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The battle for survival in the Premier League continues this weekend in the Premier League as the Hammers and the Saints lock horns in a crucial game on Sunday.
West Ham will play hosts to bottom-of-the-table Southampton in the Premier League on Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Both teams are currently in danger of getting relegated from the Premier League as they are both in the bottom-three.
David Moyes and Ruben Seles know full well that from this point on in the Premier League, every point is crucial.
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As Pulse Sports continues to build up to the Premier League fixtures this weekend, here are 10 interesting facts you should know ahead of West Ham vs Southampton.
10 Key facts you should know ahead of West Ham vs Southampton
1, West Ham have lost just ONE of their last 10 Premier League games against Southampton (W6 D3), though that was a 3-2 defeat in this exact fixture last season.
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2, Southampton are looking to win consecutive league visits to West Ham for the first time since April 1992 – they had lost four in a row at the Hammers before last season's 3-2 victory.
3, Coming into this weekend’s games, Southampton have picked up the highest share of their Premier League points this season away from home (57% - 13/23). Meanwhile, only Nottingham Forest (77%) have a higher share of points won at home in 2022-23 than West Ham (75% - 18/24).
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4, Since losing three straight home league games from November to December, West Ham are unbeaten in their last four at the London Stadium (W2 D2).
Not since April 2022 have the Hammers gone longer without a home defeat in the Premier League (six games).
5, Sides starting the day bottom of the Premier League have won 11 league matches this season, four more than the whole of last term (7), and the most in a single campaign in the competition since 2017-18 (12).
Southampton have been responsible for three of these victories by bottom-placed sides in 2022-23, a joint high (also Leicester).
6, Southampton have picked up as many points in their six Premier League games under Rubén Sellés (8 –W2 D2 L2) as they had in their 17 league matches beforehand (W2 D2 L13).
7, No other sides have kept fewer clean sheets in the Premier League this season than Southampton (4) and West Ham (5).
For the Hammers, five clean sheets is their fewest at this stage of a top-flight season since 2018-19 under Manuel Pellegrini (4), while it is the lowest tally by a David Moyes side in their first 26 matches of a Premier League campaign since Sunderland in 2016-17 (4).
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8, Saïd Benrahma has more Premier League goal involvements than any other West Ham player this season (7 – 4 goals, 3 assists).
The Algerian is looking to score in back-to-back Premier League appearances for the first time since December 2021, when one of those matches was at home to Southampton.
9, Before the March international break, only Rodri (243) won possession more times than West Ham’s Declan Rice (232) in the Premier League this season, while, among midfielders, only Rodri again (300) made more progressive carries (moving 5+ metres upfield with the ball) than Rice (222) in the division this term.
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10, Coming into this weekend's games, only Kieran Trippier (49) has created more chances from set plays than James Ward-Prowse (35) in the Premier League this season, while the Southampton skipper is the only player to create 25+ chances from both open play (27) and set pieces (35) in the division this term.
Stats and Data provided by Opta.
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