Southampton vs Crystal Palace match preview: Even contest expected at St. Mary's Stadium

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 11.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Southampton hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 37 points and a 16th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Crystal Palace holds 13th place with 41 pts.

Insights:
  • Southampton have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Southampton are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Crystal Palace most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Southampton form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Southampton have to build on here at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League.

Southampton are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Liverpool. Before that, Southampton drew at home versus Leicester City.

This is expected to be a close game, with Southampton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Southampton as a small favourite), we find six games. Southampton has won two of these, drawn one and lost three.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fulham are coming to town in four days.

Southampton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. Southampton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Crystal Palace have produced an overall stat of 6-3-8 so far.

Palace play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Sheffield United (placed 20th). A 0-2 loss hosting Manchester City before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Crystal Palace playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were four Palace wins, three draws and five defeats.

Palace have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. As for defending, Palace rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Crystal Palace - Southampton 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Southampton five wins, two draws and Crystal Palace three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SouthamptonD. Ings
D. Ings
10 goals
Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
10 goals
SouthamptonJ. Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
8 goals

Southampton missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Southampton Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 5 Played P 6 17 34
10 6 1 Won W 5 6 11
7 3 0 Drew D 0 3 8
17 7 4 Lost L 1 8 15
41 22 6 Scored S 13 20 36
61 21 11 Conceded C 5 29 56
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
76% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 79%
47% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 59% 47%
26% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 29% 26%
24% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 18%
47% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 47%
26% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 12% 24%
32% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 41% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.8 11.8 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 9.8 8.8
4.4 4.9 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 3.4
27% 28% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 31% 32%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace 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 35 25 5 5 72 26 18 12 2 4 38 17 17 13 3 1 34 9 46 80
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Chelsea 35 18 10 7 55 32 17 8 6 3 29 16 18 10 4 4 26 16 23 64
4 Leicester City 35 19 6 10 63 43 18 9 1 8 32 26 17 10 5 2 31 17 20 63
5 West Ham United 34 17 7 10 55 44 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 8 3 6 26 23 11 58
6 Liverpool 34 16 9 9 57 39 18 9 3 6 27 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 18 57
7 Tottenham Hotspur 35 16 8 11 61 41 17 9 3 5 32 18 18 7 5 6 29 23 20 56
8 Everton 33 15 7 11 45 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 16 10 3 3 22 15 3 52
9 Leeds United 35 15 5 15 53 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 17 8 0 9 28 33 0 50
10 Arsenal 34 14 7 13 46 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 17 8 3 6 27 17 9 49
11 Aston Villa 33 14 6 13 48 38 16 6 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 22 15 10 48
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 11 9 14 33 46 17 6 4 7 18 22 17 5 5 7 15 24 -13 42
13 Crystal Palace 34 11 8 15 36 56 17 5 5 7 16 27 17 6 3 8 20 29 -20 41
14 Newcastle United 35 10 9 16 40 58 17 5 5 7 22 29 18 5 4 9 18 29 -18 39
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 8 13 13 35 39 17 3 8 6 18 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -4 37
16 Southampton 34 10 7 17 41 61 16 6 3 7 22 21 18 4 4 10 19 40 -20 37
17 Burnley 34 9 9 16 31 47 17 4 6 7 14 20 17 5 3 9 17 27 -16 36
18 Fulham 34 5 12 17 25 45 17 2 4 11 9 24 17 3 8 6 16 21 -20 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 34 5 11 18 31 65 17 3 6 8 13 34 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 26
20 Sheffield United 35 5 2 28 18 62 18 4 1 13 11 27 17 1 1 15 7 35 -44 17

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Table
  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 35 25 5 5 72 26 18 12 2 4 38 17 17 13 3 1 34 9 46 80
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Chelsea 35 18 10 7 55 32 17 8 6 3 29 16 18 10 4 4 26 16 23 64
4 Leicester City 35 19 6 10 63 43 18 9 1 8 32 26 17 10 5 2 31 17 20 63
5 West Ham United 34 17 7 10 55 44 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 8 3 6 26 23 11 58
6 Liverpool 34 16 9 9 57 39 18 9 3 6 27 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 18 57
7 Tottenham Hotspur 35 16 8 11 61 41 17 9 3 5 32 18 18 7 5 6 29 23 20 56
8 Everton 33 15 7 11 45 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 16 10 3 3 22 15 3 52
9 Leeds United 35 15 5 15 53 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 17 8 0 9 28 33 0 50
10 Arsenal 34 14 7 13 46 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 17 8 3 6 27 17 9 49
11 Aston Villa 33 14 6 13 48 38 16 6 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 22 15 10 48
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 11 9 14 33 46 17 6 4 7 18 22 17 5 5 7 15 24 -13 42
13 Crystal Palace 34 11 8 15 36 56 17 5 5 7 16 27 17 6 3 8 20 29 -20 41
14 Newcastle United 35 10 9 16 40 58 17 5 5 7 22 29 18 5 4 9 18 29 -18 39
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 8 13 13 35 39 17 3 8 6 18 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -4 37
16 Southampton 34 10 7 17 41 61 16 6 3 7 22 21 18 4 4 10 19 40 -20 37
17 Burnley 34 9 9 16 31 47 17 4 6 7 14 20 17 5 3 9 17 27 -16 36
18 Fulham 34 5 12 17 25 45 17 2 4 11 9 24 17 3 8 6 16 21 -20 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 34 5 11 18 31 65 17 3 6 8 13 34 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 26
20 Sheffield United 35 5 2 28 18 62 18 4 1 13 11 27 17 1 1 15 7 35 -44 17

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