Swansea – Southampton Prediction & Picks (08.05.2018)

Swansea City and Southampton meet at Liberty Stadium, in a match for the 31st round of the Premier League. The two teams tied (0-0), on 12-08-2017, in the previous match for this edition of the league. At this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the away team, which records 3 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 31-01-2017, for the Premier League, which ended with the victory of Swansea City by (2-1). The goals of the match were scored by A. Mawson (38 ‘) and G. Sigurðsson (70’), for Swansea City, and S. Long (57 ‘), for Southampton. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since the Swansea City presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Swansea City:

The home team played against Southampton a match of the 31 day, which had been postponed, after 8 wins, 9 draws and 19 losses in their matches for the league until now. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 1 win, 7 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 9 goals scored and 27 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 24 goals scored and 16 conceded. For the league, Swansea City won 17 points out of 30 possible points, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-1 (7 out of 17 matches). Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 11 of the last 17 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 36 matches in this competition, he only managed 2 comebacks in the 22 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 17 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 8 of their 21 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).

Swansea is a club that has never won the title of the English championship. It is a club with little tradition in English football. In this season of 2017/18, the Swansea comes having many difficulties, as we can see through its position in the table. At the moment the equipment is in the seventeenth position, only with a point more than its next adversary, the Southampton, the one that is in the descent zone. When analyzing the last six games that Swansea played at home, we see that he made good presentations, accumulated four victories, one draw and only one defeat. In these six games, he scored goals in five, showing his offensive strength within his six domains.

Southampton:

The visiting team plays against Swansea City a game of the 31 day that had been postponed, after 6 wins, 15 draws and 15 losses in their matches for the league until now. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 16 goals scored and 24 conceded; against 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 18 goals scored and 20 suffered. For the league, Southampton won 8 points out of 30 possible points, after 1 win, 5 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 away matches. Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 36 matches in this competition, they have only 1 comeback in the 17 matches they have conceded the first goal.

Southampton is a club that never won the English championship. In his best campaign in the competition, he came very close to the conquest in the 1983/84 season, when he was the runner-up. Now, in the 2017/18 season, the team has been doing a very negative campaign, currently in eighteenth position, with only one point less than its next opponent, Swansea. Considering this context, we can say that this is a six point game. When analyzing their campaign away from home, they are 8 defeats, 7 draws and only 2 wins. In these 17 games, he suffered goals in 14, thus showing the weakness of its defensive sector when acting away from their domains.