Match Preview: Southampton vs Leicester City
We are set for an exciting face-off this Saturday at St. Mary’s Stadium, with Southampton squaring off against Leicester City in the sixth game week of the 2023/2024 season. Considering the recent performance statistics, a closely contested battle might be on the cards.
Southampton, entering into this game, has shown solid form, accumulating 10 points from their last 5 matches, at an average of 2 points per match. They’ve managed to score in each of these games and remained undefeated in their past two home matches. A noteworthy feature is that both teams have scored in 4 of their last 5 games, indicating a robust offensive and leaky defensive strategy.
We’ve observed a high-scoring trend in Southampton’s recent games. Out of their last 5 fixtures, 4 have ended with over two goals. Their total goal contribution in these games is 22, thus implying a possibility of a goal frenzy in the upcoming match against Leicester.
On the other side, Leicester City is also in commanding form, gathering 12 points from their last 5 games, averaging 2.4 points per game. They’ve remained undefeated in their past two away matches, showing a strong momentum coming into this game.
In their last 5 matches, Leicester managed to find the back of the net 7 times and in 3 of these matches, both teams scored. With 60% of their games seeing BTTS landing, an open game could be expected.
Looking at the historic head-to-head, these teams have encountered each other 22 times in the past. Southampton has secured victory 6 times, while Leicester bested them 10 times and the rest resulting in draws. This would suggest an edge for Leicester City traditionally, but Southampton’s recent form could level the field.
As of recent form, Southampton might struggle on a home turf, whereas Leicester is showing excellent away form. Historically, their clashes have been high-scoring, averaging 2.73 goals, with both teams scoring 45% of the times.
Consequently, judging their season’s performance at home and away, Southampton has averaged 1 point in home games, while Leicester has averaged 2.5 points in away games.
In light of the statistics and recent performances, this could be an exciting and closely fought encounter between Southampton and Leicester City on 15th September 2023, with a fair chance for both sides to potentially tip the scales in their favour.
Key Insights:
– Southampton is coming into this match with a good run, having picked up 10 points from their last 5 games, averaging 2 points per game.
– The team has a strong scoring record, with BTTS (Both Teams To Score) landing in 4 out of their last 5 games.
– Southampton has been strong at home, unbeaten in their last 2 home games and scoring in every single home game this season.
– The games involving Southampton have been high-scoring, with the last 5 games ending with 3 or more goals.
– Southampton has lost only 1 game from the last 5, winning 3 and drawing 1.
– Leicester City, however, is coming in with a better record of 12 points from their last 5 games, averaging 2.4 points per game.
– Leicester has been good on the road, remaining unbeaten in their last 2 away games.
– Leicester has also had a high BTTS record with it landing in 3 out of their last 5 games.
– Despite the BTTS odds, previous records show that BTTS has landed only 45% of the time in matches between these two teams.
– Based on history, Leicester City has had the upper hand in their encounters with Southampton, winning 10 out of their 22 matches, while Southampton has won 6, and 6 matches have ended in a draw.
– However, the most recent encounter ended in favor of Southampton with a 3 – 0 victory.
– Southampton has a lower average points per game at home this season, scoring an average of 1 point per game, while Leicester averages 2.5 points in away games.
– Both teams have had strong performances recently and will look to continue their momentum, indicating a highly competitive and potentially high-scoring match.
Match Forecast:
– Expect a high-intensity game with both teams playing possession football with short passes.
– Southampton’s strength in creating chances using through balls could come into play given Leicester’s weakness in defending against skillful players.
– Southampton may exploit their strength in shooting from direct free kicks, given Leicester’s weakness in stopping opponents from creating chances.
– Southampton’s weakness in defending against attacks down the wings could be exploited by Leicester, who are strong in attacking down the wings.
– Leicester’s strategy of protecting their lead could be tested by Southampton’s strong finish-scoring capabilities.
– Chances of Southampton using their attacking left flank aggressively to bypass Leicester’s offside trap.
– Given both teams’ play styles, we could see some long shots taken by players from both sides.
– With both teams known for rotating their first eleven, the game could see different tactics applied as it progresses.
– Both teams play the offside trap, which could result in some offside calls especially considering Leicester’s weakness in avoiding offside.
– As both teams are known to play aggressively, the match may see a high number of fouls and cards.
Match Facts:
– When Southampton FC hosts Leicester City, a 2-2 draw is the most frequently occurring result, with 5 games having ended this way.
– Out of the last 22 clashes at Southampton FC’s home ground, Southampton FC has claimed victory 10 times, 7 games ended in a draw, while Leicester City managed to win 5 times.
– In their last 46 match-ups, Southampton FC has won 16 times, there were 13 draws, and Leicester City secured 17 wins.
– Interestingly, 30% of Southampton FC’s goals are netted between the 16-30 minute mark.
– Leicester City has a successful run of 5 consecutive victories in away games.
– Leicester City has managed not to suffer any loss in their last 6 away games.
– Southampton FC has maintained a non-loss record against Leicester City for their last 3 games on home turf.
– Southampton FC’s defense has been breached in each of their last 23 games.
– In 21% of their matches, Southampton FC leads at halftime, while Leicester City is ahead at halftime in 31% of their games.
– In the recent face-off, Southampton FC emerged triumphant.
– In the previous meeting, Southampton FC outscored Leicester City by 1 goal.
– When Southampton FC has a 1-0 advantage at home, they secure a win in 57% of their games.
– When leading 0-1 away from home, Leicester City turns it into a win in 73% of their games.
– When at a disadvantage of 0-1 at home, Southampton FC managed to flip the result in their favor in 10% of their games.
– If Leicester City trails 1-0 away, they convert it into a win in 10% of their games.
– In the Championship, Leicester City outperforms Southampton FC.
– Leicester City’s performance in the last 5 matches surpasses that of Southampton FC.
– Southampton FC has only suffered 1 loss in their last 5 games against Leicester City in all competitions.
– In their last 5 meetings, Southampton FC has 2 wins, Leicester City has 1, and 2 matches ended in a tie.
– On average, Southampton FC nets 1.4 goals against Leicester City, while Leicester City scores 1.6 goals against Southampton FC.
– Between Southampton FC and Leicester City, an average of 3 goals are scored per meeting.
– In the first half of matches between both teams, there is an average goal count of 0.8.
– Neither team succeeded at winning their last Championship match.
– Both teams were defeated in their last face-off.
– Nor Southampton FC nor Leicester City managed to score in their latest match.
– When playing at home, Southampton FC averages 1.15 goals per match, and Leicester City scores 1.38 goals on average when playing away.
