📏 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton will be looking for another win after a 3-1 Championship victory versus Birmingham City.

In that game, Southampton managed 40% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Southampton, the goalscorers were Finn Azaz (6') and Adam Armstrong (24', 58'). On the other side, Birmingham City got 22 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Demarai Gray (54') was the scorer for Birmingham City.

Matches featuring Southampton have usually been lively affairs recently with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six games, a total of 23 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 15 of those belonging to Southampton. We will just have to find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Leading up to this clash, Southampton:

• have not been beaten in the league by West Bromwich Albion in their last 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

West Bromwich Albion

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Queens Park Rangers in Championship action, West Bromwich Albion and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, West Bromwich Albion managed 53% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for West Bromwich Albion was Aune Heggebø (77'). Queens Park Rangers got 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Jonathan Varane (45') and Rumarn Burrell (59', 87') scored for Queens Park Rangers.

The stats don’t lie, and West Bromwich Albion have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 8 goals overall. Defensively, West Bromwich Albion certainly have room for improvement.

Taking a look at their past results, West Bromwich Albion:

• haven't beaten Southampton when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 04/10/2020 tells us that Southampton have won 4 of them & West Bromwich Albion 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 9 for The Saints and 5 belonging to The Baggies. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

📰 Team News: Southampton

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Southampton manager Tonda Eckert to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Welington (Ankle injury) is sidelined.

It looks as if The Saints could employ a 3-4-2-1 system for this one and select Gavin Bazunu, Nathan Wood, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Tom Fellows, Flynn Downes, Joe Aribo, Ryan Manning, Léo Scienza, Finn Azaz and Cameron Archer.

📋 Team News: West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion manager Ryan Mason has not got a full squad to pick from. Daryl Dike (Thigh problems) and Josh Maja (Calf injury) will not be playing here.

There’s a good chance that The Baggies might utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Joe Wildsmith, George Campbell, Chris Mepham, Nathaniel Phillips, Callum Styles, Jayson Molumby, Alex Mowatt, Mikey Johnston, Karlan Grant, Samuel Iling and Aune Heggebö.

✨ Prediction

In our view, West Bromwich Albion could find themselves struggling to score against this Southampton side who we think should score & stay on top.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even contest with a 1-0 advantage for Southampton at the conclusion of the game.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Peter Guest, 19:04 09/12/2025