Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 10, 2024 at 3pm UK

St. Mary's Stadium

Southampton
5 - 3
Huddersfield

Rothwell (49', 50'), Lees (80' og.), Mara (84'), Edozie (90+1')
Bednarek (23'), Manning (46')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Thomas (36'), Kasumu (45'), Matos (65')
Spencer (21'), Rudoni (39'), Jackson (74')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Southampton and Huddersfield Town, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Southampton

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Southampton 3-0 Watford
Tuesday, February 6 at 7.45pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Huddersfield Town

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Huddersfield 4-0 Sheff Weds
Saturday, February 3 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Southampton 3-0 Huddersfield Town

Although Huddersfield will be on a high after their recent victory, a rarity this season, we cannot back against Southampton. There has been a ruthlessness about the Saints for some time and we expect that to continue on Saturday. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Southampton win with a probability of 79.84%. A draw had a probability of 12.9% and a win for Huddersfield Town had a probability of 7.23%.

The most likely scoreline for a Southampton win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.42%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (10.61%) and 2-1 (8.44%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.06%), while for a Huddersfield Town win it was 1-2 (2.24%). The actual scoreline of 5-3 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Southampton would win this match.

Result
Southampton	Draw	Huddersfield Town
79.84% ( -0)	12.93% ( 0)	7.23% ( -0)

Both teams to score 49.01% (

-0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

68.4% (

-0.04)

31.6% (

0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

46.9% (

-0.04)

53.1% (

0.04)

Southampton Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

93.84% (

-0.01)

6.16% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

76.67% (

-0.02)

23.32% (

0.02)

Huddersfield Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

52.23% (

-0.04)

47.77% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

16.94% (

-0.03)

83.06% (

0.03)

Score Analysis

Southampton 79.82%

Huddersfield Town 7.23%

Draw 12.93%

Southampton	Draw	Huddersfield Town
2-0 @ 11.42% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 10.61% 2-1 @ 8.44% ( 0) 1-0 @ 8.2% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 7.85% ( -0) 4-0 @ 7.4% ( 0) 4-1 @ 5.47% ( -0) 5-0 @ 4.13% 5-1 @ 3.05% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.9% ( -0) 4-2 @ 2.02% ( -0) 6-0 @ 1.92% ( -0) 6-1 @ 1.42% ( -0) 5-2 @ 1.13% ( -0) Other @ 3.89% Total : 79.82%	1-1 @ 6.06% ( 0) 2-2 @ 3.12% ( -0) 0-0 @ 2.94% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.81% Total : 12.93%	1-2 @ 2.24% ( -0) 0-1 @ 2.17% ( 0) Other @ 2.82% Total : 7.23%