Position17of 20
Points36in 38
Won, drawn, lost7-15-16
Goals37for, 56 against
FormDWDWL
Results
2017-18Sun 13 May
FT
Tue 8 May
FT
Sat 5 May
FT
Sat 28 Apr
FT
Thu 19 Apr
FT
Sat 14 Apr
FT
Sun 8 Apr
FT
Sat 31 Mar
FT
Sat 10 Mar
FT
Sat 3 Mar
FT
Sat 24 Feb
FT
Sun 11 Feb
FT
Sat 3 Feb
FT
Wed 31 Jan
FT
Sun 21 Jan
FT
Sat 13 Jan
FT
Tue 2 Jan
FT
Sat 30 Dec
FT
Tue 26 Dec
FT
Sat 23 Dec
FT
Sat 16 Dec
FT
Wed 13 Dec
FT
Sun 10 Dec
FT
Sun 3 Dec
FT
Wed 29 Nov
FT
Sun 26 Nov
FT
Sat 18 Nov
FT
Sat 4 Nov
FT
Sun 29 Oct
FT
Sat 21 Oct
FT
Sun 15 Oct
FT
Sat 30 Sep
FT
Sat 23 Sep
FT
Sat 16 Sep
FT
Sat 9 Sep
FT
Sat 26 Aug
FT
Sat 19 Aug
FT
Sat 12 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 98thof 98 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 19%of the team's league goals scored by Charlie Austin
- 29%of matches won since 2001-02
- 8–0Biggest win since 2001-02: Southampton 8–0 Sunderland
- 0–9Heaviest defeat: Southampton 0–9 Leicester
In Europe
10 matches in the European cups since 2015-16Won, drawn, lost4-3-3
Goals12– 6
Vesta and Southampton
266 league matches since 2017-18- 51%of Southampton's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 29wins in 82 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 13%won with 13%: Chelsea 0–2 Southampton
- 13%won with 13%: Southampton 1–0 Manchester City
- 14%won with 14%: Chelsea 0–1 Southampton
- 58%lost at 58%: Southampton 0–1 Burnley
- 58%lost at 58%: Southampton 0–1 Newcastle United
- 56%lost at 56%: Southampton 0–2 Watford
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2017-18, 38 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Against | 6 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
- 3points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 8points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 7points won after going behind
- 21points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2017-18Strength
Rating 1,268Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2017-18| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan BertrandLeft-back | 35 | 3,138 | 0 | 4 |
| Oriol RomeuDefensive midfielder | 34 | 2,911 | 1 | 0 |
| Dusan TadicAttacking midfielder | 36 | 2,854 | 6 | 3 |
| Cédric SoaresRight-back | 32 | 2,800 | 0 | 3 |
| Wesley HoedtCentre-back | 28 | 2,520 | 0 | 1 |
| Maya YoshidaCentre-back | 24 | 2,051 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack StephensCentre-back | 22 | 1,980 | 2 | 0 |
| Nathan RedmondLeft midfielder | 31 | 1,947 | 1 | 3 |
| Fraser ForsterGoalkeeper | 20 | 1,800 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario LeminaMidfielder | 25 | 1,725 | 1 | 1 |
| James Ward-ProwseMidfielder | 30 | 1,714 | 3 | 3 |
| Pierre-Emile HøjbjergDefensive midfielder | 23 | 1,669 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex McCarthyGoalkeeper | 18 | 1,620 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane LongForward | 30 | 1,566 | 2 | 1 |
| Steven DavisMidfielder | 23 | 1,529 | 3 | 0 |
| Sofiane BoufalAttacking midfielder | 26 | 1,198 | 2 | 2 |
| Manolo GabbiadiniForward | 28 | 1,056 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie AustinForward | 24 | 1,023 | 7 | 0 |
| Virgil van DijkCentre-back | 12 | 992 | 0 | 0 |
| Guido CarrilloForward | 7 | 453 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan BednarekCentre-back | 5 | 429 | 1 | 0 |
| Jérémy PiedRight-back | 2 | 180 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt TargettLeft-back | 2 | 168 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh SimsAttacking midfielder | 6 | 158 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam McQueenLeft-back | 7 | 136 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael ObafemiForward | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |

