Open game expected at St. Mary's Stadium: Southampton vs Crystal Palace preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Southampton have 40 points performing as the home team. Crystal Palace have claimed 38 points playing away. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Southampton form and stats

6-7-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Southampton so far this season.

Southampton travelled for their previous game, a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion that ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Brighton & Hove Albion last time out, but a goal from Ward-Prowse completed a comeback to a draw result for Southampton. Ward-Prowse (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.85/10. Ward-Prowse scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Prior to that, an away loss at Burnley.

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 Southampton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost three.

Southampton has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 17 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. Southampton have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crystal Palace so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-7 (win-draw-lose). Crystal Palace has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The attacking players of Palace have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 205 minutes.

Crystal Palace's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Leeds United that finished 0-0. Zaha, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.65. Zaha hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 8 of 12 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Newcastle United's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Palace in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Crystal Palace, one draw and three defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Crystal Palace have scored 18 goals in 16 league games away. Crystal Palace's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met before this season: Crystal Palace - Southampton 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Southampton victories, three draws and two Crystal Palace wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
11 goals
SouthamptonJ. Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
9 goals
Crystal PalaceC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
8 goals

Southampton missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Southampton Crystal Palace
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 6 16 33
9 6 4 Won W 1 3 8
13 7 1 Drew D 3 6 14
12 4 1 Lost L 2 7 11
40 21 9 Scored S 6 18 43
56 20 4 Conceded C 6 24 41
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 88%
79% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 76%
53% 35% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 52%
41% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 25% 27%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
59% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 48%
24% 35% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 19% 30%
24% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 33%
 
6.4 6.3 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.2 4.5
5.1 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.6 4.9
1.8 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 13.1 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.1 10.7
4.4 4.6 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.7
27% 27% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 35%
 
12.9 12.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13 14.1 12.1
5 4.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 4

  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 33 25 5 3 80 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 16 12 3 1 30 8 59 80
2 Liverpool 33 24 7 2 85 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 63 79
3 Chelsea 32 19 8 5 67 27 16 8 5 3 32 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 40 65
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 34 15 9 10 53 51 17 9 4 4 28 21 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 54
7 West Ham United 34 15 7 12 52 44 17 9 4 4 30 22 17 6 3 8 22 22 8 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 15 4 14 33 29 16 7 2 7 18 16 17 8 2 7 15 13 4 49
9 Newcastle United 34 11 10 13 40 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 17 4 4 9 16 29 -15 43
10 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 9 14 11 31 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 41
12 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
13 Southampton 34 9 13 12 40 56 17 6 7 4 21 20 17 3 6 8 19 36 -16 40
14 Crystal Palace 33 8 14 11 43 41 17 5 8 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 38
15 Aston Villa 32 11 4 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -4 37
16 Leeds United 33 8 10 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 17 4 5 8 20 38 -30 34
17 Burnley 33 6 13 14 29 45 17 5 6 6 16 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -16 31
18 Everton 32 8 5 19 34 55 16 7 2 7 21 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -21 29
19 Watford 33 6 4 23 31 67 16 2 1 13 15 39 17 4 3 10 16 28 -36 22
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 22 69 17 3 3 11 12 34 16 2 3 11 10 35 -47 21

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  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 33 25 5 3 80 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 16 12 3 1 30 8 59 80
2 Liverpool 33 24 7 2 85 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 63 79
3 Chelsea 32 19 8 5 67 27 16 8 5 3 32 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 40 65
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 34 15 9 10 53 51 17 9 4 4 28 21 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 54
7 West Ham United 34 15 7 12 52 44 17 9 4 4 30 22 17 6 3 8 22 22 8 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 15 4 14 33 29 16 7 2 7 18 16 17 8 2 7 15 13 4 49
9 Newcastle United 34 11 10 13 40 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 17 4 4 9 16 29 -15 43
10 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 9 14 11 31 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 41
12 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
13 Southampton 34 9 13 12 40 56 17 6 7 4 21 20 17 3 6 8 19 36 -16 40
14 Crystal Palace 33 8 14 11 43 41 17 5 8 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 38
15 Aston Villa 32 11 4 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -4 37
16 Leeds United 33 8 10 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 17 4 5 8 20 38 -30 34
17 Burnley 33 6 13 14 29 45 17 5 6 6 16 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -16 31
18 Everton 32 8 5 19 34 55 16 7 2 7 21 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -21 29
19 Watford 33 6 4 23 31 67 16 2 1 13 15 39 17 4 3 10 16 28 -36 22
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 22 69 17 3 3 11 12 34 16 2 3 11 10 35 -47 21

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