West Ham set to reverse fixtures

The fixture list shows West Ham were due to play Southampton at home at the London Stadium on Saturday 19th August but the IAAF World Athletics Championship will have only finished days before the scheduled match.

Officially the game is listed to be re-scheduled but in reality, West Ham will ask Southampton to agree to reverse their fixtures for the Premier League games between the two sides.

West Ham only received special dispensation from the Premier League to play their first game away from home so it is up to the Hammers to reschedule the second match with Southampton.

The Saints were due to host the Hammers on the 31st March 2018 at St Mary’s but instead, that game is likely to be played at the London Stadium with the 19th August game played at St Mary’s.

Liverpool did exactly the same last season playing their first three games away from home to allow construction work on the main stand at Anfield to be completed. In that situation, newly promoted Burnley agreed to reverse their fixtures with Liverpool for the season.