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Southampton Arsenal betting prediction


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The most likely scenario to this match is that both teams will score, at least, one goal. Looking to the historic between both teams, it's expected that both teams will score, at least, one time. Both teams play in an open way, giving many space to create opportunities to score. 
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Preview
Southampton and Arsenal face at St. Mary's Stadium, in a match for the 18th round of the Premier League. The head‑to‑head history at this stadium, favours the home team, since in the last 3 head‑to‑heads they won 1 and tied 2. Accordingly, in the last head‑to‑head played at this stadium, for the Premier League, on 01‑01‑2015, Southampton won by (2‑0). S. Mané (34' ) and D. Tadić (56' ) scored the goals of the match for Southampton. Southampton registers significant differences between home and away results, so the home/away factor is worth special attention.

Analysis Southampton

After 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, the home team is in the 12th position, havinf won 21 points so far. In the last match, they have lost at home against Tottenham Hotspur by (0‑2), after in the previous match they have lost (1‑0) an away match against Crystal Palace. This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses at their stadium. In the last 9 home league matches Southampton has a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 27 possible. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 17 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Southampton come discouraged to this match after a 0-2 loss, at home, against Tottenham. The home team have big difficulty in the transition from the attack to the defense, once that the most of the goals are conceded in counterattack. Southampton usually score slight goals, despite to create many danger situations. They have finishing weaknesses. 
One of the best qualities of the home team is the air challenge. The senegalese Mané is the player more capable to unbalance the opponent defense, and his best quality is the speed. 
Rodriguez, Gardos and Forster won't play this match by injury. 

Confirmed Lineup: Maarten Stekelenburg, Cuco Martina, Ryan Bertrand, Virgil van Dijk, José Fonte, Victor Wanyama, Steven Davis, Jordy Clasie, James Ward-Prowse, Shane Long, Sadio Mané.
Coach: R. Hasenhüttl.

Analysis Arsenal

The away team is currently in the 2nd position of the league, with 36 points won, after 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Aston Villa, by (0‑2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Manchester City, by (2‑1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 26 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 31 goals scored and 10 conceded. In the last 9 away league matches Arsenal has a record of 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 19 points out of 27 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (4 out of 9 matches). Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 17 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Arsenal come motivated to this match after a 2-1 win, at home, against Manchester City. The goals were scored by Walcott and Giroud. The visiting team have many injured players, as Arteta, Rosicky, Welbeck, Sánchez, Wilshere, Coquelin and Cazorla. However, the London's team show good solutions to fix this gaps, with the midfield occupied by high level players as Ramsey, Ozil and Flamini. 

Confirmed Lineup: Petr Čech, Bellerín, Nacho Monreal, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Aaron Ramsey, Mathieu Flamini, Mesut Özil, Joel Campbell, Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott.
Coach: M. Arteta.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Southampton vs Arsenal match, on 26 December 2015, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: In favour of Both teams score - Yes ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Southampton vs Arsenal on 26 December 2015 will be played at Southampton, St. Mary's Stadium.

 

Premier League - 2015/2016

  • 100% 380 / 380 Games

  • Home team wins 41.32%
  • Draws 28.16%
  • Away team wins 30.53%
  • Over 1.5 73.16%
  • Over 2.5 52.89%
  • Over 3.5 30.53%
  • Goals 1026
  • Goals /match 2.7
  • Goals /match home 1.49
  • Goals /match away 1.21
  • Both teams score 51.84%
  • Goals after 80' 16.86%
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