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West Ham 2-4 Southampton - April 25, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 36

Boleyn Ground - London - England

April 25, 1998

25 878

West Ham

2 - 4

Southampton

Trevor Sinclair

42'

Steve Lomas

82'

40'

Matt Le Tissier

63'

Egil Ostenstad

80'

Carlton Palmer

86'

Egil Ostenstad

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40' - Goal Matt Le Tissier

42' - Goal Trevor Sinclair42

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63' - Goal Egil Ostenstad

70' - Substitution Steve Pottsis substituted by Paul Kitson70

77' - Substitution David Hirstis substituted by Steve Basham

80' - Goal Carlton Palmer

82' - Goal Steve Lomas82

86' - Goal Egil Ostenstad

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

2 - 4

Southampton

West Ham Southampton

Team line-ups

West Ham

Lama

Bernard Lama

France

B.date07/04/1963

Age35 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age19 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Pearce

Ian Pearce

England

B.date07/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Potts70

Steve Potts

England

B.date07/05/1967

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Impey

Andy Impey

England

B.date30/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Lomas82

Steve Lomas

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age19 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Berkovic

Eyal Berkovic

Israel

B.date02/04/1972

Age26 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Sinclair42

Trevor Sinclair

England

B.date02/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Abou

Samassi Abou

France

B.date04/04/1973

Age25 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bernard Lama		35	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand		19	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Pearce		23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Potts	70	30	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Impey		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Lomas	82	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		19	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis		25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eyal Berkovic		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Sinclair	42	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Samassi Abou		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Southampton

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Palmer80

Carlton Palmer

England

B.date05/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Monkou

Ken Monkou

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1964

Age33 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Lundekvam

Claus Lundekvam

Norway

B.date22/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Benali

Francis Benali

England

B.date30/12/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Gibbens

Kevin Gibbens

England

B.date04/11/1979

Age18 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Oakley

Matt Oakley

England

B.date17/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Le Tissier40

Matt Le Tissier

England

B.date14/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m86

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hirst77

David Hirst

England

B.date07/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Ostenstad6386

Egil Ostenstad

Norway

B.date02/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlton Palmer	80	32	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Monkou		33	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claus Lundekvam		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Benali		29	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Dodd		27	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Gibbens		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Oakley		20	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Le Tissier	40	29	443	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst	77	30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Egil Ostenstad	6386	26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

138

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Kitson	70	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Steve Basham	77	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Potts

David Unsworth

OUT

Samassi Abou

John Hartson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Gibbens

John Beresford

OUT

Claus Lundekvam

Richard Dryden

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

183

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Redknapp vs Southampton

4 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1998

Redknapp vs Jones

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Jones vs West Ham

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 25, 1998

Jones vs Redknapp

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 25, 1998

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

13 victories	5 draws	6 losses	West Ham24 matches	General total	Southampton21 matches	7 victories	3 draws	11 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	West Ham2 matches	Season total	Southampton2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 25, 2006					Latest figure on April 12, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Carlton Palmer scores 1 goal vs Southampton in his professional career with

West Ham keeps its 3 matches lost with a difference of 2 goals vs Southampton running (since 12/04/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

Only back at the time of Lawrie McMenemy head of (18/11/1973-01/07/1985), you can see a manager go over Dave Jones with 39% of wins in Premier League (41%).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWest Ham 1-1 Manchester United11/03/1998

VWest Ham 2-1 Chelsea14/03/1998

DWest Ham 1-1 Arsenal17/03/1998

VWest Ham 3-0 Leeds United30/03/1998

DWest Ham 0-0 Derby County11/04/1998

VWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn18/04/1998

Overall

DWest Ham 1-1 Arsenal17/03/1998

VWest Ham 3-0 Leeds United30/03/1998

LAston Villa 2-0 West Ham04/04/1998

DWest Ham 0-0 Derby County11/04/1998

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 West Ham13/04/1998

VWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn18/04/1998

Current form

Away

LArsenal 3-0 Southampton31/01/1998

VLiverpool 2-3 Southampton07/02/1998

VLeeds United 0-1 Southampton28/02/1998

LBarnsley 4-3 Southampton14/03/1998

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Southampton04/04/1998

DLeicester 3-3 Southampton14/04/1998

Overall

LBarnsley 4-3 Southampton14/03/1998

VSouthampton 2-1 Newcastle United28/03/1998

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Southampton04/04/1998

LSouthampton 0-1 Wimbledon FC11/04/1998

DLeicester 3-3 Southampton14/04/1998

LSouthampton 1-2 Aston Villa18/04/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	35
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
15	Victories (Competition total)	13
12	Victories (Home / Away)	3
7	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
12	Losses (Competition total)	17
1	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	45
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	50
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.24	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.43
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.71

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (5 times)

Bookings

51	Yellow cards (Competition total)	55
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

John Hartson	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Kevin Davies
John Hartson	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Egil Ostenstad
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Matt Le Tissier
John Hartson	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Egil Ostenstad

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

19 v

10 d

7 l

65 gf

34 ga

Away

40 matches

10 v

12 d

18 l

54 gf

73 ga

Total

76 matches

29 v

22 d

25 l

119 gf

107 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

18 v

12 d

10 l

73 gf

54 ga

Away

36 matches

7 v

10 d

19 l

34 gf

65 ga

Total

76 matches

25 v

22 d

29 l

107 gf

119 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 19, 1952
Home	4 - 0	April 19, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 27, 1988
Away	1 - 0	April 14, 1992

Latest head to head

October 04, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Southampton

3 - 0

West Ham

April 12, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Southampton

2 - 0

West Ham

August 24, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

West Ham

2 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

December 16, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

West Ham

2 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

October 25, 1995 - League Cup 1995/1996

Southampton

2 - 1

West Ham

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Geoff Hurst	6 goals	1966 - 1971
Tony Cottee	6 goals	1984 - 1995
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1972 - 1974
Paul Goddard	5 goals	1981 - 1984
Clyde Best	4 goals	1971 - 1974
Trevor Brooking	3 goals	1969 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Ron Davies	5 goals	1966 - 1971
Mick Channon	5 goals	1969 - 1982
Terry Paine	4 goals	1967 - 1971
Danny Wallace	4 goals	1983 - 1987
Matt Le Tissier	4 goals	1988 - 1994
David Armstrong	3 goals	1981 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Billy Bonds	22 matches	1967 - 1988
Alvin Martin	16 matches	1981 - 1995
Tony Cottee	16 matches	1983 - 1995
Steve Potts	15 matches	1986 - 1997
Frank Lampard	14 matches	1968 - 1983
Bobby Moore	13 matches	1966 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Terry Paine	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Matt Le Tissier	15 matches	1987 - 1997
Mick Channon	14 matches	1968 - 1982
Francis Benali	12 matches	1992 - 1997
Ron Davies	12 matches	1966 - 1972
Eric Martin	11 matches	1967 - 1974