Ace Football previews the Championship round 2 match between Southampton and Stoke and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
As the early season favourites, Southampton will look to justify their title credentials this coming Saturday when they take on Stoke for a round 2 match in the Championship.
Southampton will be hopeful of getting on the board after an unlucky opening game to the new Championship campaign which left them empty-handed.
Form: Southampton vs Stoke
Southampton Form
Southampton are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Preston by 1-3, before beating Colchester by 0-2. The winning streak came to an end against Watford, who ran out 2-1 winners. Southampton put four wins on the board in their previous six Championship matches at the St. Mary’s Stadium. They drew twice while losing none, scored 12 goals while conceding five.
Stoke Form
In their previous three outings, Stoke lost 2-0 against Bristol City, beat Oldham 2-0 and lost 1-2 against Swansea. Stoke came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew zero and lost six in which, they were outscored by 13 goals to two.
Betting stats for Southampton and Stoke
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Southampton and Stoke. 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 matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 8 Southampton matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 5 Southampton home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Southampton home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Southampton matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 25 of the last 27 Stoke away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 22 of the last 24 Stoke away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Stoke have lost the last 7 away matches in a row in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 13 of the last 15 Stoke away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Stoke away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
In-form players: Southampton vs Stoke
Cyle Larin found the target five times in his previous six matches, whereas Eric Bocat just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Betting markets: Southampton vs Stoke
Full-time result
Going undefeated through their last 10 matches at St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton won seven and drew three. Stoke won one of their previous 10 away games across all tournaments, in which they drew two and lost seven. Southampton have gone through an impressive 10 games without losing even once as the home side. Stoke lost 5 matches on the bounce.
Both teams to score
Southampton scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Curiously, Stoke only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Both teams have scored in last 5 consecutive Southampton games Stoke 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. Stoke claimed four clean sheets in their last 10 games. Stoke have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Southampton when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Southampton’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Stoke, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches. Southampton are on a nice streak of scoring at least once in their previous 21 matches. Stoke conceded a goal in their last 7 matches.
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