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Southampton vs West Ham United - Predictions, Stats & Odds

Premier League Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 18

Premier League - Gameweek 18

Thursday, 26 Dec 2024 • 15:00

St. Mary's Stadium (Southampton)

Southampton

0 : 1

West Ham United

Goals

59'
0 : 1
Jarrod Bowen
0 : 1
Jarrod Bowen59'

Lineups

Southampton

PosPlayer
GK
Aaron Ramsdale
DEF
Taylor Harwood-Bellis
DEF
Jan Bednarek
DEF
Nathan Wood
DEF
Yukinari Sugawara
DEF
Kyle Walker-Peters
MID
Flynn Downes
MID
Lesley Ugochukwu
MID
Mateus Fernandes
FWD
Adam Armstrong
FWD
Paul Onuachu

Substitutes

61'Joe Aribofor Flynn Downes
61'James Breefor Yukinari Sugawara
73'Tyler-Jay Diblingfor Mateus Fernandes
73'Kamaldeen Sulemanafor Adam Armstrong
86'Ryan Manningfor Kyle Walker-Peters
87'Adam Lallanafor Lesley Ugochukwu

West Ham United

PosPlayer
GK
Lukasz Fabianski
DEF
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
DEF
Konstantinos Mavropanos
DEF
Max Kilman
DEF
Emerson Palmieri
MID
Guido Rodríguez
MID
Tomáš Souček
MID
Carlos Soler
MID
Mohammed Kudus
FWD
Jarrod Bowen
FWD
Niclas Fullkrug

Substitutes

19'Jean-Clair Todibofor Max Kilman
36'Alphonse Areolafor Lukasz Fabianski
46'Edson Álvarezfor Carlos Soler
68'Aaron Cresswellfor Guido Rodríguez
68'Crysencio Summervillefor Niclas Fullkrug
88'Vladimír Coufalfor Emerson Palmieri
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
13West Ham United186572330-723
L
W
D
D
W
20Southampton1813141137-266
L
L
L
D
L

Last Games

Southampton

@Fulham
0 - 0
vsTottenham Hotspur
0 - 5
@Aston Villa
0 - 1
vsChelsea
1 - 5
@Brighton and Hove Albion
1 - 1

West Ham United

vsBrighton and Hove Albion
1 - 1
@Bournemouth
1 - 1
vsWolverhampton Wanderers
2 - 1
@Leicester City
1 - 3
vsArsenal
2 - 5

Head-to-Head

19 Apr 2025
West Ham United1 - 1Southampton
19 Apr 2025West Ham United
1 - 1
Southampton
26 Dec 2024
Southampton0 - 1West Ham United
26 Dec 2024Southampton
0 - 1
West Ham United

Premier League

Gameweek 18

26 Dec • 12:30
Manchester City
Everton
1 - 1
26 Dec • 15:00
Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur
1 - 0
26 Dec • 15:00
Southampton
West Ham United
0 - 1
26 Dec • 15:00
Bournemouth
Crystal Palace
0 - 0
26 Dec • 15:00
Chelsea
Fulham
1 - 2
26 Dec • 15:00
Newcastle United
Aston Villa
3 - 0
26 Dec • 17:30
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United
2 - 0
26 Dec • 20:00
Liverpool
Leicester City
3 - 1
27 Dec • 19:30
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brentford
0 - 0
27 Dec • 20:15
Arsenal
Ipswich Town
1 - 0

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.