Southampton vs Leicester City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton will be hoping to bounce back here after a 5-0 Championship defeat last time out to Sunderland.

In that match, Southampton had 68% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Sunderland got 18 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. Jack Clarke (1'), Pierre Ekwah (7', 45'), Bradley Dack (48') and Chris Rigg (95') scored for Sunderland.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Southampton haven’t conceded. The reality is that Southampton have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 15 goals along the way. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend will persist in this next match.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Southampton:

• have not been beaten in the league by Leicester City in their previous 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Leicester City

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Hull City in Championship action, Leicester City and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Leicester City had 65% possession and 21 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Hull City got 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Liam Delap (15') was the scorer for Hull City.

A series of resolute showings from the Leicester City defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 clashes overall. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Leicester City:

• haven't won against Southampton when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 18/04/2021, both clubs have shared the honours with Southampton winning 2 of those games, Leicester City 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 16 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 for The Saints and 9 netted by The Foxes. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 26 on 04/03/2023 when it ended Southampton 1-0 Leicester City.

On that occasion, Southampton managed 35% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Carlos Alcaraz (35').

For their opponents, Leicester City got 11 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Robert Jones.

📰 Team News: Southampton

Juan Larios (Unknown Injury) and Ross Stewart (Achilles tendon surgery) won’t be available for Southampton gaffer Russell Martin.

We think that The Saints look set to opt for a 4-3-3 formation for the game featuring Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Shea Charles, T. Harwood-Bellis, Ryan Manning, Will Smallbone, Flynn Downes, Adam Armstrong, Ryan Fraser, Che Adams and Samuel Edozie.

🗞️ Team News: Leicester City

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca has zero fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match.

We are inclined to think that The Foxes will likely elect for a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, Wout Faes, Jannik Vestergaard, Callum Doyle, Wilfred Ndidi, Harry Winks, K. Dewsbury-Hall, Stephy Mavididi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Kasey McAteer.

✨ Prediction

In our view, Leicester City might need a bit of good fortune to break down this Southampton team who we think might well just have the edge.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even contest with a 1-0 advantage for Southampton when the referee blows for full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 08:09 13/09/2023