Week 26 brings us a match on Mar 4th, where Southampton hosts Leicester City at St. Mary’s Stadium in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Southampton is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Grimsby Town. Gavan Holohan struck first for Grimsby Town in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty, then Gavan Holohan added another in the 50th minute on a penalty kick. Southampton looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while leicester City sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Blackburn Rovers. Dolan scored the first goal for Blackburn Rovers in the 33rd minute, then Sammie Szmodics added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Sam Gallagher. Leicester City is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Southampton won by a score of 2 to 1. James Maddison struck first for Leicester City in the 54th minute, but Che Adams got the equalizer for Southampton in the 68th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 84th minute on a goal by Che Adams.
Leicester City’s most prolific scorer has been Kelechi Iheanacho. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. C. Alcaraz and James Ward-Prowse are the top scorers for Southampton in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Kyle Walker-Peters, Che Adams, Alex McCarthy, Mislav Oršić, Valentino Livramento and Juan Larios Lopez are unavailable to play for Southampton, while Ryan Bertrand and James Justin are unavailable to play for Leicester City.