Southampton v West Ham
Date: 19/08/17
KO: 15.00pm
Southampton will be welcoming West Ham to St Mary’s stadium on Saturday as they look for their first win of the season after a frustrating 0-0 draw to Swansea City on the opening weekend.
Manchester United started the new season with an effortless 4 – 0 win over West Ham at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United start their Premier League Campaign by hosting West Ham United at Old Trafford.
Which five transfers could be set to light up the Premier League in 2017/18?
Following on from West Ham’s impressive capture of England number one Joe Hart on loan for the upcoming Premier League season, it has started a replacement process in the goalkeeping position as Darren Randolph has left for Middlesborough for £5 million.
With 6 points separating Southampton in 8th and Watford in 17th after the completion of the 2016/17 Premier League season, the 2017/18 season looks to continue in this compact fashion. The 6-point gap was the closest in the Premier League since the turn of the new millennium, yet surprisingly the previous season saw a considerable 21-point gap between these positions with Liverpool in 8th and Sunderland in 17th respectively.
West Ham have made an undeniably slow start to the transfer market this summer, with free agent Pablo Zabaleta and Joe Hart on a season-long loan from Manchester City the sole two additions.
