About Match
4 points for Southampton (19th), 3 for Cardiff City (22nd): a 1-point gap. Southampton's recent output outruns their position: 8th on form over five rounds, 19th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Southampton 2.2 scored and 1.2 conceded per game, Cardiff City 1.2 and 1.8, with the league averaging 1.43. Southampton would climb to 7 points with a win and up to 10th (other results held equal).
Cardiff City are winless in 6. Southampton have banked 8 of the last 15 points on offer; Cardiff City, 2.
10 meetings are on record — 4 won by Southampton, 5 by Cardiff City, 1 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings. 4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.
The match takes place at St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton (capacity 32,384).