Southampton v West Ham betting tips: Saints seek first win

They sit second, two points behind Tottenham, despite scoring seven goals more than their London rivals.

West Ham are 11/8 to win the clash while the draw is available at 5/2.

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Southampton v West Ham head-to-head

Southampton have won four of the last 19 meetings, the last of those coming in a 3-2 home victory in August 2017.

The sides shared a goalless draw here last season – it is 14/1 for that to happen again – while West Ham defeated the Saints 3-0 at the London Stadium in the return fixture in May.

Southampton have lost two of their last three home league games against West Ham (D1), as many as they had in their previous 16 against the Hammers at St Mary’s/The Dell (W8 D6 L2).

It is 4/7 for the Saints to win or draw the game in the Double Chance market in the Southampton v West Ham betting tips.

West Ham have won six of their last seven Premier League meetings with Southampton (D1), scoring 15 goals and conceding just twice in this run which included five clean sheets.

It is 11/4 for the Hammers to keep a clean sheet this time.

Five of the last seven encounters saw one fail to score and it is 27/20 for that to happen on Saturday.

Southampton v West Ham team news

Southampton striker Shane Long is unavailable after a positive Covid test while on international duty with the Republic of Ireland.

Winger Theo Walcott and midfielder Stuart Armstrong are also ruled out.

West Ham manager David Moyes could hand debuts to Kurt Zouma, Nikola Vlasic and Alex Kral on the south coast.

Southampton v West Ham key battles

Despite West Ham’s bright start, they have looked defensively vulnerable at times and will be wary of the threat posed by Mohamed Elyounoussi, who has been involved in six goals in his last two games for Southampton in all competitions (four goals, two assists) and is 13/5 to score at any time.

The Hammers also lost out in the chase for Adam Armstrong, with the Blackburn striker heading to the south coast rather than east London.

He opened his account against Everton and is 2/1 to score at any time.

West Ham’s Pablo Fornals has netted four goals in his last four Premier League games while Michail Antonio has both scored and assisted in each of the Hammers’ three games this term.

Fornals is 4/1 to score at any time while Antonio is 8/5 in the same market.

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All odds and markets are correct as of the date of publication