Southampton will be looking to maintain their pursuit of automatic promotion as they travel to Swansea City for a Championship fixture on Saturday. While Swansea are playing well in recent times, they should be no match for the superior quality of the Saints, who have been a cut above and appear unstoppable at the moment.
Swansea City appear to have found their form in recent weeks as they look to make a late push for a top half finish. Despite sitting 15th at the moment, the tightness of the standings means a playoff push may not be out of the question as Luke William’ men are currently seven points off the top six.
The Welsh side head into Saturday’s clash with two wins and as many draws from their last four matches. They were held to a 2-2 draw last time out in the Championship despite taking the lead twice through Harry Darling and Jamal Lowe.
Among the positives for Swansea is their recent home form having won their last three matches in front of their fans. However, that was preceded by a six match winless run that included defeats to teams above them like Leicester City, Watford and Middlesbrough.
Southampton have also cranked things up a notch as they look to secure automatic promotion. Their last defeat across all competitions was in September as they currently sit just three points behind second placed Ipswich Town.
The Saints have been particularly impressive in recent weeks and travel to the Swansea.com Stadium with six wins from their last seven matches. They picked up a 4-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in their previous Championship fixture with Che Adams, Adam Armstrong, Ryan Fraser and Sekou Mara all on target.
While Southampton are still on a lengthy unbeaten run on their travels, they have been plagued by too many draws lately. Russell Martin’s men have been held four times in their last five away matches but will still be confident of returning to winning ways on Saturday.
How the bookies view it
Southampton have been installed as overwhelming favourites among the bookies and are priced at 13/20 by William Hill to claim the win. A victory for Swansea City is valued at 4/1 by bet365 while a draw is set at odds of 3/1 by Unibet.
Head to head
Southampton have a 12-5 advantage with four draws from 21 previous matches against Swansea City. The Saints ran out 5-0 winners in the reverse fixture back in December and have also been victorious on their last three visits to the Swansea.com Stadium.
Players to watch
Jamal Lowe has been pivotal to Swansea’s recent upturn in form and now has six Championship goals this season. The forward could be worth keeping an eye on to score anytime at 18/5 by Unibet.
Adam Armstrong is showing no signs of slowing down after netting his 14th Championship goal of the season in the win over Sheffield Wednesday. The forward is priced at 7/5 by Paddy Power to maintain his scoring run on Saturday.
Anything else catch the eye?
Swansea and Southampton have quality in attack and both teams could be backed to score at 8/13 with BoyleSports. The last three meetings have produced over 3.5 goals, which is priced at 7/4 by Paddy Power while 888Sport is offering odds of 8/13 for over 2.5 goals.
Southampton have scored in both halves in their last two matches and a repeat is priced at 7/5 with Unibet. The Saints are priced at minimal odds for a straight victory, so a win and over 2.5 goals could be considered at 7/5 with BoyleSports.
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