Southampton vs Leicester: Prem League – Preview and Predictions

The Foxes come to St. Mary’s to take on Southampton Friday night in what is an important match for both teams as they look to pick up points.

For the visitors, this game represents a chance to further solidify their current spot inside the top 4 and for the Saints it would be a much needed win and a big confidence boost to come away with three points against a tough opponent.

The match will kick off the match week as it takes place on Friday night so let’s get to some preview and predictions.

LEICESTER, ENGLAND – JANUARY 12: James Ward-Prowse of Southampton scores his team’s first goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Southampton FC at The King Power Stadium on January 12, 2019 in Leicester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) /

How Southampton Will Win

The Saints took a small step forward in the Wolverhampton match last week and improved their play a bit. They are going to have to be better though to beat Leicester.

Quite frankly, they need to be a lot better attacking and not just creating chances but creating higher quality chances and finishing them. The goals have been hard to come by and the Saints will need to start scoring if they want to get out of the bottom half of the table anytime soon.

Defensively, just making sure they avoid that one big mistake that always seems to be the death of them. If they play a clean game and finish their chances they have a shot at winning this match.

How Leicester Will Win

Leicester have put together another very solid team with talented players who are looking to challenge the big dogs in the league this year. Currently third on the table, the foxes have only lost to Liverpool and Man United this season and will be thinking they should be able to take care of business at St. Mary’s.

As always, Jamie Vardy is a threat to score at any time and his pace will undoubtedly give out back line issues. If the Foxes can get their striker enough chances he will make the Saints pay.

If they put the Saints defense under pressure they could score more than a couple goals and walk away with three points.

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Predicted Line-ups

Southampton: 3-4-2-1

Goalkeeper: Angus Gunn

Defenders: Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Maya Yoshida

Midfielders: Yan Valery, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Oriol Romeu, Ryan Bertrand

Attacking midfielders: James Ward-Prowse, Nathan Redmond

Strikers: Danny Ings

Leicester: 4-1-4-1

Goalkeeper: Kasper Schmeichel

Defenders: Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Ben Chiwill

Defending Midfielders: Wilfred Ndidi

Midfielders: Ayoze Perez, Youri Tielemans, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes

Striker: Jamie Vardy

Score Prediction

Southampton: 1-1 Leicester

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