Premier League match preview and statistics: Southampton fight Leicester City

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Struggling Southampton will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Leicester City in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Southampton have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Premier League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.

Leicester are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Southampton form and stats

6-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Southampton so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Southampton will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur (placed 7th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Leicester City (0-1).

Southampton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. Southampton have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Leicester City form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses in the Premier League.

Leicester are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premier League against Crystal Palace (placed 13th). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs West Bromwich Albion.

Leicester has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 16 games. As opposed to that, Leicester have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Leicester City - Southampton 2-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Southampton three wins, two draws and Leicester City five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
13 goals
SouthamptonD. Ings
D. Ings
10 goals
Leicester CityK. Iheanacho
K. Iheanacho
10 goals

Southampton missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Southampton Leicester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 6 16 33
10 6 1 Won W 5 10 19
6 2 2 Drew D 1 4 5
16 7 2 Lost L 0 2 9
40 21 4 Scored S 12 30 60
58 20 5 Conceded C 4 16 38
94% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
75% 73% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
50% 47% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 61%
28% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 27%
25% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 15%
47% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 52%
28% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 33%
31% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 18%
 
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 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 12.2 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12.2 12.1
4.4 5 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 4.5
28% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 42% 40%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leicester City have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Premier League
  • Southampton have the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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 33 24 5 4 69 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 16 12 3 1 32 9 45 77
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 33 19 5 9 60 38 17 9 1 7 30 22 16 10 4 2 30 16 22 62
4 Chelsea 33 16 10 7 51 31 16 7 6 3 27 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 20 58
5 West Ham United 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 7 3 6 24 22 10 55
6 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
7 Tottenham Hotspur 33 15 8 10 56 38 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 18 53
8 Everton 32 15 7 10 44 40 16 5 4 7 22 25 16 10 3 3 22 15 4 52
9 Leeds United 33 14 5 14 50 50 17 6 5 6 22 19 16 8 0 8 28 31 0 47
10 Arsenal 33 13 7 13 44 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 46
11 Aston Villa 32 13 6 13 46 37 16 6 3 7 26 23 16 7 3 6 20 14 9 45
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 8 14 32 45 17 6 4 7 18 22 16 5 4 7 14 23 -13 41
13 Crystal Palace 32 10 8 14 34 54 16 5 5 6 16 25 16 5 3 8 18 29 -20 38
14 Burnley 33 9 9 15 30 45 16 4 6 6 13 18 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 36
15 Southampton 32 10 6 16 40 58 15 6 2 7 21 20 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 36
16 Newcastle United 33 9 9 15 36 54 16 5 5 6 22 27 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 36
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 7 13 13 33 39 16 2 8 6 16 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -6 34
18 Fulham 33 5 12 16 25 43 17 2 4 11 9 24 16 3 8 5 16 19 -18 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 33 5 10 18 30 64 16 3 5 8 12 33 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 25
20 Sheffield United 33 5 2 26 18 56 17 4 1 12 11 25 16 1 1 14 7 31 -38 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 33 24 5 4 69 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 16 12 3 1 32 9 45 77
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 33 19 5 9 60 38 17 9 1 7 30 22 16 10 4 2 30 16 22 62
4 Chelsea 33 16 10 7 51 31 16 7 6 3 27 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 20 58
5 West Ham United 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 7 3 6 24 22 10 55
6 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
7 Tottenham Hotspur 33 15 8 10 56 38 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 18 53
8 Everton 32 15 7 10 44 40 16 5 4 7 22 25 16 10 3 3 22 15 4 52
9 Leeds United 33 14 5 14 50 50 17 6 5 6 22 19 16 8 0 8 28 31 0 47
10 Arsenal 33 13 7 13 44 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 46
11 Aston Villa 32 13 6 13 46 37 16 6 3 7 26 23 16 7 3 6 20 14 9 45
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 8 14 32 45 17 6 4 7 18 22 16 5 4 7 14 23 -13 41
13 Crystal Palace 32 10 8 14 34 54 16 5 5 6 16 25 16 5 3 8 18 29 -20 38
14 Burnley 33 9 9 15 30 45 16 4 6 6 13 18 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 36
15 Southampton 32 10 6 16 40 58 15 6 2 7 21 20 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 36
16 Newcastle United 33 9 9 15 36 54 16 5 5 6 22 27 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 36
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 7 13 13 33 39 16 2 8 6 16 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -6 34
18 Fulham 33 5 12 16 25 43 17 2 4 11 9 24 16 3 8 5 16 19 -18 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 33 5 10 18 30 64 16 3 5 8 12 33 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 25
20 Sheffield United 33 5 2 26 18 56 17 4 1 12 11 25 16 1 1 14 7 31 -38 17

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