Crucial battle in the "wrong" end of the Premier League, with both Southampton and Leicester City suffering more stress than bliss. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosts at 20th and the away team in 14th spot.
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premier League
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Southampton and Leicester City.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton's results here at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 7 defeats. With eight home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Southampton fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Southampton's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 against Grimsby Town (in FA Cup). Defender Ćaleta-Car got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Ćaleta-Car scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Leeds United (0-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Southampton here at St. Mary's Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.
Leicester City form and stats
There's been little loot from Leicester City's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the Premier League. Leicester City only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. When Leicester City is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. West Ham United, Leeds United, Leicester City, Everton, AFC Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers is teams we like to compare Southampton with.
The attacking players of Leicester City have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 189 minutes.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Blackburn Rovers with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Barnes, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.84. Barnes served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 25 total).
A loss against Arsenal was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.The travelling fans enjoy Leicester's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. Leicester City have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Leicester City - Southampton 1-2 was the product when these participants previously met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Southampton wins - draws - Leicester City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Maddison 9 goals |  H. Barnes 8 goals |   J. Ward-Prowse 6 goals |
Southampton missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Southampton | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 19 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | 36 |
| 41 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 28 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 62% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 54% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 42% | 38% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 54% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 58% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 4 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.1 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 13.1 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 23% | 22% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 40% | 38% |
| 12.7 | 12.4 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 17.1 | 14.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
- All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Southampton have scored home.
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier League
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Southampton have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premier League
- Southampton have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 60 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 39 | 55 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 45 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Fulham | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Brentford | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 31 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 27 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 29 | -24 | 25 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 24 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Everton | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 21 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | -26 | 21 |
| 20 | Southampton | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 18 |
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