Southampton v Leicester Betting Tips – Premier League, 25th August 3.00pm
After their opening defeat against Manchester United, Leicester gave themselves a lift with a solid home victory over Wolves in a Midlands derby last weekend. But it came at a cost a Jamie Vardy picked up a red card. Southampton have only managed the one point so far and they look as if they are going to be suffering from a lack of goals again. Can they come up with three points on home soil? Read our predictions for Southampton v Leicester.
Southampton News and Form
Southampton do look as if they are going to struggle this season as out of the gate there doesn’t look to be much improvement from them from last term. They opened with a 0-0 draw at home against Burnley and then lost 2-1 out at Everton last weekend. They were already down 2-0 at halftime. Danny Ings got their consolation goal in the game and he is at 11/5 odds for this one* (Betting Odds were taken on August 21st, 2018 at 11:19 p.m.). Only teammate Charlie Austin in a shorter price in the market. The Saints still won’t be quite at full strength because of injury/illness issues over Mohamed Elyounoussi and Jannik Vestergaard who didn’t play last weekend. Southampton do have some poor home form going with a just one win in their last twelve league home games.
The Saints have, somewhat surprisingly, produced more shots on average per game than Leicester have done this season. There has just been a lack of quality in taking chances. Also, their pass success rate has been under 70% on average this season as well. The Saints scored at Goodison Park from a set piece and they have not been shy in firing off long balls as well as long shots. Last season they had a difficult time at home in the top flight as the Saints went just W4 D7 L8 at St Mary’s, scoring just the 20 goals in their 19 games. For our Southampton v Leicester predictions, we are going to stick under 2.5 goals at 8/13 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on August 21st, 2018 at 11:19 p.m.).
Leicester News and Form
There is no Jamie Vardy for Leicester who starts his three-match suspension after his red card last week in Leicester’s win over Wolves. That is a big blow for them as he is their main striker and he had scored already this season in their 2-1 loss at Man Utd on the opening weekend of the season. Last weekend at home against Wolves, Leicester benefitted from an own goal and a finish from summer signing James Maddison. With Vardy sidelined now, we will likely see Kelechi Iheanacho leading the line for the Foxes and he is an 11/5 odds anytime goalscorer option* (Betting Odds were taken on August 21st, 2018 at 11:19 p.m.). As well as Vardy missing, the Foxes are missing Caglar Söyüncü and Shinji Okazaki because of lack of match fitness, while Matty James is dealing with an injury. Leicester are actually on a four-match losing streak on the road in the Premier League.
Leicester have conceded at least two goals now in each of their last four games away from the King Power. There have been over 2.5 goals in seven of their last eight road games, but still, even with that trend, it’s hard to see that happening in this one. Leicester’s away form was disappointing last season as they got a W5 D5 L9 record on the board, putting boss Claude Puel under some pressure. The three points against Wolves last weekend were a big pressure-release for him. We are going to look at the value of the halftime draw at even money* (Betting Odds were taken on August 21st, 2018 at 11:19 p.m.) for our Southampton v Leicester predictions. The Foxes were level at halftime in eleven of their away games last season and we expect this to be tight.
Southampton v Leicester Head to Head
Southampton managed just the one point from their two league games against Leicester last season and they suffered a 4-1 home defeat in that. In the last six Premier League meetings the Foxes just shade things with a W2 D2 L1 record over the Saints and they are W1 D1 L1 in their last three trips to the South Coast against them. Both teams have scored in just one of the last five league meetings.
Southampton v Leicester Betting Odds*
Southampton 13/10
Leicester 11/5
Draw 11/5
* (Betting Odds were taken on August 21st, 2018 at 11:19 p.m.)
Southampton v Leicester Predictions
Leicester to win: We don’t really see how Southampton are going to be winning too many games this season and because it is Leicester who look to have the more dynamic attack of the two sides, we have to back an away win. It’s a straight shot on a Leicester win for our Southampton v Leicester prediction.
