Southampton welcome West Ham United to St. Mary’s Stadium for their FA Cup fifth round tie on Wednesday night with kickoff at 22:30.
This is one of the two fixtures featuring Premier league opponents at this stage of the cup, with the other one being between Liverpool and Norwich City.
Southampton saw off Swansea City with a 3-2 away victory in regulation time of the third round, before knocking out Coventry City with a 2-1 home victory in the extra time of the fourth round.
The Saints now take on a fellow Premier League outfits in the last-16 and they will be looking to extend their run in the competition. They will fancy their chances as there are currently in a resurgent form in the Premier League having gone unbeaten in their last five league matches and are coming off 2-0 back-to-back home wins against Everton and Norwich City.
They will also draw confidence from their 3-2 victory over the Hammers in their previous league meeting at away and are also in a fine home form having won all their last three meetings at St Mary’s.
Meanwhile West Ham United opened their FA Cup campaign against fellow Premier League outfits Leeds in the third round, dispatching the Whites with a 2-0 home victory before also needing extra time to see off National League North outfits Kidderminster Harriers in the previous round.
They now ride out to take on another Premier League outfit in the fifth round and will need to dig deep if they are going to make it to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time since 2015.
The Hammers have had some inconsistency in the Premier League despite being unbeaten their last four league matches, having won two and drawn two in the run. However there are coming off an impressive and hard-fought 1-0 win over Wolves at home last Sunday.
They will now be looking to extend their life in the cup while maintain their momentum and gaining confidence they need for the top-four race.
Southampton vs West Ham head to head
Both sides have met in 43 encounters since 1993 with West Ham claiming 19 victories while Southampton have claimed 13 victories and there have been 11 draws.
- West Ham 2-3 Southampton 26/12/21
- Southampton 0-0 West Ham 11/09/21
- West Ham 3-0 Southampton 23/05/21
- Southampton 0-0 West Ham 29/12/20
- West Ham 3-1 Southampton 29/02/20
Home
- Southampton 2-0 Norwich
- Southampton 2-0 Everton
- Man United 1-1 Southampton
- Tottenham 2-3 Southampton
- Southampton 2-1 Coventry
Away
- West Ham 1-0 Wolves
- West Ham 1-1 Newcastle
- Leicester 2-2 West Ham
- West Ham 1-0 Watford
- Kidderminster 1-2 West Ham
Southampton team news
Southampton will be without Alex McCarthy, Nathan Tella and Lyanco due to injuries.
West Ham team news
West Ham will be without Vladimir Coufal, Angelo Ogbonna and Ryan Fredericks due to injuries, while Andriy Yarmolenko has been given time off due to the ongoing crisis in his homeland and remains unavailable and Arthur Masuaku is a doubt.
Prediction and odds
- Southampton win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
