Southampton hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 15th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Crystal Palace holds 9th place with 27 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Southampton nor Crystal Palace as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton's struggle is real here at St. Mary's Stadium with only 8 points collected from 10 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-6.
A good away victory last time out for Southampton, who won 2-0 against Chelsea (placed 4th). In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Aston Villa.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Southampton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Tottenham Hotspur in only four days. This game is also played here at St. Mary's Stadium.
Southampton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Southampton having conceded 25 goals here at St. Mary's Stadium so far.
Crystal Palace form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Crystal Palace playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Crystal Palace are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premier League against West Ham United (placed 17th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Newcastle United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Crystal Palace are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of three matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Crystal Palace manager R. Hodgson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Norwich City.
The attacking power of Crystal Palace when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Crystal Palace in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Southampton - Crystal Palace 1-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Southampton won 5, Crystal Palace won 3 and 2 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ings 11 goals |   J. Ayew 5 goals |  J. Ward-Prowse 4 goals |
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| Southampton | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 37 | 24 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 89% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 68% | 78% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 32% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 68% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 32% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 42% |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
| 6.5 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 232 | 104 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 71 | 196 |
| 81 | 32 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 30 | 67 |
| 28% | 28% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 25% |
- Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crystal Palace have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Southampton has the most conceded goals (25) at home
- Southampton has the the worst goal difference (-15) at home
- Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- 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 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 | Liverpool | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 29 | 38 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Everton | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Burnley | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Southampton | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | Aston Villa | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Watford | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 12 |
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