- 南安普顿队的六场比赛只进了不到三个球；最近九场英超联赛
- 西汉姆联队的四场比赛只进了不到三个球；最近七场联赛
- 由圣徒队新任主教练伊万·朱里奇在意大利执教的球队有着坚实的防守记录
- 西汉姆没有在圣玛丽获胜；自2019年以来，他们已经输掉了一场比赛，在最近的四场比赛中赢了三场
在法律上称呼圣徒’；防守记录不佳
南安普顿能够在节礼日击败西汉姆，就像富勒姆在周日只拿到英超赛季的第六分一样。
圣徒’；任命伊万·朱里奇为他们的新主教练，充分说明了他们认为需要改进的地方。上赛季，他的都灵队在意甲联赛中的防守记录排名第四，在他执教的前两个赛季中，每赛季丢球最少，跻身前五。
他不太可能对南安普顿队产生巨大的影响，南安普顿队在短时间内的最后一场主场比赛中对托特纳姆热刺队派出了五名球员，但他在周日会看到一些积极的迹象；他在克雷文小屋球场以0比0战平。
锤子几乎没能把他们敲进去
亚伦·拉姆斯代尔（Aaron Ramsdale）在手指受伤后重返球队时表现出色，南安普顿（Southampton）也表现出色；他们的预期进球数仅略高于一球，这是自本赛季首周末以来的最低纪录。
在拉塞尔·马丁的带领下，进球已经成为球队的一大问题，这一趋势在周日继续，因为圣徒队在本赛季的第八场比赛中未能进球。他们迫使Bernd Leno只进行了一次有意义的扑救，尽管他拥有43%的控球权，但仍很难创造出很多值得注意的东西。
自去年11月对阵诺丁汉森林队和埃弗顿队的背靠背空白以来，西汉姆联队已经连续六场英超比赛得分。但是Julen Lopetegui；美国队在17场比赛中只有6场进了多个球，一场比赛中也只有一次进了两个以上的球。
支持这一个，目标不足
米歇尔·安东尼奥长期受伤，这意味着洛佩特吉缺乏进攻深度，这可能意味着在繁忙的圣诞节期间，一些关键球员将不得不每分钟都上场。
队长Jarrod Bowen在过去的五场比赛中只进了一个球和一次助攻，所有这些比赛都持续了整整90分钟，他在上次对阵布莱顿的比赛中最安静的表现之一中只记录了26次触球。
西汉姆1-1战平；这是他们连续第二场比赛，也是他们最近七场比赛中第四场没有进第三个球。在这场冲突中支持不到三个进球看起来像是一场坚实的比赛，因为南安普顿有六个进球；在联盟的最后九场比赛中，尤里奇的进球也不到三次，加上尤里奇的潜在影响力；s收紧南安普敦的方法；的防守。
预言：
低于2.5个比赛进球
绘制1-1
外文原文如下：
- Fewer than three goals have been scored in six of Southampton’s last nine Premier Lague matches
- Fewer than three goals have been scored in four of West Ham’s last seven league contests
- Teams coached by new Saints boss Ivan Juric in Italy had solid defensive records
- West Ham have not won at St Mary’s since 2019, losing one and drawing three of their last four trips
Juric to address Saints’ poor defensive record
Southampton are capable of frustrating West Ham on Boxing Day in much the same way they did Fulham when they claimed only their sixth point of the Premier League season on Sunday.
Saints’ appointment of Ivan Juric as their new head coach speaks volumes about where they felt they needed to improve the most. His Torino side had the fourth-best defensive record in Serie A last season and was among the top five for fewest goals conceded in each of his two previous seasons in charge.
It is unlikely that he will be able to have a huge influence on a Southampton side that shipped five against Tottenham in their last home game in a short space of time, but he will have seen a few positive signs in Sunday’s goalless draw at Craven Cottage.
Hammers are hardly rattling them in
Aaron Ramsdale was excellent on his return to the team after a finger injury and Southampton’s expected goals against of just over one was their smallest recorded since the opening weekend of the season.
Scoring goals had become a big problem for the team under Russell Martin and that trend continued on Sunday as Saints failed to score for an eighth game of the campaign. They forced Bernd Leno into only one meaningful save and struggled to create much of note, despite enjoying 43% possession.
West Ham have scored in six consecutive Premier League games since back-to-back blanks against Nottingham Forest and Everton in November. But Julen Lopetegui’s side have only managed multiple goals in six of their 17 matches and only once scored more than two goals in a game.
Back this one to be short on goals
The loss of Michail Antonio to a long-term injury means Lopetegui is lacking depth in attack and that may mean some key men are going to have to play every minute over the busy Christmas period.
Captain Jarrod Bowen has managed just one goal and an assist in his last five games, all of which were for the full 90 minutes, and he recorded only 26 touches in one of his quietest displays of the campaign against Brighton last time out.
That 1-1 draw was West Ham’s second in succession and the fourth game in their last seven to not see a third goal. Backing fewer than three goals in this clash looks like a solid play given six of Southampton’s last nine in the league have also featured fewer than three strikes, plus the potential influence of Juric’s methods tightening up Southampton’s defence.
Predictions:Under 2.5 Match Goals
Draw 1-1
