Leicester City – Southampton

Both teams will score at least one goal.

The opponents in the match at King Power Stadium last season played in the English top flight. The result of these performances on a large scale was their relegation to the Championship. Southampton proved to be somewhat better prepared for the second tier of English football, as they already knew they would be relegated long before the Premier League season ended. Southampton collected twelve points, recording one of the worst results in the history of the Premier League. Leicester City fought a bit longer to survive and finished the season on the edge of the relegation zone, which left them with less time to rebuild management for the realities of the Championship. Often in the Championship, clubs relegated from the Premier League become favorites for upcoming seasons, but neither Leicester City nor Southampton took on that role this time. On the contrary, Leicester City was not playing with much confidence to begin with, and days ago the English Football Association also docked the Foxes six points for breaches of profitability and sustainable development rules in the 2023/24 season. That verdict left Leicester on the brink of the relegation zone, level on points with one of its inhabitants — Blackburn Rovers. Southampton is in a much better position, if 14th place can be considered better for a team. Both clubs have changed managers this season, but they have not managed to significantly improve their results. Bookmakers have named the visitors the favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 2.35 on their victory. The FA's decision dealt Leicester City a double blow, as the Foxes are now showing arguably the worst form of the current season. The last five Championship rounds added only one point to the club's tally. In other fixtures, the Foxes lost to a wide range of opponents—from Coventry City to Oxford United. Southampton, by contrast, have lost only once in the same period. The Saints have earned ten points from fifteen possible. In the opening round, Southampton crushed Leicester at home 3-0, but the upcoming match is unlikely to be easy for the visitors. Let's bet that both teams will score.