Southampton vs Leicester City
As the Premier League season rolls on, Southampton and Leicester City will be looking to put their FA Cup disappointments behind them and refocus on their league campaigns. The two teams will meet at St Mary’s on Saturday, with both sides eager to bounce back from recent setbacks.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Leicester City's Premier League clash at Southampton.
There's no doubt about it, this is a big game in the battle at the bottom. Brendan Rodgers has said City need five or six more wins to ensure their survival, and a trip to St Mary's provides an excellent opportunity to get one.
Southampton are bottom of the table and have the worst home record in the division. They perhaps suffered an even more embarrassing FA Cup exit in midweek, losing to League Two side Grimsby, a day after City were eliminated by Championship outfit Blackburn.
But if City lose, they could end the weekend only outside of the relegation zone on goal difference. Then the pressure will really be on Brendan Rodgers and his players.
We are live at St Mary's to bring you action, analysis, and reaction. Kick-off is at 5.30pm, with team news expected at 4.30pm.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Leicester City's Premier League clash at Southampton.
There's no doubt about it, this is a big game in the battle at the bottom. Brendan Rodgers has said City need five or six more wins to ensure their survival, and a trip to St Mary's provides an excellent opportunity to get one.
Southampton are bottom of the table and have the worst home record in the division. They perhaps suffered an even more embarrassing FA Cup exit in midweek, losing to League Two side Grimsby, a day after City were eliminated by Championship outfit Blackburn.
But if City lose, they could end the weekend only outside of the relegation zone on goal difference. Then the pressure will really be on Brendan Rodgers and his players.
We are live at St Mary's to bring you action, analysis, and reaction. Kick-off is at 5.30pm, with team news expected at 4.30pm.
Gap cut to the bottom three at half-time
It's half-time in the 3pm kick-offs, and Bournemouth's surprise 1-0 lead over Arsenal means the gap from City to the bottom three in the table as it stands is just one point.
Here are the full half-time scorelines:
Arsenal 0-1 Bournemouth
Villa 1-0 Palace
Brighton 1-0 West Ham
Chelsea 0-0 Leeds
Wolves 0-0 Spurs
Pre-match stats
City have not won at Southampton since that 9-0 game, but neither have they beaten.
Southampton are looking to complete the league double over Leicester for the first time since the 2007-08 Championship season, while they last did so as a top-flight club in 1986-87. City were relegated in both of those campaigns.
Leicester are unbeaten in their last five league games away to Southampton (W3, D2), scoring 18 goals in the process.
The Foxes have been victorious in just six of their 43 league matches away at Southampton, the most recent of which was the 9-0 thrashing in October 2019, the biggest away win in English top-flight history.
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