West Ham vs Southampton

West Ham host Southampton on Sunday afternoon in what is a crucial clash in the Premier League relegation run-in.The Hammers are only a point ah.

- Coming into this weekend’s games, Southampton have picked up the highest share of their Premier League points this season away from home (57% – 13/23). - No other sides have kept fewer clean sheets in the Premier League this season than Southampton (4) and West Ham (5). - Since losing three straight home league games from November to December, West Ham are unbeaten in their last four at the London Stadium (W2 D2). Southampton have been responsible for three of these victories by bottom-placed sides in 2022-23, a joint-high (also Leicester). - Saïd Benrahma has more Premier League goal involvements than any other West Ham player this season (7 – 4 goals, 3 assists). “We’re in a really important stage, lots of games.

Time is running out for West Ham and Southampton to dig free of relegation, meaning Sunday's Premier League showdown at London Stadium holds irrefutable ...

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Minute-by-minute report: Who will come out on top when the relegation-threatened duo meet at the London Stadium? Join Daniel Harris.

I hold myself to the highest of standards and have never done anything like this before in a long coaching career, and I know I fell way short of those with my actions.” And I also think that adding a “clear and obvious” caveat gave refs an extra layer of subjective interpretation, so I’ve now got no clue what’s going to happen sometimes, even though I can what happened in a particular incident. VAR is not perfect, mistakes have been made but on balance the refereeing mistakes that it rectifies far exceed these mistakes.” This time, though, it’s Emerson not Kehrer and the delivery is poor. 75 min Lovely feet from Emerson, feinting over the ball, so Bednarek ploughs through him and is booked. No matter: he picks out a claret head at the back post, and West Ham clear. 82 min And when the ball’s swung in, Aguerd does superbly to flick towards the back post, where Paqueta’s first touch is excellent … He holds up, buffeting defenders, but can’t quite conjure a shooting lane, so he spreads right to where Fornals now is, picks up the cut-back, and can’t quite get the ball controlled. and Bazunu does pretty well to dive on a low cross, feet about his phizog. Thanks for your company and comments – enjoy the rest of the weekend. I think if we had better-drafted laws, VAR would work better, but ultimately it’s made things more complicated, I think, by drawing attention to their inherently subjective nature and adding an extra layer of “clear and obvious” on top of that. Southampton used to be lauded as one of those “well-run” clubs, good at finding talent and succession planning.

West Ham and Southampton clash in a huge relegation six-pointer at London Stadium on Sunday, with the Hammers and Saints separated by just one point.

West Ham score with the first real chance of the game as a free kick was swung in and Southampton failed to switch on. Not the start the home fans would have wanted and they are starting to get on the back of their players a little. Lot of passes back and sideways from the Hammers. Both teams have to go for it but West Ham are under more pressure. It was given offside on the pitch but VAR checked it and he was just onside. Almost a second for West Ham just before half time after a lovely counter attack. Fabianski with a low save as Romeo Lavia picked up the loose ball from a corner and drilled an effort in. The first cross Saints have whipped into the box and the sub was so close to scoring his first Premier League goal. Sulemana wins the ball back, drives forward and drills a shot wide. They move out of the bottom three and Saints remain bottom. From the resulting corner Lucas Paqueta lifts a shot over the bar. And there may be plenty of Premier League games like this between now and the end of the season because are so many teams involved in the relegation scramble.

Premier League match West Ham vs So'ton 02.04.2023. Preview and stats followed by live commentary, video highlights and match report.

Southampton stay bottom of the Premier League as Nayef Aguerd's header lifts West Ham out of the relegation zone and up to 14th.

Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross. - Away3 - Shots - 22Benrahma - 20Bowen - 41Rice - 27Aguerd - 4Zouma - 24Kehrer - 1Fabianski Reasons for the Hammers being in that position are not obvious.

Get a report of the West Ham United vs. Southampton 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

Thank goodness we won the three points today to move us up a bit." "I feel that the crowd and players were anxious because we're trying to catch up. [Lukasz Fabianski](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/77403/Lukasz-Fabianski) was tested several times by Southampton but the Polish goalkeeper was up to the task, making calm saves to keep a clean sheet, although Nigerian forward [Paul Onuachu](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/221738/Paul-Onuachu)'s late header struck his crossbar. "We felt good in the game so it was a real killer blow to concede a goal," Southampton midfielder [Jarrod Bowen](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/201089/Jarrod-Bowen) nearly doubled the lead on a counter-attack before halftime when his shot beat the goalkeeper but came off the crossbar. [West Ham United](/soccer/team?id=371) beat [Southampton](/soccer/team?id=376) 1-0 on Sunday after [Nayef Aguerd](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/245243/Nayef-Aguerd) scored from a set piece in the first half to give the London side breathing room in the [Premier League](/soccer/league/_/name/ENG.1) relegation battle.