SOUTHAMPTONVWATFORD

Match insight

There's daylight between Southampton and Watford on the current numbers — this isn't a fixture between equals. Southampton currently sit 15 places and 8 points above Watford in the table — 7th against 22nd. Southampton have taken 12 points from their last 5, against 3 for Watford over the same stretch. There's a gap between what Southampton are capable of and where they actually sit — our metrics say so, even if the table doesn't yet.