Two of this season’s surprise Premier League packages face off at St Mary’s on Wednesday evening as Southampton host West Ham United.

The Saints bounced back from two straight defeats with a late victory at lowly Queens Park Rangers last time out to remain in third place, and they sit just four points behind champions Manchester City who could only draw at home to Hull City.

Defensive duo Ryan Bertrand and Toby Alderweireld will both miss the game through suspension and injury respectively, while Matt Target is a doubt despite escaping a serious head injury at Loftus Road on Saturday.

Graziano Pelle is 6.0 (5/1) to open the scoring with Bet Victor, with Morgan Schneiderlin a 20.0 (19/1) chance with the same firm.

The home win is priced at 1.75 (3/4) with Ladbrokes, with the visitors as highly priced as the 5.5 (9/2) on offer from a variety of firms. The draw can be backed at 3.9 (29/10) with Bet 365.

Daley Blind’s stoppage time equaliser denied Sam Allardyce’s men all three points in their game with Manchester United on Sunday afternoon and left them six points off a top five spot.

James Tomkins is expected to retain his place in the starting line-up despite breaking his nose at the weekend, as fellow defenders James Collins and Winston Reid remain side-lined.

Andy Carroll may return after recovering from an ankle injury, though Kevin Nolan is a doubt and Diego Poyet and Doneil Henry are unavailable.

Top scorer Diafra Sakho is 9.0 (8/1) to get the first goal of the game with a number of firms, with Carroll widely available at 10.0 (9/1).

Southampton ran out 3-1 winners when the sides met at Upton Park back in August, while the Hammers won by the same scoreline in East London a year ago and last season’s corresponding fixture ended goalless.

You can back there being over 3.5 goals this time around at 3.6 (13/5) with Bet Victor, while Coral offer 1.95 (19/20) for both teams to score in the game.