Plymouth vs Southampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th August 2023

Southampton will go up against Plymouth this coming Saturday for a Championship meeting.

Plymouth would have loved six points at this stage, but probably don't complain over the four points they have already claimed. After such an opening, they will be a tough opponent for anyone this coming Saturday.

Plymouth will be satisfied after collecting four points from a possible six in their new Championship campaign, as they aim for three more points this time around.

Plymouth and Southampton have high hopes for this new season and should be expected to put up a good game as they chase three important points in round 3.

Plymouth are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net six times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.6 goals per game, as they conceded 14 goals. They managed two clean sheets in these matches.

Southampton scored 21 goals, conceded 16 and fought their way to three clean sheets in their last ten games.

The last time the pair played each other, Plymouth came out the other side as 2-0 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result.

Plymouth vs Southampton Prediction

Plymouth Form

In their last three matches, Plymouth won 3-1 and 2-0 against first Huddersfield then Leyton Orient, before drawing 0-0 against Watford. In their last six Championship matches at home, Plymouth have one win, while they've drawn one and lost four.

Southampton will have their sight set on grabbing the trophy, while a place in the top two look a likely prospect before the Championship gets rolling.

Southampton Form

In their previous three matches, Southampton beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-2, lost 3-1 against Gillingham and drew 4-4 with Norwich. Southampton recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the Championship, in which they banged in ten goals, whilst conceding seven. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Southampton would probably consider anything lower than a second place finish to be a disappointment. The visitors have one eye on a title challenge and know a good start is imperative.

Southampton and Plymouth are almost always cautious, when going toe-to-toe with each other, which makes under 2.5 goals the value bet on Saturday.

Plymouth vs Southampton Squads

Plymouth Squad

The 39-year-old coach of the home team, Steven Schumacher, will select the lineup against Southampton from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Callum Burton (0/0), Conor Hazard (0/2), Michael Cooper (0/0), Zak Baker (0/0), Dan Scarr (0/2), Joe Edwards (0/2), Julio Pleguezuelo (0/0), Kaine Kesler-Hayden (0/1), Macauley Gillesphey (0/0), Adam Randell (0/2), Bali Mumba (1/2), Brendan Galloway (0/0), Caleb Roberts (0/0), Callum Wright (0/2), Finn Azaz (0/0), Jordan Houghton (0/2), Lewis Warrington (0/0), Luke Cundle (0/0), Matt Butcher (0/1), Saxon Earley (0/1), Tyreik Samuel Wright (0/1), Ben Waine (0/2), Freddie Issaka (0/0), Lewis Gibson (0/2), Mickel Miller (0/1), Morgan Whittaker (1/2), Ryan Hardie (1/2).

Southampton Squad

Below is the full team squad of Southampton. The manager Martin will pick his starting XI against Plymouth from these players:

Alex McCarthy (0/0), Gavin Bazunu (0/2), Joe Lumley (0/0), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/0), Jack Stephens (0/0), Jan Bednarek (1/2), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/2), Lyanco (0/0), Romain Perraud (0/0), Shea Charles (0/0), Carlos Alcaraz (0/2), James Bree (0/0), Joe Aribo (0/1), Moussa Djenepo (0/0), Nathan Tella (0/0), Romeo Lavia (0/0), Ryan Manning (0/0), Stuart Armstrong (0/2), William Smallbone (0/0), Adam Armstrong (3/2), Che Adams (2/2), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/0), Paul Onuachu (0/0), Samuel Edozie (0/2), Sekou Mara (0/0).

Plymouth vs Southampton Team News

Southampton are juggling with four absent players on on Saturday when travelling to Plymouth. Kyle Walker-Peters is suspended from the Southampton squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Southampton need to do without Armel Bella-Kotchap, Alex McCarthy and Juan Larios, who are not fit enough to travel to Home Park.

Plymouth vs Southampton Lineups

Plymouth vs Southampton H2H

It finished with a 2-0 win for Plymouth in the most recent meeting between the two sides. Will they be able to put the brakes on their opponent again this coming Saturday at Home Park, or will Southampton manage to assert some revenge? Looking back over their last ten encounters serves to emphasize how equally paired the two teams usually are. Visitors Southampton claimed a win in two of the previous ten matches. Hosting side Plymouth won four of these, as the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 14/5.

Plymouth vs Southampton Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only one time in the last eight matches Plymouth took on Southampton. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/1 with the bookies.

Plymouth vs Southampton Betting Tips

As the new Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Plymouth and Southampton this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Plymouth won nine times and lost one as well. Southampton won two times, drew three and lost five of their last 10 games away from home. The home side scored the first goal of the game in seven of their last 10 matches at Home Park, with Southampton doing likewise in four of their last 10 away games.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet five times in the last eight encounters between Plymouth and Southampton as under 2.5 goals happened one time. Plymouth scored an average of 1.01 goals a game, with Southampton averaging 0.52 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Plymouth’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in seven of the last ten matches that Southampton played across all tournaments. They scored 1.9 times on average in the process.