This has all the signs of quite the action-packed meeting at St. James' Park in the Premier League. Newcastle United is in 18th place and welcome Southampton in 13th place. Learn more about the match here!
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 Newcastle and Southampton.
Newcastle United form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at St. James' Park. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from Newcastle United's 19 home games.
The spoils were shared in Newcastle's previous game, also at home. Visiting Burnley (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) (placed 17th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Sean Longstaff (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Longstaff hit one key pass.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Aston Villa.This is expected to be a close game, with Newcastle perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newcastle United as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Newcastle United has won five of these, drawn six and lost one.
Early season league goal statistics from Newcastle United's 1 home game: 2 goals, 4 conceded.
Southampton form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Southampton had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 4, drew 4 and lost 11.
Two travels in a row for Southampton, whose manager R. Hasenhüttl could celebrate last time after the Carabao Cup win against Newport County. Midfield player Mohamed Elyounoussi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.93/10. Elyounoussi scored three goals, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 58 total). As mentioned above, Southampton was the only team on the pitch versus Newport County in their previous game, winning 8-0. This could be a tougher task. Mohamed Elyounoussi certainly enjoyed Southampton's last game versus Newport County, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 8-0 victory.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Manchester United in the Premier League.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Southampton playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were seven Southampton wins, one draw and two defeats.
It's early days yet, but Southampton has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Newcastle United won five games, three matches ended in a draw and Southampton managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Murphy 1 goals |  C. Wilson 1 goals |   A. Armstrong 1 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
Southampton missing players
| Newcastle United | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Newcastle United | Last season | Southampton | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 11 | 19 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 62 | 33 | Conceded | C | 43 | 68 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 79% | ||
| 47% | 63% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 29% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 21% | ||
| 55% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 47% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 34% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Ham United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Brentford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Watford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Southampton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 19 | Arsenal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 51 | 86 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 73 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 29 | 74 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 26 | 69 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 22 | 67 |
| 5 | Leicester City | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 50 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 18 | 66 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 65 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 62 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 61 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 54 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 59 |
| 10 | Everton | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 48 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | -1 | 59 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 46 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 55 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -16 | 45 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -16 | 45 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 66 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | -25 | 44 |
| 15 | Southampton | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 68 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 43 | -21 | 43 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 46 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 41 |
| 17 | Burnley | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 55 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -22 | 39 |
| 18 | Fulham | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 53 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -26 | 28 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 76 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | -41 | 26 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 38 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 63 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 36 | -43 | 23 |
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