PREVIEW: West Ham - Southampton team news, stats, how to watch Premier League on TV and stream online

NHOW TO WATCH, STREAM WEST HAM UNITED VS SOUTHAMPTON AND OTHER PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES:

Date/time: 26/12/2021, 15:00 (UK), 10:00 ET, 07:00 PT (USA)

Venue: London Stadium, London, UK

How to watch West Ham vs Southampton on TV

UK: No broadcast

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Canada: Streaming only on DAZN. (Watch EVERY Saints match in Canada with a high-quality, legal stream with DAZN. Click here to start your free DAZN trial to watch Premier League soccer)

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How to legally stream West Ham vs Southampton online

UK: No broadcast

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Canada: DAZN (Watch EVERY Saints match in Canada with a high-quality, legal stream with DAZN. Click here to start your free DAZN trial to watch Premier League soccer)

Check out LiveSoccerTV for alternatives.

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West Ham vs Southampton team news

The festive football period gets underway today amid the backdrop of the Omicron Covid-19 strain forcing the cancellation of a number of Premier League and Football League games across England and Wales.

Saints’ clash against Brentford getting cancelled has allowed a few players some extra time to regain fitness ahead of today’s trip to West Ham United.

Stuart Armstrong might feature for the first time since the start of November after a reoccurrence of his calf injury.

Che Adams, Adam Armstrong and Fraser Forster are also likely to be available after overcoming their injury issues.

At the time of writing, there is no news of Southampton having any coronavirus cases.

West Ham are sweating on the availability of striker and former Southampton player Michail Antonio, who tested positive for Covid-19 last week.

It’s expected that Aaron Cresswell will be available for the Hammers after overcoming his fitness problems, while Vladimir Coufal is available after serving a one-game suspension.

West Ham vs Southampton pre-match stats

Head-to-head

• West Ham are unbeaten in the past eight Premier League meetings (W6, D2).
• The Hammers have won 19 Premier League matches against Southampton, more than against any other side.

West Ham United

• West Ham have won just one of their past six Premier League fixtures.
• They could go three consecutive league matches without scoring for the first time since June 2020.
• West Ham’s tally of 21 top-flight wins in 2021 is their highest in a calendar year since 1986.
• They have won just one of their last seven league games on Boxing Day (D3, L3).
• Manager David Moyes has only lost two of his 17 Premier League meetings with Southampton (W7, D8).

Southampton

• Southampton have gone six league matches without a win (D3, L3).
• They have conceded 75 Premier League goals in 2021, four shy of the record for a calendar year held by Ipswich Town in 1994 and Newcastle United this year.
• Saints have been ahead in 10 of their 17 league games this season but have dropped 16 points from a winning position.
• All three of Southampton’s Premier League wins this season have been by a 1-0 scoreline.
• Their past eight Premier League goals have come in the first half.
• Southampton have lost only one of their last nine Boxing Day league matches (W6, D2).
• Valentino Livramento could become the first teenager to start each of his club’s opening 18 Premier League fixtures of a season since Micah Richards for Manchester City in 2006-07.

Stats via BBC Sport.