Stoke City take on the visitors Southampton at "bet365 Stadium" in the round seven of the English Premier League. The match will be played in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday, September 30th.
After a suitable start of a season, Stoke City went through a bad patch. "The Potters" have been failing to win since the 23rd of August across five clashes, having lost three recent encounters to: Newcastle Utd 1:2, Bristol City 0:2 and Chelsea 0:4. As a result, Mark Hughes' team sits on the 16th position in the Premier League table with five points gained and 5-10 goal difference. Stoke City participated in three battles at the home field, having got four points with three goals for and six goals against in them.
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In their turn, Southampton alternated victories with defeats in last six matches. Last round "The Saints" lost 0:1 to Manchester United in face of their supporters. On the eve of the away clash, Southampton settle on the 11th place in the elite division standings with eight points earned and 4-5 goal difference. It should be mentioned that "The Saints" have not been broken on the road so far, having taken 0:0 draw against Huddersfield and 1:0 triumph over Crystal Palace.
Stoke City and Southampton are the teams of nearly the same level being mid-table performers during last few years. I believe that in the upcoming fight the visitors will prefer defensive football meaning not many goals scored as "The Saints" are quite able to show top-quality and highly-organized play in defense.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
