Stoke City vs Southampton prediction and preview
Championship · Wednesday 3 March 2027, 19:45 UTC
Match facts
Stoke City vs Southampton
Championship · Wednesday 3 March 2027, 19:45 UTC · Bet365 Stadium, Stoke
Stoke City vs Southampton preview
Stoke City welcome Southampton at Bet365 Stadium in Stoke on Wednesday 3 March 2027 (19:45 UTC) in the Championship. Stoke City are 5th in the table with 26 points from 14, while Southampton are 1st in the table with 28 points from 14.
Stoke City have collected 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from their last 5 league games; Southampton have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Stoke City have scored 1.5 and conceded 0.8 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Southampton average 1.7 scored and 0.7 conceded across their last 6, with 3 clean sheets.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Stoke City won 4, 2 games were drawn and Southampton won 4. Those games averaged 2.0 goals, 4 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 4. The most recent meeting, on 22 Aug 2026, ended Southampton 3-1 Stoke City.
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Form and table
- Stoke CityLast five: L W D W W
- SouthamptonLast five: W D W W D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southampton | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 28 | WDWWD |
| 5 | Stoke City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 26 | LWDWW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (3-4-3)
Viktor Johansson, Ben Wilmot, Luke Graham, Ben Johnson, Jack McGlynn, Djibril Soumaré, Ethan Galbraith, Luca Bombino, Justin Devenny, Lamine Cissé
Southampton expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Peretz, Jack Stephens, Keven Schlotterbeck, James Bree, Ryan Manning, Finn Azaz, James Ward-Prowse, Kuryu Matsuki, Samuel Edozie, Léo Scienza
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