Southend United vs West Ham United - prediction, team news, lineups

West Ham United volition officially statesman their preparations for the 2026-27 run with a pre-season affable against Essex outfit Southend United connected Saturday afternoon.

The Hammers are preparing for beingness backmost successful the Championship pursuing their relegation past term, portion Southend - present managed by Kieron Dyer - volition effort to unafraid a instrumentality to the Football League successful the caller campaign.

Match preview

Southend's 2025-26 play ended connected a affirmative note, beating Wealdstone successful the FA Trophy last astatine Wembley to unafraid silverware, but that occurrence was not capable for Kevin Maher to support his job, with Dyer present successful complaint of the Blues.

Dyer - a 33-time England planetary and erstwhile Premier League prima - has arrived astatine Roots Hall tasked with securing promotion backmost to the Football League, with Southend spending the past 5 campaigns successful the National League pursuing their relegation from League Two successful 2020-21.

The Essex outfit kicked disconnected their preparations for the caller play with a 2-1 decision to Cambridge United successful a behind-closed-doors affable connected Tuesday afternoon.

Southend are present preparing to look West Ham, Northampton Town, Leyton Orient and Aveley earlier starting their National League run against Altrincham connected August 8.

The Shrimpers person had a large turnaround this summertime already successful presumption of players, with 9 caller signings being made frankincense far, including Rayan Oyebade connected indebtedness from West Ham.

The visitors, meanwhile, are preparing for beingness backmost successful the Championship pursuing their relegation from England's apical formation astatine the extremity of past season.

West Ham finished 18th successful past season's Premier League table, 2 points down London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, with the Hammers truthful returning to the Championship for the archetypal clip since 2011-12.

There had been speculation surrounding the aboriginal of caput manager Nuno Espirito Santo, but the 52-year-old is acceptable to stay successful complaint heading into the caller season, and West Ham volition beryllium among the favourites to triumph the Championship successful 2026-27.

The Hammers volition instrumentality connected Southend, Stevenage, Rangers and Magdeburg successful friendlies earlier facing Portsmouth successful the EFL Cup connected August 8, with that lucifer coming 8 days earlier their Championship opener distant to Burnley.

West Ham person lone made 1 signing truthful acold this summer, bringing successful Keiber Lamadrid connected a imperishable ground from Venezuelan outfit Deportivo La Guaira pursuing a indebtedness spell, portion Mateus Fernandes is their biggest departure, with the midfielder joining Tottenham successful an £85m deal.

Southend United affable form:

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Team News

Southend are expected to person a fig of caller players connected show this weekend, including Vontae Daley-Campbell, who has arrived from Chesterfield.

Anthony Hartigan and Daniel Cox should besides beryllium among the caller players to feature, portion Oyebade could perchance look his genitor club.

There should besides beryllium a spot successful the onslaught for Charley Kendall, who has signed a caller declaration with the Blues until the extremity of adjacent season.

As for West Ham, skipper Jarrod Bowen is acceptable to diagnostic from the archetypal whistle, with the attacker near retired of the England squad for the 2026 World Cup.

There remains speculation surrounding Bowen's future, but the guardant should beryllium progressive from the commencement here.

West Ham are believed to person played a behind-closed-doors affable against Colchester United connected Tuesday, with Niclas Fullkrug said to beryllium among the goalscorers successful a 3-2 occurrence for the Hammers, and helium could again diagnostic astatine Roots Hall.

However, Tomas Soucek is injured, portion Edson Alvarez, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Crysencio Summerville volition each beryllium absent owed to their engagement successful the 2026 World Cup.

Southend United imaginable starting lineup:

Duncan; Daley-Cambell, Goodliffe, Taylor, Cox; Hartigan, Coker, Chambers-Parillon; Kendall, Cardwell, Stone

West Ham United imaginable starting lineup:

Hermansen; Walker-Peters, Kilman, Mayers, Scarles; Magassa, Potts, Kante; Bowen, Fullkrug, Pablo

We say: Southend United 1-3 West Ham United

West Ham are expected to person a beardown squad connected show successful this match, and the Hammers should yet person excessively overmuch prime for their National League opponents.

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