Southampton vs West Ham
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: St. Mary's, Southampton
Felipe Anderson's six-minute brace sunk Southampton 2-1 and dragged West Ham into the Premier League's top 10.
The Brazil playmaker's quick-fire double cancelled out Nathan Redmond's scrambled goalmouth finish as the Hammers battled hard for victory at St Mary's.
If Anderson's angled drive for his first looked tidy, his imperious match-winning finish to cap a two-pass counter-attack blitz proved very easy on the eye.
The accomplished 25-year-old now has eight goals and two assists for the Premier League season: amid the post-Christmas malaise his was a performance of unrivalled poise and precision.
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Team news and starting line-ups
Southampton XI: McCarthy, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Yoshida, Valery, Romeu, Lemina, Targett, Redmond, Armstrong, Ings
Subs: Stephens, Long, Austin, Elyounoussi, Ward-Prowse, Gunn, Ramsey
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Antonio, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Obiang, Diangana, Snodgrass, Felipe Anderson, Lucas Perez
Subs: Carroll, Adrian, Noble, Masuaku, Xande Silva, Coventry
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Injury-hit West Ham named just six substitutes for tonight's match.
Aaron Cresswell captained the Hammers for the St Mary's Stadium clash, in a starting XI showing five changes from Saturday's 2-0 home loss to Watford.
Ralph Hasenhuttl made just one change from Saturday's 3-1 win at Huddersfield, with Mario Lemina replacing the suspended Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
