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Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion Predictions: Both Clubs Are in Dire Need of a Win

12:30 Saturday 21 October 2017
Simon Winter
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  • 8 of Southampton’s last 10 fixtures at St. Mary’s have ended with under 2.5 goals (Under 2.5 goals ) — 4/7 SunBets
  • WBA have drawn more Premiership games (4) than any other team (Draw ) — 13/5 Betfair

Match Preview

The teams studied in today’s Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion preview currently sit beside each other in 11th and 10th place respectively in the Premier League table as we approach the weekend’s latest set of fixtures. The Saints have only won one of their five matches at St. Mary’s this season and the main source of their problems has been their lack of quality finishing in the final third.

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Under the new Manager Mauricio Pellegrino, Southampton have failed to score in four of the six games on their own turf since the campaign kicked off. Irish international Shane Long hasn’t scored since February – that’s over twenty matches without a goal for the striker in the run up to our Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion betting tips. Manolo Gabbiadini’s brace against Newcastle last time out will be a huge boost to Pellegrino however, and he will hope the Italian front man can bring some much-needed goals to his starting XI.

With zero wins from their last seven attempts, Tony Pulis’ West Bromwich Albion side are finding life tough at the moment. Like their opponents on Saturday, putting the ball in the net has proved a real problem for the Baggies. They scored one goal or less in six of those seven winless games. None of their strikers have managed to score more than once in the Premiership this season and Jay Rodriguez, Salomon Rondon, and Hal Robson-Kanu all need to buck up their ideas. Looking at today’s Premiership football odds, the bookmakers are finding it hard to pick a winner here. Read below to see which way our tips go.

Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion Prediction and Betting Advice

We delve into the goal markets for the first of today’s free Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion bets by forecasting that there will be few goals at St. Mary’s this weekend. In eight of the home team’s last ten matches on the South coast, there have been under 2.5 goals scored. In six of their nine fixtures overall this season, the number of goals has fallen below the same mark.

WBA’s problems in goal have been addressed above – six of their eight Premier League matches in 2017/18 have ended under our magic number of 2.5. In six of the last eight encounters between our analysed sides going all the way back to 2013, there have been under 2.5 goals registered. When the teams last faced off in April, the Saints won 1-0 thanks to a Jordy Clasie first-half strike. After careful deliberation, SunBets’s odds emerged as the most valuable for this pick.

Just one place and one point separate the clubs under the microscope in our OddsDigger Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion predictions. The teams’ goal for and goal against columns are perfectly matched too. Their squads share parallels in many ways, not least their common lack of firepower up front.

No other team in the Premier League has drawn as many matches as the Baggies so far – they have ended level in 50% of their eight contests to date. In 2016/17, no team drew as many times away from home as WBA (7). It’s a fair assumption to say they are always happy to settle for a point on the road. Betfair’s amazing odds are the best around for the last part of our English soccer predictions.