Swansea v Southampton predictions, betting odds and tips: Slick Saints can march on

Where to watch Swansea v Southampton

Sky Sports Main Event/Football, 12.30pm Saturday

Best bet

Southampton
1pt 7-10 Coral

Swansea v Southampton odds

Swansea 4-1
Southampton 7-10
Draw 16-5

Odds correct at time of publishing

Swansea v Southampton predictions

Southampton have gone on a superb 20-match unbeaten run and can climb into the Championship's automatic promotion places by defeating Swansea on Saturday.

Success over the Swans would allow Southampton to gain ground on at least one of the top two - Leicester and Ipswich - who face each other at the King Power Stadium on Monday.

Saints manager Russell Martin needed time to implement his possession-based style of play and his mixed early-season experiences, which included a four-game losing run, may be a sign of things to come for Swansea boss Luke Williams, who favours a similar football philosophy.

Williams was Martin's assistant at MK Dons and Swansea before moving onto a head coach position with Notts County, who he steered from the National League to the upper echelons of League Two.

Given time Williams will have ideas of developing a winning culture along similar lines to his experience in Nottingham, but his 15th-placed team are towards the start of a period of transition and appear likely to succumb to highflying Saints, who are the division's form team.

Key stat

Southampton are unbeaten in their last 20 matches

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