Ace Football previews the Championship game between Southampton and Preston who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Form hasn’t been great recently for The Saints, who hope to turn things around against Preston on Saturday. This is a round 13 match in the current Championship campaign, and they face each other at St. Mary’s Stadium.
Sitting bottom of the table, Southampton have claimed 12 points after 12 rounds, while Preston have amassed 19 points. This places the latter as number 7 in the Championship at the moment.
Form: Southampton vs Preston
Southampton Form
In their previous three outings, Southampton drew 0-0 with Swansea, before losing 3-1 against Bristol City and 2-1 against Blackburn. Southampton claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Championship. They also drew three and lost one, scored seven goals and conceded five.
Preston Form
Preston suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by West Bromwich in a 2-1 defeat. Birmingham also proved too hard to handle as they won 0-1, before Preston were able to strike back in a 3-2 win against Sheffield United. Preston only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Championship. In these six matches they drew three and lost two as well as being outscored by eight goals to seven.
Betting stats for Southampton and Preston
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Southampton and Preston played across all tournaments.
- In 11 of the last 12 Southampton home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Southampton home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Southampton matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Southampton home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 3 Southampton home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 18 of the last 20 Preston away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Preston away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Preston away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Preston matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Preston matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: Southampton vs Preston
Michael Smith shows decent form right now for Preston, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Championship. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Southampton, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Adam Armstrong also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Championship matches.
Betting markets: Southampton vs Preston
Full-time result
Southampton won just one of their last 10 games at home, while drawing five. They lost four at St. Mary’s Stadium in this run of matches. Preston won three of their last 10 away games, whilst drawing four and losing three. Southampton have not lost to Preston in 6 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Southampton scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Preston scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Preston should feel cheery over the chances of getting at least one goal in on Saturday, as Southampton only managed two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. Preston claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 games. Southampton have scored in 3 consecutive home meetings with Preston.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Southampton’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Preston, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.
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