Southampton v Stoke City Odds & Match Preview

Southampton entertain Stoke City in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday evening and as such, now is a great time to register with any of our featured UK betting sites and claim the very best Southampton versus Stoke City odds and offers ahead of this midweek clash.

Southampton v Stoke City Odds & Match Preview

Kick-off: 7:45pm, Tuesday 29th October 2024

Southampton will be more than happy to take a break from their Premier League troubles when they welcome Stoke City to St Mary’s Stadium for a Carabao Cup last-sixteen clash on Tuesday evening.

Slice of solace

Southampton have endured a thoroughly miserable 2024/25 campaign thus far but the Carabao Cup has offered them a small slice of solace with two much-needed and somewhat morale-boosting wins over Cardiff City and Everton. The upshot is that the Saints have made it into the last sixteen of the competition – the third time they have achieved this in four seasons – although three of their last four last-sixteen appearances have ended in defeat.

Plucky performance

Southampton boss Russell Martin will have been pleased with his side’s plucky performance against defending Premier League champions Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium last time out but the fact is that the south coast side have now lost four on the spin and morale won’t be at it’s highest in the home camp.

Penalty shoot-out

Stoke City needed a penalty shoot-out against League Two outfit Fleetwood Town in order for them advance through to this stage of the competition and this is the best Carabao Cup run for the Potters since 2021/22 when they went out to Brentford. Nevertheless, Stoke have only managed a single win from their last seven outings and as things stand they sit just one point above the relegation zone.

Failed to score

Indeed, the Potters’ failure to add to the scoreline against Sheffield United means that they have failed to score in each of their last four away games and the likelihood is that this streak will become five on Tuesday evening. This won’t be an easy ride for Southampton but Martin’s men impressed at the Etihad at the weekend and they have out vote to make it into the last eight of the tournament.

Back Southampton to win-to-nil at best odds of 17/10