Premier League preview: Can Southampton edge out victory against Burnley?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Premier League: Tipsway are expecting an engaging and highly important fight involving Southampton and Burnley at St. Mary's Stadium. Both need the points!

Insights:
  • Burnley have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Southampton form and stats

Southampton have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Southampton supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Leeds United in Premier League and win 1-0. The attacking player Nathan Redmond was declared "man of the match" for Southampton with a rating of 8.21/10. Redmond served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Heartbreak before that as Southampton lost 1-3 at Chelsea's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Southampton handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, two draws and two defeats.

Southampton are traveling soon after this match as the Carabao Cup match at Chelsea awaits in three days.

The lack of attacking qualities in Southampton means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively Southampton have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Burnley form and stats

Playing away, Burnley have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Burnley have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 230 minutes ago. M. Cornet was the goal scorer.

Burnley are travelling again after losing away to Manchester City in their previous match (0-2). Defender Nathan Collins was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Collins hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Norwich City.

We have checked recent matches where Burnley have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were four victories, three draws and one defeat.

A new game in only four days for Burnley, the Carabao Cup home match versus Tottenham Hotspur. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Burnley, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Southampton-Burnley H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Southampton three wins, Burnley four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SouthamptonJ. Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
2 goals
SouthamptonA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
1 goals
SouthamptonA. Broja
A. Broja
1 goals

Southampton missing players

Burnley missing players

Southampton Burnley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 0 4 8
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
6 2 1 Scored S 0 3 5
10 2 0 Conceded C 0 9 13
75% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 88%
50% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
38% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 38%
38% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
38% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
38% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
5.5 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.8 5.5
5.2 4.2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 5.6
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 13.8 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 11.4
3.4 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.5
22% 12% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 18%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Burnley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Burnley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Burnley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Burnley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Burnley have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premier League
  • Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Burnley have yet to win a game.
  • Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chelsea 8 6 1 1 16 3 4 3 0 1 9 2 4 3 1 0 7 1 13 19
2 Liverpool 8 5 3 0 22 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 4 3 1 0 14 3 16 18
3 Manchester City 8 5 2 1 16 3 4 3 1 0 12 0 4 2 1 1 4 3 13 17
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 4 3 1 8 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 15
5 Manchester United 8 4 2 2 16 10 4 2 1 1 10 4 4 2 1 1 6 6 6 14
6 Everton 7 4 2 1 13 8 3 3 0 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 14
7 Brentford 8 3 3 2 10 7 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 2 2 0 5 2 3 12
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 4 0 4 8 8 4 1 0 3 2 5 4 3 0 1 6 3 0 12
9 Tottenham Hotspur 7 4 0 3 6 10 4 3 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 12
10 West Ham United 7 3 2 2 14 10 4 1 1 2 8 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 11
11 Leicester City 8 3 2 3 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 1 2 6 9 -1 11
12 Aston Villa 8 3 1 4 12 12 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 3 4 8 0 10
13 Arsenal 7 3 1 3 5 10 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 1 7 -5 10
14 Crystal Palace 7 1 4 2 8 11 4 1 3 0 6 3 3 0 1 2 2 8 -3 7
15 Southampton 8 1 4 3 6 10 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 8 -4 7
16 Watford 8 2 1 5 7 15 4 1 1 2 4 10 4 1 0 3 3 5 -8 7
17 Leeds United 8 1 3 4 7 15 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 0 2 2 3 8 -8 6
18 Newcastle United 7 0 3 4 8 16 3 0 2 1 5 7 4 0 1 3 3 9 -8 3
19 Burnley 8 0 3 5 5 13 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 0 1 3 3 9 -8 3
20 Norwich City 8 0 2 6 2 16 4 0 1 3 2 8 4 0 1 3 0 8 -14 2

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.