Soccer preview: Home supporters have high hopes when Southampton take on Norwich City

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Let's get ready for Southampton - Norwich City! Despite a mixed bag of results so far, this match could be awesome!

Insights:
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premier League

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

Southampton have played 12 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-7-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Southampton followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Everton and win 2-0. Ward-Prowse (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.35/10. Ward-Prowse hit four key passes and had 73 successful passes (of 80 total).

Before that, Southampton played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Manchester United.

The Southampton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Southampton have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-2-8 (12 played).

There might be some fixture complaints from Norwich as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Liverpool. The attacker Sargent got a match rating of 7.34 in that game. Sargent served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Manchester City.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Norwich City as they have only managed to score 7 times from 12 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Norwich City manager Smith has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Norwich City - Southampton 2-1. Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Southampton won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Norwich City managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

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

Southampton missing players

Norwich City missing players

Southampton Norwich City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 2 12 25
7 4 3 Won W 0 2 4
11 7 1 Drew D 0 2 5
7 1 0 Lost L 2 8 16
32 16 9 Scored S 0 7 15
37 10 3 Conceded C 6 28 53
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
76% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 80%
52% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 60%
44% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 24%
12% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
64% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 36%
24% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 16%
20% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 60%
 
5.7 5.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.3 4.5
5 4.8 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.7 6.7
1.9 1.8 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 13.2 17 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.5 9.8
4.6 4.7 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 2.7
28% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 22%
 
12.6 12.3 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 18 18.4 16
4.7 4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.7 5.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Norwich City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the most conceded goals (53) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-38) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Southampton have scored more than double the goals of Norwich City.

  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 26 20 3 3 63 17 13 10 1 2 36 9 13 10 2 1 27 8 46 63
2 Liverpool 25 17 6 2 64 20 12 9 3 0 30 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 44 57
3 Chelsea 25 14 8 3 49 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 13 8 3 2 22 8 31 50
4 Manchester United 25 12 7 6 40 32 13 7 2 4 21 16 12 5 5 2 19 16 8 43
5 West Ham United 26 12 6 8 45 34 13 6 3 4 24 19 13 6 3 4 21 15 11 42
6 Arsenal 23 13 3 7 36 26 12 8 2 2 20 9 11 5 1 5 16 17 10 42
7 Tottenham Hotspur 23 12 3 8 31 31 12 7 1 4 18 15 11 5 2 4 13 16 0 39
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 11 4 8 21 17 11 4 2 5 8 9 12 7 2 3 13 8 4 37
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 25 7 12 6 25 28 12 3 5 4 10 14 13 4 7 2 15 14 -3 33
10 Southampton 25 7 11 7 32 37 12 4 7 1 16 10 13 3 4 6 16 27 -5 32
11 Leicester City 22 7 6 9 36 41 12 5 3 4 21 18 10 2 3 5 15 23 -5 27
12 Aston Villa 24 8 3 13 31 37 12 4 3 5 20 20 12 4 0 8 11 17 -6 27
13 Crystal Palace 25 5 11 9 32 36 13 4 5 4 21 16 12 1 6 5 11 20 -4 26
14 Brentford 26 6 6 14 27 42 13 4 2 7 14 17 13 2 4 7 13 25 -15 24
15 Leeds United 23 5 8 10 27 46 11 3 4 4 13 17 12 2 4 6 14 29 -19 23
16 Everton 23 6 4 13 28 40 11 5 1 5 18 17 12 1 3 8 10 23 -12 22
17 Newcastle United 24 4 10 10 26 45 13 3 6 4 18 24 11 1 4 6 8 21 -19 22
18 Watford 24 5 3 16 24 43 12 2 1 9 11 27 12 3 2 7 13 16 -19 18
19 Burnley 22 2 11 9 20 29 10 1 6 3 9 10 12 1 5 6 11 19 -9 17
20 Norwich City 25 4 5 16 15 53 13 2 3 8 8 25 12 2 2 8 7 28 -38 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.