Leicester vs Southampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd May 2025

Leicester and Southampton will be desperate for points on Saturday, as both are very eager to escape their current disappointing position. The question is, whether either team has the guts to go all-out pursuing an important win, or a cautious draw is on the cards instead?

Ranked as number 19 in the Premier League standings, Leicester, have so far collected 18 points this season, while Southampton collected 11 points. This puts them up as number 20 after 34 rounds.

The upcoming game against Southampton offers a good opportunity for Leicester to get some much-needed points to their account. The final part of the season could be a tough ride, should they fail to claim 3 points in a match like this.

Leicester are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net two times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.2 goals per game, as they conceded 23 goals. They managed zero clean sheets in these matches.

The Saints scored seven goals, conceded 26 and kept their opponents from scoring zero times in ten matches.

Leicester beat Southampton by 3-2 in their most recent match, while Southampton claimed a 1-0 win in the match prior to that.

Leicester vs Southampton Prediction

Leicester Form

A single point is all Leicester can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 2-2 draw with Brighton, before getting trounced 0-1 against Liverpool while Wolverhampton won 3-0. Leicester didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six Premier League games at the King Power Stadium. They have a record of zero draws and six defeats, in which they conceded 15 and scored zero goals.

Many people had The Foxes down as candidates for the drop before the season, but rescue is still within reach, as the season nears its end.

Southampton Form

Southampton were only able to take a single draw from their past three games. They came up short in a 0-3 defeat against Aston Villa before drawing 1-1 with West Ham. They were defeated once again, when Fulham ran out 1-2 winners. Southampton only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 15 goals to seven.

Southampton are closer to the relegation zone than they would have wished for at this late stage of the season. They are still capable of pulling clear though and securing another season in the top flight.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Leicester renew Southampton their acquaintance.

Leicester won 11 points from their last eight encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won three, scored ten and let in 14 goals. Southampton earned five points from their last nine games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored eight goals in those matches, but also allowed 21 goals against on their way to one wins. Leicester claimed four wins, six draws as well as 24 defeats in the Premier League this season. Southampton are looking at two wins, five draws and 27 defeats in the Premier League.

Leicester vs Southampton Squads

Leicester Squad

The 48-year-old coach of the home team, Ruud van Nistelrooy, will select the lineup against Southampton from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/6), Mads Hermansen (0/27), Conor Coady (0/18), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (2/32), Jannik Vestergaard (0/18), Luke Thomas (0/10), Memeh Caleb Okoli (1/18), Ricardo Pereira (0/8), Victor Kristiansen (0/28), Wout Faes (1/30), Woyo Coulibaly (0/0), Bilal El Khannouss (2/29), Boubakary Soumare (0/27), Facundo Buonanotte (4/29), Harry Winks (0/22), Kasey McAteer (0/14), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/20), Wilfred Ndidi (0/25), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/23), Jamie Vardy (7/32), Jeremy Monga (0/0), Jordan Ayew (4/27), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/20), Stephy Mavididi (4/30).

Southampton Squad

Here is the full team squad of Southampton. The 43 year-old Simon Rusk will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Aaron Ramsdale (0/26), Alex McCarthy (0/5), Joe Lumley (0/3), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/4), Charlie Taylor (0/0), Jack Stephens (1/16), James Bree (0/15), Jan Bednarek (2/28), Jay Robinson (0/0), Joachim Kayi Sanda (0/0), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/32), Nathan Wood (0/9), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/31), Welington (0/0), Yukinari Sugawara (1/29), Adam Lallana (0/14), Albert Groenbaek (0/0), Flynn Downes (1/23), Joe Aribo (3/30), Lesley Ugochukwu (1/23), Mateus Fernandes (2/32), Ryan Fraser (0/8), Ryan Manning (0/22), William Smallbone (1/14), Cameron Archer (2/31), Kamaldeen Sulemana (1/22), Paul Onuachu (4/23), Rento Takaoka (0/0), Ross Stewart (0/0), Tyler Dibling (2/30).

Leicester vs Southampton Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Leicester, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira nurses various injuries and won't take part for Leicester against Southampton at King Power Stadium.

Leicester vs Southampton Lineups

Leicester vs Southampton H2H

Southampton were knocked out cold when Leicester took a 3-2 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Southampton handed out in the game before. Leicester have a 40% win rate against Southampton, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 4-2-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Leicester vs Southampton Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Leicester welcome Southampton as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Leicester vs Southampton Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Stephy Mavididi will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Southampton hope Paul Onuachu can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Leicester claimed one wins in their previous 10 matches at King Power Stadium across all tournaments. They lost nine as well, while visitors Southampton won one of their last 10 away matches. They drew two and lost seven. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in recent matches. While Leicester managed to keep a clean sheet in zero of the games at King Power Stadium, Southampton kept their hosts from scoring in one of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Leicester managed an average of 2.4 goals, with Southampton averaging 1.3 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Leicester’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Southampton. They performed an average of 0.7 goals in these.