Leeds vs Southampton Predictions

• Four of Southampton’s five wins have come away from home.
• Leeds have failed to score in four of their last five games.
• James Ward-Prowse scored the only goal of the game in Southampton’s win at Chelsea last week.

Basement battle as Leeds host Saints

The bottom two in the Premier League meet on Saturday as rock-bottom Southampton make the trip to Leeds United.

Leeds sit just one place and one point above Saints and both are within touching distance of safety, and Saturday’s game could be huge in terms of the battle against the drop.

The hosts have a new manager in place and will be hoping for a lift as Javi Gracia oversees his first game in charge, but Saints arrive in the middle of a ‘new boss bounce’ themselves as interim manager Ruben Selles led them to a 1-0 win at Chelsea last weekend.

Saints look worth backing in Yorkshire

There are so many variables ahead of this game and the pressure is on both sides in this huge relegation six-pointer. As such, it may be worth taking a risk with this game and at a big price Southampton look worth backing.

Saints have been better away from home all season and 12 of their 18 points have come on their travels, with four wins and eight defeats after 12 trips.

Leeds look a team low on confidence after a 10 game winless run in the league and worryingly they have started to struggle at home, with the Yorkshire giants winless in four at Elland Road in the Premier League and they’ve failed to score in their last two.

After beating Chelsea last time out, the momentum is with Southampton and they can back up that success with a vital three points that would lift them off the bottom on Saturday.

Ward-Prowse the danger man

James Ward-Prowse scored the decisive goal at Chelsea last weekend and he can do the damage at Leeds again on Saturday.

The midfielder has three goals in his last four league appearances and has scored all of the Saints goals in their last two victories, having managed a brace at Everton last month.

Unsurprisingly, all of Southampton’s four away victories have been narrow wins by one-goal margins and two have been 1-0 wins. As Leeds have failed to score in four of their last five league games a 1-0 victory for the visitors is the correct score selection.

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