Southampton 2 West Ham 2

West Ham started with Stech in goal. Cole and Bellamy started up front, with Ashton not even in the squad. Behrami, Davenport, Upson, Neill, Faubert, Mullins, Parker and Reid also started.

In the first half West Ham struggled against a side who just avoided relegation from the Championship on the last day of the season. Stech was the busier of the two goalies, with West Ham only mounting the occasional quick counter attack.

In the 33rd minute Southampton got a deserved opener when James crossed from the right to find the unmarked McGoldrick. The striker, unopposed headed past Stech. In the 37th minute McGoldrick got his second after chipping Stech. A minute after that McGoldrick nearly got his hat-trick when he again arrived in the box unmarked only to head straight at Stech.

In the 45th minute West Ham got one back when Devenport headed home a Faubert corner. Despite the goal and despite this being only a friendly this was a fairly poor first half performance from the Irons.

At half time Bellamy was replaced by Noble, leaving Cole up front on his own. Why am I getting deja vu already?

At the start of the second half Southampton continued to look threatening. However in the 52nd minute West Ham had a double chance to pull level. First Cole's header from Faubert's cross was saved, with the rebound falling to Parker but his follow-up shot was deflected wide.

Soon after that West Ham started ringing the changes. Ferdinand replaced Upson, Widdowson came on for Reid, Cole (who might have been injured) was replaced by Zavon Hines and Parker was replaced with Collison.

In the 65th minute West ham drew level. Behrami passed to Hines with his back to goal. Hines turned and shot from 12 yards into the back of the net. Faubert then made way for Stanislas.

Both sides had chances to take the lead in the closing minutes of the game but the game ended a draw.