Oxford Utd have been far from impressive in their five friendly fixtures to date, while the Saints have secured convincing victories in each of their pre-season matches, suggesting the visitors will win this one.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Southampton win with a probability of 42.91%. A win for Oxford United had a probability of 32.79% and a draw had a probability of 24.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Southampton win was 1-2 with a probability of 9%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.25%) and 0-2 (6.58%). The likeliest Oxford United win was 2-1 (7.7%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.27%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 4.8% likelihood.