Sarfhampton v West Ham United FC

Southampton v West Ham
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Npower Championship

• Venue: St Mary's Stadium
  
• Date: Tuesday, 18 October
  
• Kick-off: 1945 BST
  
• Coverage: Listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; coverage on BBC local radio; text commentary on the BBC Sport website
  
  
  

TEAM NEWS


Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana could return after missing Saturday's match against Derby with a foot injury.

Frazer Richardson is doubtful after he was forced off against the Rams, so Danny Butterfield could replace him.

West Ham's James Tomkins and Matt Taylor are major doubts due to groin and calf injuries respectively.

Joey O'Brien, Henri Lansbury and striker Carlton Cole return to the squad and Manuel Almunia will keep his place in goal.



MATCH FACTS


Head-to-head

• Southampton have a 33% winning record in competitive
matches against West Ham; 31 of 93. The Hammers have prevailed in 36,
with 26 drawn.

• This is their first meeting since drawing 1-1 at St Mary's in the Premier League in April 2003.

• The Hammers have recorded one win in nine league trips to
the Saints over 16 years; an odd goal in five Premier League victory in
November 2000.

Southampton

• Southampton go into this top of the table tussle with
second placed West Ham, still two points clear at the top, despite just
one win in four league games.

• They are looking to stretch their club record of consecutive home league victories to 15.

• The top scorers in the division (26 in 11) and are one of
two clubs to have netted in every Championship game this term, in
partnership with Birmingham.

West Ham United

• West Ham go into this match on the back of Saturday's 4-0
home win over Blackpool. They have avoided defeat in nine of the last 10
Championship outings, following the opening day home loss to Cardiff.

• The Hammers are one of two clubs still holding an unbeaten
away record in the Championship, in unison with Middlesbrough. Victory
will give them 14 away points; one more than was claimed in the whole of
last season's Premier League campaign.

• Three points would also provide Sam Allardyce with a welcome early birthday present. He turns 57 the day after this game.


~~~ COYI ~~~

Radio com for tonites game peeps [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

I'm so excited that I just can't hide it! give dem saints some whoop arse!

Geezer wrote:Radio com for tonites game peeps [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Cheers mate
Iam going into this game expecting a defeat so that if we do lose i wont be to pissed off but a win would be brilliant so i can go in to w**k tommrow knowing we are top Its going to be a very tough game and i think weather we win or not depends on what west ham team comes out

West Ham Line Up : Almunia,Faubert,Reid,Faye,McCartney,Lansbury,Diop,Nolan,Taylor,Baldock,Carew
SUBS:Boffin,O`Brien,Noble,Collison,Piquionne

Southampton Line Up :
Davies,Richardson,Fonte,Hooiveld,Fox,Hammond,Chaplow,Schnierderlin,Guly,Lambert,Connolly
SUBS:Bialkowski,Harding,Cork,Martin,De Ridder

The downside in that line up for us is having Piquionne on the bench

surprised at 2 up front, thought the big one would have tried to shut down the middle of the park a bit more :shock:

looks like we are after them.. strong side

Like it , just hope it works

Just edited my radio com post , sorry peeps

Cardiff 1 up at Pboro

Come on lads ....

fcuk fcuk fcuk Taylor out Piquionne in.. God help us now..

Damn......

taylor off ... Piq on

we losted now .... Taylor is off and piquionne is on

radio gone on offish

4-3-2-1?

Pboro 2- 1 Cardiff

Let me guess, Taylor off Piquionne on,

Piquionne and Carew upfront with Baldock thrown out on the right

or Carew upfront on his own with Baldock and Piquionne supposedly making up the 5 in midfield

anybody get radio coverage ?

IronDane wrote:radio gone on offish

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] there you go dude . Seems too much them at the mo

Not a lot of mobility if Nolan, Diop and Piquionne are in our midfield

radio up again wohoo..

will be happy with a draw now..

Baldock wide left. WTF is BFS thinking? He has Collison and Noble on the bench. Piquionne is a lazy waste of space. Now 4-3-3/4-5-1. Carew up on his own with Baldock and Piquionne either side

Carew aint gonna do too much on his own up front unless he has plenty of help and I dont see that happening too often tonite

Come on west ham , they are playing all over us !!