Elsewhere, it has been a lively start to the Premier League games. Everton are 1-0 up v Bournemouth (Romelu Lukaku), Watford have just scored v Burnley, who are down to 10 men following Jeff Hendrick's sending off. Troy Deeney with the Hornets goal.

James Morrison has also put West Brom ahead against Stoke.

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Trevor Sinclair
Ex-Man City & West Ham winger on Final Score

Forget about the offside - the finish! There is so much power in that finish, he just hammers it straight through the keeper. That's what they spent the money for.

A bright opening to this game. Immediately after Carroll's missed chance, Saints' returning James Ward-Prowse shoots from the edge of the box but it is straight at Darren Randolph.

West Ham having a lot of the early possession. Robert Snodgrass, in his first start for the club, is on his left wing, but the first chance comes from the right side.

Sofiane Feghouli flights in a lovely cross to the back post and Andy Carroll rises well six yards from goal but, under pressure, he cannot keep the header down. A good move, a good start and a good opportunity for the Hammers.

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And here we go. West Ham kick-off, on a lovely sunny afternoon.

And the players are on the pitch. Time to get going. How will Gabbiadini, Snodgrass and Fonte get on? It is time to find out.

Trevor Sinclair
Ex-Man City & West Ham winger on Final Score

West Ham have made a couple of great signings in Robert Snodgrass and Jose Fonte. They will improve this team.

"Two great goalkeepers," says Slaven Bilic. The stats don't back that up.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has today gone with Darren Randolph in between the sticks as he and Adrian have been battling to be the Hammers goalkeeper throughout the season.

Before today, Randolph had started 12 Premier League games, one more than Adrian. But will both be replaced in the summer by England goalkeeper Joe Hart? Speculation says it is possible, Bilic says no, apparently.

The Croat said: "On one hand I rate Joe Hart highly, he's a great goalkeeper and a great personality. But on the other hand I said in every transfer window if there is one position that we are not even thinking about changing that's the goalkeeping position.

"I already have two great goalkeepers so that is not the case, no." 

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Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender

Just as they did in the FA Cup a few weeks ago, West Ham made it easy for Manchester City on Wednesday - and paid the price.

Southampton also come into this game on the back of a poor result, losing to struggling Swansea on Tuesday, but I think they will be much improved here.

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Fancy hearing more from the Saints boss? Of course you do, so here you are, courtesy of Southampton's Twitter page.

Southampton boss Claude Puel believes stopping Andy Carroll will be crucial to his side's chances of beating West Ham today.

"It's difficult to stop him because he is so strong and we know his quality," said the Frenchman. 

"It's important to win duels with good presence around the second ball, and always to defend with good cover. But we should not just try to win those duels. We need a good work habit and not to get just one player in duels.

"The most important thing is to keep the ball. If we keep the ball they cannot play it long or make crosses. We know this team, they have come back well in the table lately. They are a good opponent with confidence and we have to play a strong game."

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So this is how they stand in the Premier League with both sides wedged firmly in the middle of the table. A top half place is on offer for the winners.

John Motson
Match of the Day commentator

"This is an interesting tussle between two teams that are in the bottom half of the table after a season blighted by inconsistency so far.

"All eyes will be on Jose Fonte on his return to St Mary's just weeks after giving up the captain's armband at Southampton and moving to West Ham.

"Saints fans will be cursing his departure even more now that his former central defensive partner Virgil van Dijk faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

"They have been boosted, though, by the arrival of striker Manolo Gabbiadini, who should invigorate an attack that has struggled slightly without the injured Charlie Austin, while West Ham will be hoping Robert Snodgrass can help make up for the departure of Dimitri Payet."

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