About Match
4 points for Southampton (19th), 10 for Middlesbrough (2nd): a 6-point gap. Southampton have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 19th overall. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Southampton run at 2.2 scored and 1.2 conceded, Middlesbrough at 1.6 and 1. If Southampton win, their total rises to 7 and up to 10th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
20 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Southampton 7, draws 7, Middlesbrough 6, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 35% of the wins in this fixture. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 65%.
St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, capacity 32,384, hosts the game.