West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce sees their clash with Southampton as an early six pointer.

Allardyce knows they can made a significant stride in their survival bid with victory over Saints.

He told whufc.com: "From our point of view we'd like to beat them on the basis that we have both been promoted and we both know how much of a struggle it is in year one. If you can pick up points from teams of similar standing to you then you take three points and they don't get any points.

"It's almost a six-pointer this early in the season. If we win, they'd only have four points and we'd have 14 and that's a massive gap that they'd have to try and close over the coming games."