West Ham vs Southampton Prediction & Preview - Championship
Eighteen goals in six matches is what West Ham United carry into Saturday's Championship meeting with Southampton, a side who have conceded four in their own last six. One of those numbers gives way at the London Stadium. Kick-off is 15:00 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026, and you can make your call on the West Ham United vs Southampton match page.
What time is West Ham vs Southampton kick-off?
West Ham United v Southampton kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at the London Stadium in London, in the EFL Championship.
- Fixture: West Ham United v Southampton
- Competition: Championship
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 15:00 BST
- Venue: London Stadium, London
West Ham United's 18 goals in six matches
Three wins, two draws and one defeat across those six games, 11 points, 18 scored and six conceded. Two of the wins finished 6-0: away at Lincoln City on 14 October and at home to Wrexham on 11 September. West Ham have scored two or more in four of the six and have not failed to score once.
So the attack is real. The home record is the problem with reading too much into it.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side have won one of their three home matches in that run, drawing 1-1 with Queens Park Rangers on 9 October and losing 2-3 to Fulham in the EFL Cup. Both away wins came in the last fortnight's football, and the most recent of them, a 1-0 win at Swansea City 7 days before this match, says as much about the back line as the 6-0s do. Three clean sheets in six.
Southampton have conceded four goals in six
Thirteen points from six matches, better than West Ham's 11, built on a defence that has given up four goals in total and kept three clean sheets. Tonda Eckert's Southampton won 1-0 away to Norwich City on 14 October and 1-0 at home to Portsmouth three days earlier, then drew 0-0 with Bolton Wanderers 7 days before this match.
The limit is at the other end. Southampton have scored two or more in only two of those six, the 4-1 against Bristol City and the 3-1 against Swansea City, both at home in September. Away from home they have won one of two. Ten goals in six against West Ham's 18.
The last time West Ham played Southampton
West Ham United won 4-1 at Southampton in the EFL Cup on 25 August 2026, 60 days before this fixture. Southampton's only defeat in the six games above is the 1-2 at Wrexham on 19 September, so conceding four at home stands well outside their pattern - and it came against the one opponent in the Championship currently scoring at that rate.
Team news
West Ham report no fresh concerns ahead of the weekend, with Nuno Espirito Santo due to give a full update in his pre-match press conference, though Keiber Lamadrid remains unlikely to feature having not played since 1 September; Tomas Soucek is back in contention after an absence of his own, per Yahoo Sports. Southampton have more to settle. Cyle Larin, their leading scorer, went off against Bolton Wanderers and faces a late decision, with Eckert saying it did not look too serious but that he would be assessed in the days before the trip to London. Flynn Downes is a major doubt with ankle trouble sustained against Norwich City, and Caspar Jander is also rated doubtful, according to West Ham World.
West Ham United vs Southampton prediction
Our prediction is a West Ham United win over Southampton in this Championship fixture at the London Stadium on Saturday, 24 October 2026, by 2-1. The 4-1 in August was no accident of one afternoon: West Ham have scored at least twice in four of their last six and have not been shut out in any of them, which is the thing Southampton's three clean sheets will have to survive.
Southampton are the tidier side and they travel well enough, but ten goals in six, and two or more in only two of those, is a thin margin to defend a lead with. West Ham's own home return of one win in three is why this reads closer than the goal totals suggest.
Our prediction: West Ham United 2-1 Southampton
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