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The Championship tie at St. Mary's Stadium on Saturday sees hosts Southampton take on Watford.
View all Southampton v Watford tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (inc. the best betting odds).
๐ Form Guide
Southampton
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Southampton will be looking for another win after the 2-1 Championship triumph versus Coventry City.
In that match, Southampton managed 60% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Southampton, goals were scored by Kyle Walker-Peters (18') and Chรฉ Adams (38'). At the other end, Coventry City had 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Jake Bidwell (68') scored for Coventry City.
Fixtures involving Southampton have proved to be lively ones lately with high scoring being the norm. Over their past 6 games alone, the sum of 23 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 13 of these being chalked up by Southampton. We will just have to find out if that trend can be continued on in this game.
Pre-game facts show that Southampton:
- have not registered a win against Watford in their previous 2 league games.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
Watford
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Previously, Watford drew 0-0 in the Championship match with Ipswich Town.
In that game, Watford managed 43% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Ipswich Town had 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target.
Throughout their 6 previous matches, Tom Cleverley's Watford have converted 7 times, earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.
Taking a look at their past results, Watford:
- are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
๐ฅ Head to head
Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 28/06/2020 shows that Southampton have won 3 of them and Watford 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.
A sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 for The Saints and 5 belonging to The Hornets. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.
๐ Team News: Southampton
Kamaldeen Sulemana (unknown injury), Juan Larios (unknown injury) and Ross Stewart (Muscle injury) wonโt be playing for Southampton gaffer Russell Martin.
In our view, The Saints should employ a 4-3-3 system for this one with Gavin Bazunu, James Bree, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Kyle Walker-Peters, Joe Aribo, Flynn Downes, Stuart Armstrong, Ryan Fraser, Che Adams and Adam Armstrong.
โน๏ธ Team News: Watford
Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, thereโs just the lone fitness problem for the Watford boss Tom Cleverley to be concerned with. Kwadwo Baah (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.
Itโs our belief that The Hornets could decide to play in a 3-4-3 lineup with a starting lineup of Daniel Bachmann, Mattie Pollock, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Porteous, Ryan Andrews, Edo Kayembe, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Jamal Lewis, Yaser Asprilla, Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Giorgi Chakvetadze.
๐ง Prediction
We feel that in this game, Watford should have enough to find the back of the net against this Southampton outfit, however it probably wonโt be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Southampton after 90 minutes. There shouldnโt be much in it, either way.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 13:01 13/04/2024
Predicted Lineups
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Southampton
Formed: 1885
Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium (32,384)
Captain: Jack Stephens
Chairman: Dragan Solak
Manager: Russell Martin
Competitions: Championship position 4
๐ Key Man: Samuel Edozie
Mostly playing in the Left Wing position, Samuel Edozie was born in London, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Southampton in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Forward has accumulated 6 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 season so far in a total of 28 appearances.
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42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 88 | LWWLL |
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42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 88 | WWWLD |
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43 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 87 | DWLDL |
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40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 78 | WDLDW |
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42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 72 | WDDDW |
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42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 68 | WWLWD |
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41 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 63 | WWLWL |
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41 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 63 | WWLDW |
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42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 62 | DDWWD |
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41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 62 | DLLWD |
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42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | -10 | 59 | LLWLW |
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42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 57 | LWWDW |
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42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 53 | DWLDD |
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42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 52 | WDDDD |
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42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 50 | WDLLW |
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43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | -14 | 49 | LWDLW |
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43 | 12 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 48 | LLWDW |
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42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 47 | DWWLD |
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42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 47 | LDLLW |
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42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 46 | LWDDL |
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42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | -23 | 43 | DLDWL |
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42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | -31 | 43 | LDLWD |
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42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 42 | LLWLL |
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42 | 4 | 11 | 27 | -52 | 23 | DLWLL |
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Goals scored | 2.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 27 |
Time first goal conceded | 46 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 45 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Adam Armstrong | 20 |
Chรฉ Adams | 15 |
Samuel Edozie | 6 |
Ryan Fraser | 6 |
Stuart Armstrong | 5 |
Mileta Rajoviฤ | 10 |
Yaser Asprilla | 6 |
Vakoun Issouf Bayo | 6 |
Edo Kayembe | 5 |
Matheus Martins | 5 |
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