West Ham vs Southampton

23 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Pablo Fornals 30’, 33’
  • Declan Rice 86’

Match summary

West Ham won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Southampton. West Ham led 2-0 at half-time.

Pablo Fornals put West Ham ahead in the 30th minute, Fornals made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute, set up by Vladimir Coufal, and Declan Rice made it 3-0 in the 86th minute, set up by Pablo Fornals.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 2.02 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Southampton's 1.35 from 17.

Match stats

West Ham Southampton
14 Shots 17
7 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.98 xG 1.35
1.98 Non-penalty xG 1.35
2 Deep Completions 10

Key events

West Ham Southampton
Kick-off
Pablo Fornals1-0 (West Ham)
30’
Pablo Fornals
Assist: Vladimir Coufal2-0 (West Ham)
33’
Half-time2-0
Declan Rice
Assist: Pablo Fornals3-0 (West Ham)
86’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Jan Bednarek
  • Mohammed Salisu
  • Ibrahima Diallo

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.02 1.35 30’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 1-0 30’ 33’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 2-0 33’ 86’ Declan Rice (West Ham), 3-0 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.02 1.35 30’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 1-0 Fornals 30’ 33’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 2-0 Fornals 33’ 86’ Declan Rice (West Ham), 3-0 Rice 86’
West Ham 2.02 xGSouthampton 1.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking West Ham attacking 
30’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 86’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 11’ Takumi Minamino (Southampton), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 22’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 33’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 74’ Declan Rice (West Ham), set piece, 0.28 xG, off target 70’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 47’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 39’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 25’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 29’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 76’ Nathan Tella (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 30’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 84’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 21’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 25’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 27’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 80’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 52’ Takumi Minamino (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 5’ Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 23’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 20’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 30’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 86’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 22’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 33’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 11’ Takumi Minamino (Southampton), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 74’ Declan Rice (West Ham), set piece, 0.28 xG, off target 70’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 47’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 39’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 25’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 29’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 76’ Nathan Tella (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 30’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 84’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 21’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 25’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 27’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 52’ Takumi Minamino (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 5’ Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 23’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 20’ Jesse Lingard (West Ham), open play, 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 DEF9010 0.000.351
Angelo Ogbonna DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Dawson DEF901 0.040.000
Aaron Cresswell DEF900 0.000.041
Tomas Soucek MID901 0.050.121
Declan Rice MID9012 0.630.000
Jarrod Bowen MID852 0.170.281
Jesse Lingard MID903 0.150.000
Pablo Fornals MID90214 0.900.483
Michail Antonio FWD700 0.000.162
Said Benrahma Sub201 0.070.000
Mark Noble Sub50 0.000.000
Issa Diop Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 54% Avg odds 1.78
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.85
Southampton win 21% Avg odds 4.57

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 0-0 West Ham, 29 Dec 20 Next meeting: Southampton 0-0 West Ham, 11 Sep 21  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.