Premier League preview: Can Southampton edge out victory against Newcastle United?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 10.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Southampton have 35 points performing as the home team. Newcastle United have 28 points being the away side. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Newcastle United have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League

This could be an appealing game with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Southampton form and stats

5 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Southampton have to build on here at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League. The Southampton fans aren't used to losing league-games here at St. Mary's Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Southampton has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

In their previous game, the manager Hasenhüttl led his Southampton to a defeat away at Aston Villa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St. Mary's Stadium. Defender Livramento got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.15/10. Livramento hit three key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Southampton handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, two draws and one defeat.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Southampton, as the Premier League home game vs Watford is only three days away.

Southampton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. Southampton have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Newcastle United form and stats

Newcastle United have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-6 (12 played).

Schär and Fraser scored in Newcastle's previous match, the home game against Brighton & Hove Albion that ended 2-1. The attacker Fraser got a match rating of 7.91 in that game. Fraser scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Brentford.

We have checked recent matches where Newcastle United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, four draws and three defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Newcastle United now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Chelsea is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Newcastle rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported history between these teams is the Newcastle United - Southampton 2-2 played previously this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Southampton, three draws and five wins for Newcastle United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

SouthamptonC. Adams
C. Adams
7 goals
SouthamptonJ. Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
6 goals
SouthamptonA. Broja
A. Broja
6 goals

Southampton missing players

Newcastle United missing players

Southampton Newcastle United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 5 12 26
8 5 4 Won W 0 2 6
11 7 1 Drew D 2 4 10
8 1 0 Lost L 3 6 10
34 18 11 Scored S 3 10 30
41 10 3 Conceded C 10 21 46
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
52% 23% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 46%
44% 23% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 35%
11% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
59% 54% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 58% 65%
26% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
22% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 19%
 
6 5.8 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.9 4.5
5 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.4 4.5 4.6
1.9 1.8 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.7 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.3 14.2 19 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 11.9 12.3
4.6 5 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.7 3.8
27% 28% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 30%
 
12.5 12 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 14.1 14.8
4.7 3.8 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 4.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Newcastle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Newcastle United have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United 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 Manchester City 28 22 3 3 68 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 14 11 2 1 28 8 50 69
2 Liverpool 27 19 6 2 71 20 14 11 3 0 37 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 51 63
3 Chelsea 26 15 8 3 53 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 14 9 3 2 26 8 35 53
4 Arsenal 25 15 3 7 41 29 13 9 2 2 22 10 12 6 1 5 19 19 12 48
5 Manchester United 28 13 8 7 45 38 14 7 3 4 21 16 14 6 5 3 24 22 7 47
6 West Ham United 28 13 6 9 46 35 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 6 3 5 21 16 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 3 9 35 32 12 7 1 4 18 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 3 42
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 12 4 11 24 23 13 5 2 6 10 12 14 7 2 5 14 11 1 40
9 Southampton 27 8 11 8 34 41 13 5 7 1 18 10 14 3 4 7 16 31 -7 35
10 Crystal Palace 28 7 12 9 39 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 33
11 Aston Villa 26 10 3 13 37 37 13 5 3 5 24 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 0 33
12 Leicester City 25 9 6 10 40 43 13 6 3 4 22 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -3 33
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 7 12 8 26 32 13 3 5 5 10 16 14 4 7 3 16 16 -6 33
14 Newcastle United 26 6 10 10 30 46 14 4 6 4 20 25 12 2 4 6 10 21 -16 28
15 Brentford 28 7 6 15 30 45 14 4 2 8 14 19 14 3 4 7 16 26 -15 27
16 Leeds United 27 5 8 14 29 61 13 3 4 6 15 25 14 2 4 8 14 36 -32 23
17 Everton 24 6 4 14 28 41 12 5 1 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 10 23 -13 22
18 Burnley 26 3 12 11 22 36 13 2 6 5 10 16 13 1 6 6 12 20 -14 21
19 Watford 27 5 4 18 27 50 14 2 1 11 14 34 13 3 3 7 13 16 -23 19
20 Norwich City 27 4 5 18 16 58 14 2 3 9 9 28 13 2 2 9 7 30 -42 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.