Championship · Matchday 12 Match report

West Ham United 2-3 Southampton: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

West Ham United

2-3Full time

Southampton

Saturday 24 October 2026, 14:00 UTC London Stadium, London

Our picks against the result

8 of 13 right

Result West Ham United win61% 2-3
Double chance West Ham United or draw (1X)84% 2-3
Both teams to score Yes60% Yes
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.567% 5 goals
More corners West Ham United73% West Ham United (13-6)
Yellow cards Below average 3 yellow cards · league 2.7
Yellow cards 3 yellow cards 3.5 Under85% 4.5 Under94% 5.5 Under98%
Corners Around average 19 corners · league 10.4
Corners 19 corners 8.5 Over65% 9.5 Over54% 10.5 Under56%

Match stats

West Ham United Southampton

2 Goals 3
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
13 Corners 6

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

West Ham United vs Southampton is the Championship fixture at the London Stadium on Saturday 24 October 2026, and our model goes for a home win, with a West Ham United win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model calls a West Ham United win, and the strongest argument is the gap in our strength rating, with the hosts well clear of the Championship average and Southampton behind them. Playing at the London Stadium adds to it, and the goal model reads the matchup the same way. The caution is Southampton themselves: fourth in the table, a point behind, and creating big chances clearly above the league average. West Ham's recent play answers it, with plenty of pressure in the opposition box and fewer shots faced than most. The call is a clear one.

Both teams to score: Our goal model expects both teams to score, with Southampton creating big chances well above the league average and West Ham's attacking numbers strong too. Goals have come at both ends in the home side's games, the only caution being their recent expected-goals form.

Form guide

West Ham United

W 1-0 at Swansea City (A) Championship · 17 Oct
W 6-0 at Lincoln City (A) Championship · 14 Oct
D 1-1 vs Queens Park Rangers (H) Championship · 9 Oct
D 2-2 at Millwall (A) Championship · 19 Sep
L 2-3 vs Fulham (H) EFL Cup · 15 Sep

Southampton

D 0-0 vs Bolton Wanderers (H) Championship · 17 Oct
W 1-0 at Norwich City (A) Championship · 14 Oct
W 1-0 vs Portsmouth (H) Championship · 11 Oct
L 1-2 at Wrexham (A) Championship · 19 Sep
W 4-1 vs Bristol City (H) Championship · 12 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

West Ham UnitedSouthampton

Attack 100 96 2.7 goals per match this season1.9 goals per match this season

Defence 100 70 1.1 conceded per match this season0.9 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.