Pre Match Southampton v Leicester

[Lako42]

Put money on Che Adams scoring

How much?

 

[tedfoxxx]

How much?

Just some loose chenge.

 

[Jeff]

Southampton won their last Premier League match against Leicester (2-1 in January), and are looking to secure consecutive wins over them in the competition for the first time since 2001.

Leicester have won their last two Premier League away games against Southampton, more than they had in their first 11 such games against them (W1 D5 L5).

Southampton have been shown five red cards in Premier League games against Leicester, more than they have vs any other side. They had a red card against the Foxes in both games last season – they’ve never had a player sent off in three consecutive games against an opponent in the competition.

Leicester have never won a Premier League match on a Friday (P7 W0 D2 L5), playing more games on that day of the week without winning than any other side in the competition.

Southampton are winless in six Premier League home games (D3 L3), including all four so far this season (D1 L3). They failed to win any of their first five home games last season, and could become just the third side in history to do so in consecutive top-flight campaigns (Bury in 1904-05/1905-06 and QPR in 1973-74/1974-75).

Since the start of last season, Southampton have won just 24 points from their 23 home Premier League games (W5 D9 L9), the fewest of any side to have played in both seasons.

Leicester City have won a league-high seven points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, coming from behind to win their last game against Burnley.

Southampton have kept just one clean sheet in their last 18 home league games, conceding at least once in each of their last nine. They’ve conceded first in all four Premier League home games this season – only in January 1997 have they conceded the first goal in five consecutively at home in the competition.

Southampton’s Danny Ings has scored five goals in his last four games in all competitions, netting in four consecutive games for the first time ever in English football.

Jamie Vardy averages a goal every 113 minutes in the Premier League for Leicester under Brendan Rodgers, his best ratio under any permanent manager at the club in the competition. He’s netted 15 goals in 19 games since Rodgers’ arrival – only under Claudio Ranieri (29) and Claude Puel (23) has he scored more Premier League goals, playing more than 50 games for each of those managers.

 

[Orifice]

1-1 with goals from Ings and Vardy then.

 

[Miles Away]

"He’s netted 15 goals in 19 games since Rodgers’ arrival – only under Claudio Ranieri (29) and Claude Puel (23) has he scored more Premier League goals, playing more than 50 games for each of those managers".

That is an incredible statistic. What a ****ing player. Could easily see him winning golden boot this season.

Remember when Claude dropped him and played Gray up front? Superb trolling.

 

[tedfoxxx]

"He’s netted 15 goals in 19 games since Rodgers’ arrival – only under Claudio Ranieri (29) and Claude Puel (23) has he scored more Premier League goals, playing more than 50 games for each of those managers".

That is an incredible statistic. What a ****ing player. Could easily see him winning golden boot this season.

Remember when Claude dropped him and played Gray up front? Superb trolling.

Are you saying that dropping Vardy and playing Gray out of position in an attempt to recreate Puel’s unsuccessful tactic of playing Nathan Redmond out of position was a bad idea?

 

[homer]

Are you saying that dropping Vardy and playing Gray out of position in an attempt to recreate Puel’s unsuccessful tactic of playing Nathan Redmond out of position was a bad idea?

Not according to some of the twonks on here at the time

 

[pork pie fox]

What a shit show that game was

 

[Lako42]

It's entirely possible that having watched Gray in midfield the manager thought he'd got the lads position wrong.

 

[Red Leicester]

i remember a midweek away trip in 1974 , maybe during 3 day week or easter, Bloomfield era. Terrible match, hostile Southampton fans, foggy on the way home, got lost on a road to Bristol? Eventually got home in day light the following day. Never, knowingly, been to Southampton since.

 

[H T B]

i remember a midweek away trip in 1974 , maybe during 3 day week or easter, Bloomfield era. Terrible match, hostile Southampton fans, foggy on the way home, got lost on a road to Bristol? Eventually got home in day light the following day. Never, knowingly, been to Southampton since.

Was that a 0-0 draw by any chance?

 

[camberwell fox]

It's entirely possible that having watched Gray in midfield the manager thought he'd got the lads position wrong.

It's also plausible that Puel indeed believed that Gray had his choice of sport wrong.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Was that a 0-0 draw by any chance?

Only played them once in 1974. 1-0 defeat on a Monday.

 

[SJN-Fox]

Referee: Andre Marriner.
Assistants: Scott Ledger, Simon Long.
Fourth official: Andy Madley.
VAR: Mike Dean.
Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Get home, beer, order a pizza and watch this baby on the NOW subscription I bought cheap for the Toon game and forgot about.

Love a Friday night game.

 

[Miles Away]

Got to sneak it in at work, innit.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Got to sneak it in at work, innit.

Got Homer in as a visitor?

 

[Miles Away]

Got Homer in as a visitor?

Kept him locked in the gimp box at home instead...Keeps me revved up all day knowing he's there.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Kept him locked in the gimp box at home instead...Keeps me revved up all day knowing he's there.

Nice.

 

[popillius]

I don't care about the score tonight as long as we win on those smashing xG ratios. We need to climb that league table badly otherwise we can kiss goodbye to the xCL or xFACup.