West Ham vs Southampton

26 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Michail Antonio 49’
  • Said Benrahma 64’
  • Mohamed Elyounoussi 8’
  • James Ward-Prowse 61’ (pen)
  • Jan Bednarek 70’

Match summary

Southampton took a 3-2 win at West Ham. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Elyounoussi put Southampton ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Kyle Walker-Peters. In the second half, Michail Antonio equalised with a header in the 49th minute, set up by Craig Dawson, James Ward-Prowse put Southampton back in front from the penalty spot in the 61st minute, Said Benrahma equalised in the 64th minute, set up by Jarrod Bowen, and Jan Bednarek won it with a header in the 70th minute, set up by James Ward-Prowse.

There was little between the sides on chances: West Ham created 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Southampton 1.36 from 11.

Match stats

West Ham Southampton
11 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 6
10 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.54 xG 1.36
1.54 Non-penalty xG 0.60
10 Deep Completions 2

Key events

West Ham Southampton
Kick-off
8’
Mohamed Elyounoussi
Assist: Kyle Walker-Peters0-1 (Southampton)
Half-time0-1
Michail Antonio
Assist: Craig Dawson1-1 (West Ham)
49’
61’
James Ward-Prowse
Penalty1-2 (Southampton)
Said Benrahma
Assist: Jarrod Bowen2-2 (West Ham)
64’
70’
Jan Bednarek
Assist: James Ward-Prowse2-3 (Southampton)
Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

West Ham
  • Craig Dawson
  • Declan Rice
  • Jarrod Bowen
Southampton
  • Jan Bednarek
  • Kyle Walker-Peters
  • Armando Broja

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.54 1.36 8’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), 0-1 8’ 49’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), 1-1 49’ 61’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 1-2 61’ 64’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), 2-2 64’ 70’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), 2-3 70’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.54 1.36 8’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), 0-1 Elyounoussi 8’ 49’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), 1-1 Antonio 49’ 61’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 1-2 Ward-Prowse 61’ 64’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), 2-2 Benrahma 64’ 70’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), 2-3 Bednarek 70’
West Ham 1.54 xGSouthampton 1.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking West Ham attacking 
61’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 49’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), from a corner, 0.62 xG, goal 64’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 33’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 20’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 90’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 72’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 41’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 8’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 47’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 39’ Nikola Vlasic (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 55’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+4’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 6’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Declan Rice (West Ham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Arthur Masuaku (West Ham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 49’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), from a corner, 0.62 xG, goal 64’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 33’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 20’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 90’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 72’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 41’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 8’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 47’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 39’ Nikola Vlasic (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 55’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 79’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 6’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Declan Rice (West Ham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Arthur Masuaku (West Ham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Fabianski GK900 0.000.000
Vladimir Coufal DEF900 0.000.000
Issa Diop DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Dawson DEF9011 0.130.632
Arthur Masuaku DEF901 0.010.000
Tomas Soucek MID901 0.080.131
Declan Rice MID902 0.030.000
Nikola Vlasic MID481 0.040.000
Pablo Fornals MID480 0.000.000
Said Benrahma MID8312 0.470.000
Jarrod Bowen FWD9010 0.000.482
Manuel Lanzini Sub420 0.000.184
Michail Antonio Sub4213 0.780.000
Andriy Yarmolenko Sub70 0.000.101

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 49% Avg odds 1.96
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.64
Southampton win 24% Avg odds 3.94

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

West Ham LDWDL
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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 0-0 West Ham, 11 Sep 21 Next meeting: Southampton 1-1 West Ham, 16 Oct 22  All West Ham vs Southampton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.