Southampton vs Rotherham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th October 2023

The spotlight is on both Southampton and Rotherham, as the rivals go looking to boost their points tally. They face each other on Saturday in the Championship at St. Mary's Stadium.

Placed tenth in the table Southampton have amassed 16 points after ten matches. On five points, Rotherham rank 23rd with ten matches played this season.

Following some poor performances in this Championship campaign recently, Southampton desperately need points from the match against Rotherham to get back on track.

When it comes to goal-scoring Southampton could be more prolific, scoring 16 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.6 goals per game in which, they conceded 20 times. This is an average of two a game, achieving a clean sheet once.

Rotherham average 0.9 goals a game in their last ten outing, scoring a total of nine goals. They conceded an average of 2.1 per game, for a total of 21 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring zero times.

This will be the inaugural meeting between Southampton and Rotherham in the Championship in this century, thus providing a completely unprecedented situation for both teams.

Southampton vs Rotherham Prediction

Southampton Form

In the previous three matches, Southampton lost 2-1 against Middlesbrough, beat Leeds by 3-1 and won 0-1 against Stoke. Southampton won three of their previous six matches at St. Mary's Stadium in the Championship. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring 14 goals to 11 against.

Rotherham Form

A draw is all that prevents Rotherham from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They claimed a point in a 1-1 draw against Preston before getting trounced against Cardiff by a 2-0 score. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Bristol City ran out 1-2 winners. Rotherham came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by 13 goals to two.

A home win for Southampton is the obvious choice at St. Mary's Stadium. With the attacking qualities on display here, it has the makings of a high scoring affair when Rotherham come visiting.

Southampton scored eight goals and conceded five in their last five games against teams from the bottom half of the Championship table. They collected 12 points and four victories. Rotherham claimed one win and four points from their last six encounters with teams in the top half of the Championship, while scoring six goals to ten against. Southampton show off a record of five wins, one draw and four defeats in the Championship this season. Rotherham so far pulled off one win, two draws and seven defeats in the Championship.

Southampton vs Rotherham Stats

Southampton vs Rotherham Squads

Southampton Squad

The 37-year-old Martin will select the starting eleven against Rotherham from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Alex McCarthy (0/0), Gavin Bazunu (0/10), Joe Lumley (0/0), Jack Stephens (0/4), Jan Bednarek (1/9), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/10), Mason Holgate (0/0), Shea Charles (0/9), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (0/0), Carlos Alcaraz (0/8), Flynn Downes (0/0), James Bree (0/1), Joe Aribo (0/9), Ryan Fraser (0/7), Ryan Manning (0/10), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (0/3), Stuart Armstrong (1/10), William Smallbone (1/8), Adam Armstrong (7/10), Che Adams (3/8), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/5), Ross Stewart (0/0), Samuel Edozie (2/8), Sekou Mara (0/5).

Rotherham Squad

Here is the full team squad of Rotherham. The 41 year-old Matt Taylor will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Dillon Phillips (0/0), Nathaniel Ford (0/0), Viktor Johansson (0/10), Cameron Humphreys (0/8), Cohen Bramall (0/9), Dexter Lembikisa (1/10), Grant Hall (0/1), Hakeem Odoffin (2/5), Jamie Lindsay (0/0), Sebastian Revan (0/0), Tolaji Bola (0/2), Tyler Blackett (1/10), Andre Green (0/8), Cafu (0/6), Ciaran McGuckin (0/3), Fred Onyedinma (2/9), Hamish Douglas (0/0), Lee Peltier (1/3), Oliver Rathbone (0/10), Sam Clucas (0/0), Shane Ferguson (0/0), Arvin Appiah (0/0), Christ Tiehi (0/8), Georgie Kelly (0/4), Jordan Hugill (2/10), Sam Nombe (0/0), Sean Morrison (0/2), Tom Eaves (0/5).

Southampton vs Rotherham Team News

Southampton could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Rotherham.

Southampton-players Jack Stephens, Juan Larios and Ross Stewart won't be playing in the upcoming match against Rotherham at St. Mary's Stadium due to nursing various injuries.

Rotherham have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Southampton on Saturday.

Names like Sean Morrison, Jamie Lindsay, Shane Ferguson and Lee Peltier most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Southampton.

Southampton vs Rotherham Lineups

Southampton vs Rotherham H2H

This is the first time that Southampton and Rotherham face each other in the Championship since the 21st century began, so any previous head-to-head records stem from cup matches or friendlies. Southampton picked up zero wins in their previous two matches against Rotherham, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 7/2.

Southampton vs Rotherham Results

Southampton vs Rotherham Betting Tips

Jordan Hugill shows decent form right now for Rotherham, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Championship. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Southampton, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Adam Armstrong also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Championship matches.

Southampton claimed all three points two times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in six of the games in this run. Rotherham won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing six in this series of matches. Southampton have seen seven of their previous 10 matches at St. Mary's Stadium offer over 2.5 goals. Of these 10 matches, six also went over 3.5 goals. In four of the last 10 league games away for Rotherham the match had over 2.5 goals. Over 3.5 goals came up one times.

There were over 2.5 goals scored in eight of Southampton’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. In the previous ten matches for Rotherham, betting on over 2.5 goals turned out to be a winning bet in seven of them. On average, Rotherham scored 0.9 times goals per game.