Southampton vs Plymouth Odds, Prediction & Betting Tips

An exciting Friday night awaits us in the EFL with a whopping 36 matches taking place across the three divisions, including the Championship's televised tussle between Southampton and Plymouth at St Mary's.

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When these teams last met back in August, Southampton scored a last-gasp goal to record a 2-1 win. They backed this up with a win at home to QPR, only to then abruptly lose four games on the spin.

However, since then, the Saints have pieced together a stunning 16-game unbeaten run, which has moved the club up to 3rd and reopened the top-two conversation.

Russell Martin's men have won their last three games on the spin and boast six successive triumphs on home soil, while they are unbeaten in front of their own fans in eight games.

It's therefore no surprise to see the in-form Saints as short as 1/3 to complete the double over Plymouth on Friday.

The visitors head into this one unbeaten in four games (W1 D3), yet they are still yet to carve out a single away win in 12 matches since returning to the Championship.

The manager who fired them to promotion, Steven Schumacher, was poached by Stoke earlier this month with Gus Poyet recently emerging as the new bookmakers' favourite in the next Plymouth manager odds.

Caretaker Neil Dewsnip - who has two draws from two games - will therefore remain in charge for this venture across the south coast, with his troops 9/1 to claim an unexpected three points, and 5/1 to come away with a draw.

Southampton vs Plymouth Tips

Southampton To Win To Nil

As mentioned, Southampton have transformed St Mary's into a fortress and will be well fancied to extend their winning run on home soil to seven games.

They are priced at just 1/3 to do this but I like the added value of a win to nil at 13/8 with BetVictor, a bet which has landed in their last four home games and last three overall.

Boss Russell Martin has evidently worked hard on the training field to find a formula for what was previously a very leaky defence. In turn, he has been rewarded with five clean sheets in seven games, while his side haven't conceded more than one goal in any of their last 11.

Plymouth are one of only two sides yet to win away in the Championship this season, failing to even score in three of their last four games on the road.

Samuel Edozie & Morgan Whittaker Over 1.5 Shots On Target each

While I'm backing the Saints to come out victorious with a clean sheet, that's not to say that Plymouth won't pose a threat, especially with Morgan Whittaker in their ranks.

Whittaker has 12 goals on the board this season, level with Southampton's Adam Armstrong, while only Blackburn's Sammie Szmodics has scored more (14) in the Championship's goal charts.

Whittaker has had the most shots (88) and most shots on target (34) of any player in the division so far this season. He's scored four goals from eight shots on target in his last three games, which makes him appealing at 12/5 to go over the 1.5 shots on target market once again tonight.

I've paired this week over 1.5 shots on target for Southampton's Samuel Edozie (11/4) to form a 10/1 Bet Builder with bet365.

Edozie has rocketed into life in recent weeks, scoring three goals in his last four games for the Saints. The winger is enjoying a consistent run out in Martin's side and is showing plenty of promise in the attacking third with two of those goals coming in his last two home games.

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