West Ham United 2-3 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021
Result
West Ham United 2-3 Southampton
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
West Ham United 2-3 Southampton: match report
West Ham United were beaten by Southampton 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Mohamed Elyounoussi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Michail Antonio (49') and Saïd Benrahma (64'). Southampton scored through Mohamed Elyounoussi (8'), James Ward-Prowse (61', penalty) and Jan Bednarek (70').
Discipline: West Ham United received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Ham United were 5th on 28 points from 17 and Southampton 15th on 17 points from 17. West Ham United went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Southampton 15th with 40.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jan Bednarek of Southampton (8.1), ahead of Mohamed Elyounoussi (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 West Ham United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Southampton.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Mohamed Elyounoussi
- 34'Yellow card · Declan Rice
- 49'Goal · Michail Antonio
- 61'Penalty goal · James Ward-Prowse
- 64'Goal · Saïd Benrahma
- 66'Yellow card · Armando Broja
- 68'Yellow card · Jarrod Bowen
- 70'Goal · Jan Bednarek
- 85'Yellow card · Jan Bednarek
- 90+6'Yellow card · Kyle Walker-Peters
Head-to-head
Team news
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West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Fabianski, Vladimír Coufal, Craig Dawson, Issa Diop, Arthur Masuaku, Tomáš Souček, Declan Rice, Nikola Vlašić, Pablo Fornals, Saïd Benrahma, Jarrod Bowen
Southampton line-up (4-1-4-1)
Fraser Forster, Tino Livramento, Jan Bednarek, Mohammed Salisu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Oriol Romeu, Nathan Redmond, James Ward-Prowse, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Theo Walcott, Armando Broja