SOUTHAMPTON VS BURNLEY FOOTBALL PREDICTION TODAY SATURDAY 15/02/2020
Southampton vs Burnley predictions for Saturday’s Premier League fixture at St. Mary’s Stadium. Burnley are unbeaten in three league games ahead of their trip to play the Saints. Read on for all our free Premier League predictions and betting tips.
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- Burnley are unbeaten in six previous games against Southampton.
- The Clarets beat the Saints 3-0 in their reverse league fixture earlier this season.
- Burnley are averaging just 1.0 goal per Premier League away game this term.
- Similarly, Southampton have scored just 1.08 goals per home game in 2019/20.
Southampton limp into winter break
After a hugely productive period between mid-December and mid-January that was heavily sprinkled with excellent performances and results, Southampton’s form tailed off just before the winter break in frustrating fashion.
The Saints had been playing some superb on the deck football during their positive run, resulting in against the odds Premier League wins over Chelsea, Tottenham and Leicester among others.
In total, Southampton won six of the eight games they contested between December 21st and January 21st – a sensational sequence that was powered in no small part by the goal-scoring touch of a rejuvenated Danny Ings.
However, a 0-4 battering at Anfield sandwiched in between two unsuccessful FA Cup 4th round tussles with Spurs meant that Southampton entered the mid-season hiatus with less momentum than they probably deserved.
The Saints’ Premier League displays at St. Mary’s Stadium also took a noticeable dip in the run up to the February intermission, with Southampton winning just one of their four fixtures on the south coast before their layoff.
Momentum with Burnley
In contrast, Burnley bounced into the winter break after they took took seven points from nine in a trio of tough games against Leicester, Man Utd and Arsenal.
The Clarets upset the form book to beat the Foxes 2-1 and United 2-0 at the King Power Stadium and Old Trafford respectively, and Sean Dyche’s men were unlucky not to complete a hattrick of high-profile victories having been the better side in their 0-0 draw at home to Arsenal.
Spirits should be high in the Burnley camp then, and their confidence will be buoyed even further by their excellent recent head-to-head record against Southampton.
The Clarets are unbeaten in six meetings with the Saints, and one of Burnley’s biggest wins of the campaign so far came at Southampton’s expense when the teams clashed in the reverse Premier League meeting between the clubs back in August (3-0).
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