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Preview – Southampton

Everything you need to know about Wednesday’s trip to Southampton

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View of the Opposition – Southampton

Southern Daily Echo’s Adam Leitch lifts the lid on Wednesday’s opponents

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Wednesday’s Premier League questions

With the Premier League in full flow this week, we take a look at the questions that could be answered on Wednesday evening…

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What’s in Van Gaal’s dossier?

Coach Louis van Gaal has produced a dossier of statistics to disprove West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce’s claim on the weekend that Manchester United were a “long-ball” team.

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What’s in LvG’s dossier?

Coach Louis van Gaal has produced a dossier of statistics to disprove West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce’s claim on the weekend that Manchester United were a “long-ball” team.

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Football – Allardyce: Tomkins will carry on

Sam Allardyce will field James Tomkins at Southampton on Wednesday despite the defender breaking his nose against Manchester United, with the West Ham boss

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Premier League – Jose Mourinho suggests double standards over Robin van Persie elbow incident

Jose Mourinho believes had a Chelsea player used his elbow in the same way Robin van Persie did at West Ham last Sunday he would have been banned.

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Manchester United are a long-ball team. But they hit the most accurate long balls

Only two clubs in Europe have attempted more long balls than Manchester United this season, but Louis van Gaal’s team are adept at spreading the play and have hit more accurate long passes than any side on the continent By Alistair Tweedale for WhoScored? , part of the Guardian Sport Network There was more than a degree of irony in Sam Allardyce bemoaning “long-ball Manchester United” after his side conceded a last-gasp equaliser in their clash at Upton Park…

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Van Gaal disputes long-ball claims

Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal displays a set of diagrams to contest claims his side are using long-ball tactics.

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Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal produces dossier in bid to counter ‘long-ball’ jibe

• Dutch manager brings A4 sheets to unorthodox press conference • ‘Copy it and go to Big Sam,’ Van Gaal says of West Ham boss • Allardyce calls Manchester United a ‘long-ball team’ • Manchester United: second to Burnley in long-ball table • Rafa Benítez’s famous rant at Sir Alex Ferguson Louis van Gaal’s irritation about the “long-ball United” tag applied by Sam Allardyce manifested itself in an unorthodox press conference in…

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Football – Mourinho questions Van Persie elbow

Jose Mourinho believes had a Chelsea player used his elbow in the same way Robin van Persie did at West Ham last Sunday he would have been banned.

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Football – Tomkins gives nose agony the elbow

Sam Allardyce will field James Tomkins at Southampton on Wednesday despite the West Ham defender breaking his nose when Robin van Persie “took him out”.

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Football – Van Gaal rejects Allardyce jibes

Louis van Gaal pulled out a dossier full of statistics at his press conference as he hit back at Sam Allardyce’s claim that Manchester United are long-ball

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Van Persie was pretty naughty – Allardyce

The West Ham centre-back will be available to face Southampton despite having his nose broken in a challenge with the Manchester United striker while Andy Carroll is “touch-and-go”

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Southampton v West Ham United United

Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday’s Premier League game between Southampton and West Ham United United.

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West Ham United close on deal for Diarra

Former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra is training with West Ham United and close to signing a deal with the Hammers.

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Hammers duo in fitness race

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is hoping that striker Andy Carroll will have recovered from his ankle injury in time to face Southampton.

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Important travel news

Train services between London Marylebone and Birmingham will be disrupted by repair work on Saturday

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Hammers to honour Peters

Martin Peters MBE will become the third recipient of the Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Player Awards

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Football – Tomkins set to face Southampton

Sam Allardyce will be forced to field James Tomkins at Southampton on Wednesday night, despite the defender suffering from a broken nose.

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Hammers close to signing former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Diarra

West Ham United are reportedly close to signing former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder Lassana Diarra on a short-term deal.

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Midfielder trains with Hammers

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce may yet add to his squad with the news that free agent Lassana Diarra is training with the club.

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West Ham hope to sign free agent Lassana Diarra to bolster squad

• Ex-Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder has been training with club • France midfielder Diarra left Lokomotiv Moscow in August Sam Allardyce is hopeful of signing former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra after confirming the France international is training with the Hammers. Diarra, 29, has been without a club since leaving Lokomotiv Moscow in August but is not too far away from match-fitness and could be turning out for West Ham inside a fortnight if the…

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Southampton-West Ham Preview: Cresswell points to Hammers confidence

The Hammers left-back insists that Daley Blind’s late equaliser for Manchester United on Sunday has not dented the team’s resolve ahead of a tough game on the south coast

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Premier League – Allardyce hopeful over Diarra

Sam Allardyce is hopeful of signing former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra after confirming the France international is training with the Hammers.

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Football – Allardyce hopeful over Diarra

Sam Allardyce is hopeful of signing former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra after confirming the France international is training with the Hammers.

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