Southampton vs Preston Predicted lineup, betting tips, odds, injury news, H2H, telecast

Published at :April 14, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Modified at :April 14, 2024 at 5:30 PM

The Saints aim for the top two spots in the EFL Championship

Southampton will lock horns with Preston North End at St Mary’s Stadium. Currently, the home team is placed fourth in the points table of the EFL Championship with 78 points. They are having a good season and will be looking to get a promotion to the Premier League. They have surely suffered some defeats in their previous match but still are a tough opposition to beat.

On the other hand, Preston North End are placed 8th in the points table with 63 points, they are 15 points behind their opposition. Southampton are surely the favourites to win this fixture but the away team can surprise them and they are very much capable of doing so. This match is going to be exciting to watch as two quality teams are going to face off against each other.

Kick-Off:

Tuesday, 16th Apr 2024, 07:00 PM (GMT), 03:00 PM (EST)

Wed, 17th Apr 2024, 12:30 AM (IST)

Stadium: St. Mary’s Stadium

Form

Southampton Form (All Competitions): W-D-L-D-W

Preston North End Form (All Competitions): L-W-D-L-W

Players to Watch

Adam Armstrong (Southampton)

Armstrong is a player who is blessed with good physicality. He can sprint and accelerate in an instant to escape from his opponents. Armstrong also has a very good mentality, he always shows up during deficits. Armstrong’s runs from deep are very clever. He rarely stays on the shoulder of the defence as that limits space to run and accelerate. Armstrong is a very hard-working player. He would press the opposition all the way to disrupt their tempo.

Emil Riis Jakobsen (Preston North End)

He is a player who likes to stay upfront and acts like a poacher, due to this he often gets isolated but still he has a lot of qualities and quite often he punishes the opposition team with his goal-scoring prowess. Changing direction quickly is his biggest strength and his physicality helps him to deal with opposition defenders very well.

Match Facts

Southampton FC scores 2.18 goals when playing at home and Preston North End scores 1.15 goals when playing away (on average).
Preston North End haven’t scored in 7 of their 20 away matches in the Championship this season.
Adam Armstrong is Southampton FC’s top scorer with 20 goals. Will Keane has scored 13 times for Preston North End.

Southampton vs Preston North End: Betting Tips and Odds

Tip 1 – Southampton to win this match – 21/50 UniBET
Tip 2 – Preston comes in as heavy underdog – 7/1 BetFair
Tip 3 – Both teams to score

The home team has a higher chance to win this fixture as they have 1.37 odds, 5.10 odds of match finishing in a draw and 7.90 odds for the away team.

Injury and Team News

For the home team, defender Kyle Walker-Peters is out until mid-March with a muscle injury and winger Ryan Fraser, forward Ross Stewart and left-back Juan Larios are also expected to miss out on this upcoming fixture.

For the away team, they will be without midfielder Brad Potts (hamstring) and left-back Kian Best (ankle). Both players are expected to return by mid-March.

Head-to-Head

Matches: 11

Southampton: 4

Preston North End: 3

Draws: 4

Predicted Lineups

Southampton Predicted Lineup (4-3-3):

Bazunu(GK); Bree, Bellis, Stephens, Manning; Smallbone, Downes, Aribo; Brooks, Adams, Armstrong

Preston North End Predicted Lineup (3-4-1-2):

Woodman(GK); Storey, Lindsay, Cunningham; Brady, Holmes, McCann, Hughes; Jensen; Jakobsen, Keane

Match Prediction

The home team are clear favourites to win this match but still, Preston are no easy team to beat, they will pose a tough challenge to the home team. This match will be exciting to watch for the neutrals as well. But still, the home team have the upper hand and will win this fixture.

Prediction: Southampton 2-0 Preston North End

Telecast

India- FanCode

UK- Sky Sports

US- ESPN+

Nigeria- No Telecast

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