Southampton vs Newcastle United Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics ⚽️
After a seven-game unbeaten run against Newcastle in the Premier League between December 2013 and October 2017 (W4 D3), Southampton have lost four of their last five against the Magpies in the competition (D1).
Newcastle won this exact fixture 1-0 last season, their first away league win against Southampton since September 2004. They’ve never won back-to-back visits to Saints in league competition.
Southampton have lost all three of their home Premier League games played on Fridays, by an aggregate score of 2-15. Indeed, their last such match ended in a 0-9 defeat against Leicester in October 2019.
This will be Newcastle’s 12th Premier League game played on a Friday, and the 11th away from home. The Magpies have won two of their last three such games (L1), having won just one of their first eight (D2 L5).
Victory for Southampton would see them finish a day top of the Premier League for the very first time. Indeed, the last time Saints ended a day at the summit of the top-flight table was back in September 1988 under Chris Nicholl.
Having lost their opening two league games this season, Southampton are now unbeaten in their last five (W4 D1). Saints are looking to secure three consecutive Premier League victories for the first time since May 2016 under Ronald Koeman.
Southampton have won four of their last six Premier League home games (D1 L1), as many as they had in their previous 18 at St Mary’s (W4 D4 L10).
Newcastle are unbeaten in their last four Premier League away games (W1 D3), winning once and drawing twice on the road so far this term. They last had a longer run without an away Premier League defeat between May-October 2011 (6 games), while 2011-12 was the last time they remained unbeaten in their opening four Premier League away games.
Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse has been involved in four goals in his last two Premier League games (3 goals, 1 assist), more than he had in his previous 28 in the competition (1 goal, 2 assists). 32% of his Premier League goals have been from direct free-kicks (8/25); only two players have a higher such ratio with at least 25 goals scored – Seb Larsson, 42% (11/26) and Ian Harte, 36% (10/28).
Since joining Southampton in 2019, only Jamie Vardy (29) has scored more Premier League goals than Danny Ings (27). Meanwhile, no player has scored more goals from outside the box than Ings since the start of last season (5).
Callum Wilson has scored six goals in his seven Premier League appearances for Newcastle, more than he had in his final 30 for Bournemouth in the competition (5). These six goals have been worth six points to Newcastle so far.
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