West Ham vs Southampton

29 February 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Jarrod Bowen 15’
  • Sébastien Haller 40’
  • Michail Antonio 54’
  • Michael Obafemi 31’

Match summary

West Ham beat Southampton 3-1. West Ham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jarrod Bowen put West Ham ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Pablo Fornals, Michael Obafemi equalised in the 31st minute, set up by James Ward-Prowse, and Sébastien Haller put West Ham back in front in the 40th minute, set up by Michail Antonio. In the second half, Michail Antonio made it 3-1 in the 54th minute, set up by Pablo Fornals.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 2.79 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Southampton's 0.87 from 10.

Match stats

West Ham Southampton
14 Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.79 xG 0.87
2.79 Non-penalty xG 0.87
5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

West Ham Southampton
Kick-off
Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Pablo Fornals1-0 (West Ham)
15’
31’
Michael Obafemi
Assist: James Ward-Prowse1-1 (Southampton)
Sébastien Haller
Assist: Michail Antonio2-1 (West Ham)
40’
Half-time2-1
Michail Antonio
Assist: Pablo Fornals3-1 (West Ham)
54’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

West Ham
  • Aaron Cresswell
Southampton
  • Jack Stephens

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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.79 0.87 15’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), 1-0 15’ 31’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), 1-1 31’ 40’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), 2-1 40’ 54’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), 3-1 54’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.79 0.87 15’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), 1-0 Bowen 15’ 31’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), 1-1 Obafemi 31’ 40’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), 2-1 Haller 40’ 54’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), 3-1 Antonio 54’
West Ham 2.79 xGSouthampton 0.87 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking West Ham attacking 
40’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 61’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 15’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 54’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 31’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 37’ Issa Diop (West Ham), from a corner, 0.31 xG, off target 35’ William Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 19’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 13’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 48’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 68’ Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 77’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Shane Long (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 28’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 61’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 15’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 54’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 31’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 37’ Issa Diop (West Ham), from a corner, 0.31 xG, off target 35’ William Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 19’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 13’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 48’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 68’ Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 86’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 77’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Shane Long (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 63’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 28’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Fabianski GK900 0.000.000
Jeremy Ngakia DEF900 0.000.000
Issa Diop DEF901 0.310.000
Angelo Ogbonna DEF901 0.060.000
Aaron Cresswell DEF900 0.000.311
Jarrod Bowen MID8114 0.620.061
Mark Noble MID900 0.000.041
Declan Rice MID901 0.020.041
Pablo Fornals MID9022 0.070.842
Sébastien Haller FWD9013 0.760.552
Michail Antonio FWD90112 0.950.864
Robert Snodgrass Sub90 0.000.000
Felipe Anderson Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 37% Avg odds 2.57
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53
Southampton win 36% Avg odds 2.71

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

Form going into the game

West Ham LLDLL
Southampton LWLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 0-1 West Ham, 14 Dec 19 Next meeting: Southampton 0-0 West Ham, 29 Dec 20  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.