Ace Football previews the Championship game between Southampton and Wrexham who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
When Wrexham come to St. Mary’s Stadium for the Championship match this coming Saturday, Southampton will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.
Form: Southampton vs Wrexham
Southampton Form
In their previous three outings, Southampton drew 0-0 with Manchester City, before losing 2-0 against Everton and 1-2 against Arsenal. Southampton won four of their previous six Championship games at the St. Mary’s Stadium. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded six and scored 12 goals.
Wrexham Form
Wrexham look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Blackpool, who were defeated by 1-2. Then, Charlton got outclassed in a 3-0 win, before beating Lincoln City by 0-2.
Betting stats and facts for Southampton and Wrexham
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Southampton and Wrexham. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 12 of the last 14 Southampton home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Southampton have lost 8 of the last 10 home matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 10 of the last 11 Southampton matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 6 Southampton home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Southampton have lost 6 of the last 8 home matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 20 of the last 22 Wrexham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 18 of the last 20 Wrexham away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: Southampton vs Wrexham
With another Championship season only just beginning to take form, we are still a bit in the dark as to who will dominate the scoring charts for both Southampton and Wrexham. Accordingly, we have listed some of the players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
Popular markets: Southampton vs Wrexham
Full-time result
In their previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments Southampton won none, drew three and lost seven. Wrexham won five, drew two and lost three of their previous 10 games away from home.
Both teams to score
Amazingly, Southampton scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Wrexham scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten away from home. Wrexham managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Southampton’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Wrexham, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.6 times goals per game.