PRESTON (Interstat) — Southampton will visit Preston on Friday in a Championship match in England, with the visitors holding a strong season record and the hosts seeking a turnaround.

Southampton’s season record across all competitions stands at 8 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws. Preston’s season record across all competitions is 1 win, 11 losses and 2 draws. Southampton enters after a 1-1 draw at West Brom. Samuel Edozie was among Southampton’s most productive players in that game, playing 90 minutes and scoring once. D. Peretz played 90 minutes in goal, and James Ward Prowse also played 90 minutes. Edozie, Southampton’s player to watch, also played 70 minutes at Norwich in a prior recent performance and had a 90-minute, one-goal showing at West Brom.

Preston enters after a 3-2 home loss to Sheffield Utd. Callum Lang, Preston’s player to watch, played 77 minutes and scored once in that match. Leo Leroy played 90 minutes, scored once and received a yellow card, while Jordan Thompson played 90 minutes. Lang’s other recent performance included 46 minutes at Birmingham. Preston will look to Lang for production against Southampton.

Southampton’s recent results include a 4-1 home win against QPR, a 3-2 win at West Ham, a 0-0 draw at Bolton, a 1-0 win at Norwich and a 1-0 home win against Portsmouth. Earlier in the season, Southampton won 4-1 against Bristol City FC, 3-1 against Swansea City AFC, and drew 1-1 at Lincoln and 1-1 at Birmingham City FC, while losing 2-1 at Wrexham.

Preston’s recent results include a 2-0 loss at Stoke, a 1-1 home draw with West Brom, a 4-1 loss at Wrexham, a 4-0 loss at Birmingham, a 1-0 home loss to Millwall, a 2-2 draw at QPR and a 1-0 home loss to Lincoln. Preston also lost 2-1 at Watford FC, beat Blackburn Rovers FC 2-1 at home and lost 3-1 at home to Bristol City FC.

Southampton is next scheduled to host Derby County FC, visit Sheffield Utd, host Middlesbrough, visit Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and host Burnley. Southampton also is scheduled to visit Cardiff, host Blackburn Rovers FC, visit Charlton Athl., host West Ham and host Cardiff.

Preston is next scheduled to visit West Ham, visit Cardiff, host Norwich City FC, visit Burnley and host Portsmouth. Preston also is scheduled to host Middlesbrough, visit Swansea City AFC, host Derby County FC, visit West Brom and visit Middlesbrough.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Southampton 3, Preston 1. Interstat’s ELO system projects Southampton with a 92.5 percent probability to win.