Southampton v Swansea Predictions & Betting Odds – 12th August 2017

Saints to edge it on the south coast

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Southampton v Swansea Betting Preview – Premier League 12th August 3.00pm

It wasn’t a great season out on the road for the Swans last term it has to be said and they are a massive underdog for their trip to St Mary’s. Southampton failed to really get any great home form going last season and they will want to correct that this time around. They have form going over the Welsh outfit and they will be expected to find a way to put three points on the board in this home opener and get some early momentum going for themselves.

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Southampton v Swansea Betting Tips

The Saints have pretty much stood pat to where they were last season in terms of their squad. Only defender Jan Bednarek has been added to their ranks, but turning that into a positive, the Saints may be happy with their stock. They haven’t lost any of their key players, even though Virgil van Dijk looks to be heading out of the door before the month is out. The Saints failed to deliver the kind of season at home last term that they would have liked and will look to make St Mary’s something of a fortress again. Southampton are priced up at 6/4 to win to nil at bet365 for this home opener. On paper, they do have plenty of scoring power in their ranks although it didn’t show up too well last season. Manolo Gabbiadini is there at 6/4, with Charlie Austin at 21/20 and Shane Long at 15/8. The Saints took a 1-0 home win over the Swans last season and they have won three of their last four at home against the Welsh club.

A Southampton 1-0 correct score at bet365 is an 11/2 punt. Swansea have lost three of their last four games against Southampton now (W1) so they are trailing the recent head to head. From their five previous Premier League trips down to the South Coast to face the Saints, Swansea have taken a W1 D1 L3 record from that sequence of games. The biggest thing that may come back to hurt them is a lack of depth in the squad and that could get worse if they lose Gylfi Sigurdsson though and Fernando Llorente before the end of the transfer window. The Swans have loaned in Tammy Abraham and Roque Mesa, both of which look like good positive signings. Away from home in the Premier League last season the Swans put a miserable record of W4 D2 L13 on the board and they conceded an average of 1.9 goals per game away from the Liberty. It could be a rough season if they end up losing Sigurdsson and Llorente. There is a price of 3/4 on both teams not to score with bet365 in this one.

Southampton v Swansea Betting Odds

Southampton 4/7, Draw 14/5, Swansea 5/1

Southampton v Swansea Predictions

Southampton to win: We wouldn’t be accepting goals to go flying around in this one at St Mary’s but the Saints look the better of the two going into the new season. Back the home side to collect a win by a one goal margin only.