Stoke City vs Southampton prediction and preview

Championship · Wednesday 3 March 2027, 19:45 UTC

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Stoke City vs Southampton

Championship · Wednesday 3 March 2027, 19:45 UTC · Bet365 Stadium, Stoke

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Southampton148422914+1528WDWWD
5Stoke City148242217+526LWDWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 4, draws 2, Southampton 4.

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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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