Open game expected at St. Mary's Stadium: Southampton vs Leeds United preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 18.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Who will win when Leeds United visit Southampton? In this preview you'll find all the relevant information and statistics to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Southampton and Leeds United.

Southampton can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League. Leeds United are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Southampton form and stats

8-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Southampton so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton's last game was hosting Fulham (placed 18th) and winning 3-1. Midfield player James Ward-Prowse got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Ward-Prowse served one assist, hit two key passes and had 57 successful passes (of 62 total).

Ahead of that match, Southampton won a home game hosting Crystal Palace (3-1).

A decent goal production from Southampton in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 18 league matches. Southampton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leeds United form and stats

The visitors are W9-D0-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

It's the second away game in a row for Leeds, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Burnley (placed 15th) in the Premier League last time out. Midfield player Jack Harrison was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.0/10. Harrison scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. As mentioned above, Leeds was the only team on the pitch versus Burnley in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Before that, Leeds secured a home win against Tottenham Hotspur with the score 3-1.

Leeds has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 32 goals from 18 games. Leeds have conceded 33 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Southampton and Leeds United have met before this season: Leeds United - Southampton 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Southampton wins - draws - Leeds United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
15 goals
SouthamptonD. Ings
D. Ings
12 goals
SouthamptonC. Adams
C. Adams
9 goals

Southampton missing players

Leeds United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Southampton Leeds United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
12 8 1 Won W 2 9 16
7 3 0 Drew D 0 0 5
17 7 4 Lost L 3 9 15
47 28 6 Scored S 6 32 57
63 23 11 Conceded C 8 33 53
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
78% 78% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 83% 72%
50% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 72% 58%
31% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 33%
22% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 28% 22%
50% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 50%
25% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 28% 31%
31% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 22% 28%
 
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 1.4 1.4 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.9 11.8 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 18.6 13.6 13.7
4.5 5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 4.8 5.1
29% 31% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 37% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leeds United 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 Manchester City 36 26 5 5 76 29 18 12 2 4 38 17 18 14 3 1 38 12 47 83
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 70 42 18 9 3 6 37 27 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 70
3 Leicester City 36 20 6 10 65 44 18 9 1 8 32 26 18 11 5 2 33 18 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 55 33 18 8 6 4 29 17 18 10 4 4 26 16 22 64
5 Liverpool 35 17 9 9 61 41 18 9 3 6 27 20 17 8 6 3 34 21 20 60
6 West Ham United 36 17 8 11 56 46 18 9 4 5 29 22 18 8 4 6 27 24 10 59
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 35 16 8 11 46 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 18 11 4 3 23 15 4 56
9 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 50 38 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 9 3 6 28 17 12 55
10 Leeds United 36 16 5 15 57 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 18 9 0 9 32 33 4 53
11 Aston Villa 35 14 7 14 49 41 18 6 4 8 27 26 17 8 3 6 22 15 8 49
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 12 9 14 35 47 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 15 24 -12 45
13 Southampton 36 12 7 17 47 63 18 8 3 7 28 23 18 4 4 10 19 40 -16 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 11 8 16 37 59 17 5 5 7 16 27 18 6 3 9 21 32 -22 41
15 Burnley 36 10 9 17 33 51 18 4 6 8 14 24 18 6 3 9 19 27 -18 39
16 Newcastle United 36 10 9 17 43 62 18 5 5 8 25 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -19 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 14 14 37 42 18 3 9 6 19 20 18 5 5 8 18 22 -5 38
18 Fulham 36 5 12 19 26 50 18 2 4 12 9 26 18 3 8 7 17 24 -24 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 35 5 11 19 32 68 17 3 6 8 13 34 18 2 5 11 19 34 -36 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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  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 36 26 5 5 76 29 18 12 2 4 38 17 18 14 3 1 38 12 47 83
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 70 42 18 9 3 6 37 27 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 70
3 Leicester City 36 20 6 10 65 44 18 9 1 8 32 26 18 11 5 2 33 18 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 55 33 18 8 6 4 29 17 18 10 4 4 26 16 22 64
5 Liverpool 35 17 9 9 61 41 18 9 3 6 27 20 17 8 6 3 34 21 20 60
6 West Ham United 36 17 8 11 56 46 18 9 4 5 29 22 18 8 4 6 27 24 10 59
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 35 16 8 11 46 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 18 11 4 3 23 15 4 56
9 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 50 38 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 9 3 6 28 17 12 55
10 Leeds United 36 16 5 15 57 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 18 9 0 9 32 33 4 53
11 Aston Villa 35 14 7 14 49 41 18 6 4 8 27 26 17 8 3 6 22 15 8 49
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 12 9 14 35 47 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 15 24 -12 45
13 Southampton 36 12 7 17 47 63 18 8 3 7 28 23 18 4 4 10 19 40 -16 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 11 8 16 37 59 17 5 5 7 16 27 18 6 3 9 21 32 -22 41
15 Burnley 36 10 9 17 33 51 18 4 6 8 14 24 18 6 3 9 19 27 -18 39
16 Newcastle United 36 10 9 17 43 62 18 5 5 8 25 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -19 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 14 14 37 42 18 3 9 6 19 20 18 5 5 8 18 22 -5 38
18 Fulham 36 5 12 19 26 50 18 2 4 12 9 26 18 3 8 7 17 24 -24 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 35 5 11 19 32 68 17 3 6 8 13 34 18 2 5 11 19 34 -36 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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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.