Southampton vs Leicester City Match Preview


Week 34 brings us a match on Apr 30th where Southampton plays host to Leicester City in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Southampton sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Tottenham Hotspur. Danny Ings struck first for Southampton in the 30th minute, then Gareth Bale tied it up for Tottenham Hotspur in the 60th minute But luckily in the 90th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Heung-Min Son. Southampton looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while leicester City is fresh off their 2-1 win against Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha struck first for Crystal Palace in the 12th minute on a feed from Eberechi Eze, then Timothy Castagne tied it up for Leicester City in the 50th minute on a feed from Kelechi Iheanacho Finally they completed the comback in the 80th minute on a goal by Kelechi Iheanacho to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Leicester City should be reasonably happy with their performance.

In their last match together, in King Power Stadium, Leicester City was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Kelechi Iheanacho scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 55th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Southampton couldn’t manage to score, and Leicester City took the shutout win.

Leicester City is fortunate enough to have Kelechi Iheanacho in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. Nathan Redmond has been the most prolific scorer on Southampton in his last five matches with three goals

Oriol Romeu, Michael Obafemi and Will Smallbone are unavailable to play for Ralph Hasenhüttl’s team, while Brendan Rodgers’s squad will be without Harvey Barnes, Wes Morgan and James Justin.