Southampton vs Wolves — Championship 2025
Southampton score first in only 13% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 14+ matches
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Southampton creates 28% more chances
Season form · 29 home / 14 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under54
- Over46
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Southampton ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Southampton at home — creates 1.83, concedes 0.86 · 29 matches
Wolves away — creates 1.36, concedes 1.00 · 14 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Southampton attack 1.83 + Wolves defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.42
Wolves attack 1.36 + Southampton defence 0.86 → ÷2 → 1.11
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 44%?"
Southampton at 44% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 44% does not mean "Southampton will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Insights
Wolves score first in only 15% of matches
Southampton have scored in 12 games running
Wolves win just 0% of their away games
81% of Southampton’s matches go over 2.5 goals
Both teams score in 88% of Southampton’s matches
Wolves have won 7 of the last 10 meetings
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Southampton host Wolves on Tuesday, 16 March 2027 at 19:45. The match is part of the Championship 2025/2026 season.
Southampton vs Wolves — Match Preview
Southampton face Wolves on March 16, 2027 in this Championship fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.
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