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West Ham Edges Out Southampton in Tight London Encounter
West Ham United secured a 2-1 victory over Southampton in a thrilling match at the London Stadium on Friday, April 19th. The Premier League clash, part of the 33rd round of fixtures, was a closely fought contest, as evidenced by the statistics. Both teams created chances, with West Ham managing 12 shots (4 on target) and Southampton registering 14 (4 on target).
Jarrod Bowen put the Hammers ahead in the 47th minute, assisted by Niclas Füllkrug. However, Southampton managed a late equalizer through Lesley Ugochukwu in the 90th minute.
Yellow cards were shown to two West Ham players (Coufal and Kilman) and one Southampton player (Onuachu). Possession was evenly split, with West Ham holding 52% and Southampton 48%. Despite the even distribution of possession, West Ham proved more clinical in front of goal, securing the win.
Substitutions southampton: at minute 69 C. Archer came in and P. Onuachu went out., at minute 74 T. Dibling came in and K. Sulemana went out., at minute 85 Welington came in and R. Manning went out., at minute 85 R. Stewart came in and T. Harwood-Bellis went out.
Substitutions west ham: at minute 75 Luis Guilherme came in and M. Kudus went out., at minute 80 T. Soucek came in and N. Fullkrug went out., at minute 80 O. Scarles came in and Emerson went out., at minute 86 E. Ferguson came in and J. Bowen went out., at minute 86 K. Mavropanos came in and J. Ward-Prowse went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
West Ham
Titulares:
Southampton
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