Both Southampton and Stoke City are finishing the season with a whimper and Sunday’s final day contest represents the final chance for the sides to end the season relatively positively.

Match Preview

Southampton’s midweek draw at home to Man Utd means it’s just one win in seven games for the Saints. Our Southampton vs Stoke City preview comes at a time when manager Claude Puel faces a fight to keep his job. Southampton have failed to score in five of those last seven games and their inability to find the net has heaped the pressure on the French manager.

• Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
• Southampton 0-2 Arsenal
• Middlesbrough 1-2 Southampton
• Southampton 0-0 Manchester United

With just one win from their last ten Premier League games, Stoke City have been one of the worst sides in the division in recent weeks. That solitary victory came over relegated Hull City over a month ago and Mark Hughes will be livid that his side can’t seem to motivate themselves to finish a season with gusto. Stoke City have only won once away from home in 2017, in fact, they have just three victories on the road in the entire season, a fact to be considered in our Southampton vs Stoke City predictions below.

Stoke City have only kept one clean sheet in their last nine games and their defensive shakiness has been a major factor in their dreadful end of season form.

• Swansea City 2-0 Stoke City
• Stoke City 0-0 West Ham
• Bournemouth 2-2 Stoke City
• Stoke City 1-4 Arsenal

Southampton vs Stoke City Prediction and Betting Advice

Don’t expect there to be a flurry of goal related bets in our Southampton vs Stoke City picks – the Saints attack has been extremely blunt of late, although they were unlucky not to score a few goals in their draw against Man Utd on Wednesday. Stoke City have been hapless for a while however and they go into Sunday’s game as rank outsiders.

It may very well be Claude Puel’s last game in the Southampton hot-seat, but I expect him to go out on a high with a win on the final day at St. Mary’s.

Our Tip

Tip: Southampton to win/under 2.5 goals Bet365 3/1