West Ham vs Southampton 2-3

Southampton won 3-2 at London Stadium after racing into a three-goal lead and then surviving a late West Ham push. West Ham had more of the ball, more shots and more corners, but Southampton made their early chances count.

Kuryu Matsuki opened the scoring in the 2nd minute and James Bree made it 2-0 on 11 minutes. West Ham pulled one back through Kyle Walker-Peters in the 24th minute, with Divine Mukasa supplying the assist, but Lewis Dobbin restored Southampton’s two-goal cushion on 34 minutes. Southampton went in 3-1 up at half-time.

West Ham made two changes on 63 minutes, bringing on Tomáš Souček and Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus, and Southampton replied with a change of their own on 64 minutes. West Ham then made two more changes on 74 minutes, with Edvin Austbö and Joel Piroe coming on, while Southampton later replaced Lewis Dobbin with Divin Mubama on 89 minutes. Souček, who came on in the 63rd minute, pulled one back three minutes into stoppage time from Taty Castellanos’s assist, but it was only a late consolation and Southampton kept the lead they had built before the interval.

West Ham had 56% possession, 453 passes to Southampton’s 373, 28 shots to 15 and 13 corners to 6. They also had 10 shots on target to Southampton’s 7 and 4 saves to Southampton’s 10, while the expected goals were close at 1.55 to 1.61. Both sides were caught offside once.

Manor Solomon was booked for West Ham in the 18th minute. Caspar Jander was yellow-carded for Southampton on 51 minutes, and Lewis Dobbin was booked on 78 minutes.