevailed over West Ham United. West Ham United lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the London Stadium stadium in London on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Friend who was helped by Simon Beck and Adrian Holmes. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

West Ham United was in firm control of the ball 56% while Southampton was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

West Ham United was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Southampton managed to find the solution to win this match.​

West Ham United shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Southampton shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

West Ham United received 3 yellow cards (D. Rice, C. Dawson and J. Bowen). Regarding the opposition, Southampton received 3 yellow cards (A. Broja, J. Bednarek and K. Walker-Peters).

Standings

After playing this match, West Ham United will stay with 28 points to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Southampton will have 20 points like Crystal Palace and Brentford to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, West Ham United will play away with Manchester United on the 22nd of January with a 21-6 head to head in favor of Manchester United (9 draws).

Southampton will host Manchester City on the 22nd of January with a 14-3 head to head in favor of Manchester City (3 draws).

West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager David Moyes decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Fabiański (6.0), Vladimír Coufal (6.5), Craig Dawson (7.0), Issa Diop (6.6), Arthur Masuaku (6.5), Tomáš Souček (7.0), Declan Rice (6.1), Nikola Vlašić (6.8), Pablo Fornals (6.2), Saïd Benrahma (7.1) and Jarrod Bowen (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Mark Noble, Andriy Yarmolenko (6.8), Alphonse Aréola, Ben Johnson, Ryan Fredericks, Manuel Lanzini (7.2), Michail Antonio (7.3), Alex Král and Harrison Ashby.

Substitutions

West Ham United made 3 changes: N. Vlasic for M. Antonio (46′), P. Fornals for M. Lanzini (46′) and S. Benrahma for A. Yarmolenko (81′).

Best player: Michail Antonio​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for West Ham United was Michail Antonio.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 9 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Southampton – Formation

Southampton started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Ralph Hasenhüttl played with: Fraser Forster (6.5), Valentino Livramento (6.5), Jan Bednarek (8.3), Mohammed Salisu (7.1), Kyle Walker-Peters (7.4), Oriol Romeu (7.4), Nathan Redmond (7.1), James Ward-Prowse (7.4), Mohamed Elyounoussi (7.6), Theo Walcott (6.1) and Armando Broja (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dynel Simeu, Adam Armstrong, Romain Perraud, Stuart Armstrong (6.6), Yan Valery, Willy Caballero, Che Adams (6.2), Ibrahima Diallo and Shane Long.

Substitutions

Southampton made 3 changes: A. Broja for C. Adams (80′), T. Walcott for S. Armstrong (89′) and O. Romeu for I. Diallo (90′).

Best player: Jan Bednarek​

The most impressive player for Southampton was Jan Bednarek.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 47 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Aston Villa – Chelsea – 1-3
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Brentford – 2-0
• Manchester City – Leicester City – 6-3
• Norwich City – Arsenal – 0-5
• Tottenham Hotspur – Crystal Palace – 3-0
• West Ham United – Southampton – 2-3