Swansea vs Southampton Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Swansea, despite their torrid season so far, managed an incredible win last weekend when they let a two goal lead slip at Anfield before grabbing a 74th minute winner through Gylfi Sigurdsson to beat Liverpool 3-2 away from home.

This makes it two wins and six defeats in their last eight games in all competitions, which explains why they are all the way down in 17th position with just 18 points from their first 22 Premier League matches.

Things aren’t good for them at the Liberty Stadium either, where they have won two, drawn two, and lost seven of their 11 league games. They have conceded a huge 27 goals on home soil too, giving them by far the worst defensive record in the league.

Two of Swansea’s goals last weekend came from Spanish striker Fernando Llorente, with that brace taking his tally to eight Premier League goals for the season. All of his other six have come at the Liberty Stadium though, so backing him for our anytime goalscorer predictions could be a good choice.

Claude Puel made the somewhat brave move of resting a lot of his key players for Southampton’s Premier League hosting of Arsenal on Saturday. It didn’t turn out well for them as the rampant Arsenal battered them 5-0.

Their overall form is pretty good though, with them winning four and losing two of their last six games and pushing themselves up to 11th in the table after a difficult first half to the campaign. Away from home The Saints do struggle for victories though, winning just two Premier League away days this season and losing six times.

This could be a surprisingly tight game given Swansea’s confidence after last weekend and their extra rest. Whatever action there is going to be is likely to occur in the second half though. Swansea are rather slow starting, with just three of their 14 home goals coming in the first half.

Southampton also tend to slump defensively in the second half, conceding ten of their 15 away goals in the final 45 minutes. They’re certainly not alone though, as Swansea have conceded 17 of their 27 home goals after the break. This makes odds of 21/20 for the 2nd Half to be the highest scoring excellent value for money, and I’m going for this along with a 1-1 correct score predictions at 11/2.