Southampton vs Portsmouth Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form

Southampton's form has been strong, especially at home. In their last five home outings they've won four Championship games, scoring heavily each time - 4-1, 3-1, 5-1 and 3-1 - with their only slip a League Cup defeat to West Ham. Portsmouth's form has been patchier. In their last seven Championship matches they've picked up two wins, two draws and three losses, with defeats to Derby, Bristol City and QPR mixed in among the better results.

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Southampton to win

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Portsmouth to win

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Southampton: 20 completed matches; Portsmouth: 20 completed matches.

Southampton

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

40

Conceded

25

Difference

+15

Portsmouth

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

28

Difference

-4

Zooming out across the last 20 matches in all competitions, Southampton have won 11 and lost just 4, scoring 40 goals. Portsmouth's record over the same stretch is far more even - 7 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, with 24 scored and 28 conceded.

Southampton's home scoring touch is the standout number in the recent form picture.

Comparative Team Statistics: Southampton vs Portsmouth

Head-to-head

The last two meetings between these sides were both tight. Portsmouth held Southampton to a 1-1 draw in January, and the reverse fixture the previous September finished 0-0. Older results don't add much context - Southampton won a 2019 League Cup tie 4-0, and there are a couple of 2-2 and 1-1 draws from more than a decade ago.

The most recent meetings suggest Portsmouth can keep this tighter than the table gap implies.

League table

Southampton currently sit 13th with 10 points from eight games, while Portsmouth are down in 19th with 8 points from seven. Southampton have scored almost twice as many goals as they've conceded, 19 for against 10, whereas Portsmouth's numbers are level at 9 for and 10 against.

Southampton's main threat

Southampton's attack has an obvious focal point. C. Larin has scored seven goals in his last eight appearances, comfortably the most productive return among the numbers available. F. Azaz has also chipped in three goals and four assists over the same run, so the scoring isn't coming from one player alone. There's no equivalent player data available for Portsmouth, so it's hard to compare their attacking threat directly.

Southampton:

Best scorers:

C. Larin - 7

F. Azaz - 3

Best assist providers:

F. Azaz - 4

Léo Scienza - 2

Penalty cards:

F. Downes x 3

R. Manning x 3

Larin's scoring rate stands out as one of the sharper individual numbers in this preview.