In a weekend match on Saturday Apr 2nd, in week 31, Leeds United hosts Southampton in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Leeds United recorded a 3-2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jonny Castro struck first for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 26th minute on a feed from Francisco Trincão, then Francisco Trincão added another in the 11th minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 91st minute on a goal by Luke Ayling. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 11th placed Southampton, recorded a 1-4 loss against Manchester City. Raheem Sterling struck first for Manchester City in the 12th minute on a feed from Gabriel Jesus, but Aymeric Laporte got the equalizer for Southampton on an own goal in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Southampton is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 16th of October, Southampton hosted Leeds United at the St. Mary’s Stadium in their last match together. Southampton was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Armando Broja struck first for Southampton in the 53rd minute on a feed from Nathan Redmond, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Leeds United couldn’t manage to score, and Southampton took the shutout win.
Southampton hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Armando Broja and James Ward-Prowse, and they each have 1 goal. Rodrigo has been the most prolific scorer on Leeds United in the last five matches with 2 goals
Junior Firpo, Joe Gelhardt, Liam Cooper, Tyler Roberts and Jamie Shackleton are unavailable to play for Leeds United, while Ralph Hasenhüttl’s Southampton squad will be without Alex McCarthy.