Premier League: Leeds United are 6 points behind Southampton, but fully intend to go all in. Bring it on!
- Leeds United have the most conceded goals (67) in Premier League
- Southampton have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Premier League
Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous competitive action. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!
Leeds United form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Leeds United have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games.
Leeds United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wolverhampton Wanderers's place. The match ended 3-2 with Ayling, Harrison and Rodrigo scoring. Defender Ayling got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Ayling scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Norwich City in a game that was won 2-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leeds have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost four.
Leeds United has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-4-7 (14 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Southampton as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Norwich City match.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home loss versus Manchester City with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Ward-Prowse got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Ward-Prowse hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
A loss against Watford was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Southampton in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Southampton, two draws and two defeats.
Southampton have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. The Southampton manager Hasenhüttl has some worries about the defense as 31 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved faced each other earlier this match year: Southampton - Leeds 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leeds United four wins, zero draws and Southampton six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Dias Belloli 9 goals |   C. Adams 7 goals |  J. Ward-Prowse 6 goals |
Leeds United missing players
Southampton missing players
| Leeds United | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 67 | 29 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 31 | 45 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 80% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | 79% |
| 67% | 67% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 79% | 55% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 64% | 41% |
| 30% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 10% |
| 60% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 62% |
| 10% | 13% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | 24% |
| 33% | 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.7 | 15.1 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 12.5 | 13.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 27% | 27% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 27% | 27% |
| 15.3 | 14.2 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.9 | 12.2 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
- Leeds United have the most conceded goals (67) in Premier League
- Leeds United have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Premier League
- Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Southampton have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 50 | 70 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 29 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 55 | 69 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 59 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 54 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 51 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 48 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 29 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -4 | 36 |
| 11 | Southampton | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 34 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | -10 | 33 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 31 |
| 15 | Brentford | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -14 | 30 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 67 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 38 | -33 | 29 |
| 17 | Everton | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 18 | Watford | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -26 | 22 |
| 19 | Burnley | 27 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -16 | 21 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 32 | -45 | 17 |
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