📊 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton will be wanting a better result here following the 5-0 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Leicester City.

In that game, Southampton had 66% possession and 6 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. Leicester City had 17 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Abdul Fatawu (25', 75', 81'), Wilfred Ndidi (62') and Jamie Vardy (79') scored for Leicester City.

At least three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Southampton have been involved. Opposition teams scored 8 times in this period whereas Southampton managed a tally of 11.

Pre-game facts show that Southampton:

• haven't lost in the league to Stoke City in their previous 2 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 home league matches.

Stoke City

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Stoke City will go into this clash after a 3-0 Championship win against Plymouth Argyle in their most recent match.

In that game, Stoke City managed 52% possession and 23 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Stoke City, the goalscorers were Ki-Jana Hoever (43'), Million Manhoef (45') and Wouter Burger (93'). Plymouth Argyle had 8 shots on goal with 1 on target.

In the course of their six latest matches, Steven Schumacher's Stoke City have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 9 times therefore yielding them a goals per game average of 1.5.

Their previous form shows that Stoke City:

• haven't been defeated by Southampton in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 12/03/2016, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Southampton winning 2 of those games, Stoke City 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

A total of 8 goals were produced between them in these games, with 4 for The Saints and 4 created by The Potters. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.33.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Championship match day 10 on 03/10/2023 which ended up with the score at Stoke City 0-1 Southampton.

On that occasion, Stoke City had 43% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

For their opponents, Southampton got 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Stuart Armstrong (41') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by James Bell.

ℹ️ Team News: Southampton

Juan Larios (unknown injury), Stuart Armstrong (Hamstring injury), Ross Stewart (Muscle injury) and Gavin Bazunu (Achilles tendon rupture) are unavailable for Southampton manager Russell Martin.

In our view, The Saints may well employ a 4-3-3 system with Alex McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Manning, Will Smallbone, Shea Charles, Joe Aribo, Samuel Edozie, Adam Armstrong and Ryan Fraser.

📋 Team News: Stoke City

Due to a mostly healthy squad, there is just a single fitness problem for the Stoke City manager Steven Schumacher to contend with. Frank Fielding (unknown injury) won’t be playing here.

We’re of the thinking that The Potters might elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Daniel Iversen, Ki-Jana Hoever, Ben Wilmot, Luke McNally, Enda Stevens, Josh Laurent, Jordan Thompson, Million Manhoef, Luke Cundle, Joon-ho Bae and Tyrese Campbell.

✨ Prediction

It looks to us like Stoke City will need to be at their best to put one past a Southampton lineup who have the quality to control this match over the entire pitch.

We’re expecting a commanding 3-0 winning scoreline for Southampton at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Lucas Pereira, 13:01 27/04/2024