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Southampton vs Ipswich – Prediction, and Match Preview
Southampton vs Ipswich – After losing to Leicester City 1-4 in the previous match in the Championship, Southampton will be trying to improve on their previous performance here.
Southampton had a 55% possession advantage in that game and only one of its eight efforts on goal were successful. Samuel Edozie (25′) was the lone player for Southampton to get a goal.
Leicester City had 15 total tries, eight at goal at the opposite end, with four of those being successful. Stephy Mavididi (67′), Wilfred Ndidi (45′), Kasey McAteer (18′), and Jamie Vardy all scored goals for Leicester City.
Six of the last six games involving Southampton have included at least three goals per game. During this time, Southampton only managed to score a total of ten, while the opposition’s teams managed to score 18.
Prior to this encounter, Southampton had won all five of their league games against Ipswich Town.
Ipswich Town comes into the game off of a 1-0 Championship victory against Sheffield Wednesday.
Ipswich Town controlled 54% of the ball during that game and made 12 total efforts, five shots on goal, scoring only one of them. Conor Chaplin of Ipswich Town scored the goal (45′). Sheffield Wednesday had five shots on goal at the opposite end, but none were successful.
Ipswich Town has amassed a total of 13 goals during their last six games. On each of those occasions, Ipswich Town has also scored. They have suffered eight goals in those games against them.
Southampton vs Ipswich – Betting Analysis
A cursory review of their previous head-to-head matches dating back to March 3, 2009 reveals that Ipswich Town has not had good results in these games.
They have been unable to win any games at all, while Southampton has kept an advantage over them by coming out on top in 67% of those games.
During those matches, they combined for 18 goals, with 13 coming from The Saints and five from The Tractor Boys. That equals an average of three goals scored every game.
We believe that Ipswich Town must be expected to score against this Southampton team, although that number probably shouldn’t be as high as they will have.
What are the top odds for the game?
According to the full-time outcome betting odds for this game, Southampton is the team with the best odds at 2.37, a draw is 3.7, and Ipswich Town is the team with the best odds at 2.9. These are now being offered at the best market prices.
Southampton vs Ipswich – Head-to-Head
Our Prediction: Over 1.5 Goals
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