Match summary
Southampton won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Preston. Southampton led 3-0 at half-time.
Che Adams put Southampton ahead in the 19th minute, Adams made it 2-0 in the 29th minute, and Stuart Armstrong made it 3-0 in the 33rd minute.
The chances backed that up: Southampton created 2.83 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Preston's 0.10 from 1.
Before kick-off
Southampton win
73%
Avg odds 1.30
Draw
17%
Avg odds 5.59
Preston win
10%
Avg odds 9.68
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.