Wrexham vs Southampton — Championship result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

Championship·Saturday, 19 September 2026·14:00

2 – 1

WrexhamExpected goalsSouthampton
1.32 xG1.52 xG

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 10.4 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Wrexham

32%

result

Draw

26%

Southampton

42%

top pick

Final score

2–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Wrexham win 31.6% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Southampton win. Expected goals 1.32–1.52 against 2–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals54%3 scored
Both teams score58%yes
Wrexham clean sheet22%no
Southampton clean sheet27%no
Wrexham score 2+38%yes
Southampton score 2+45%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.3227
1X2 Brier score0.7144
Probability on the result31.6%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.4%), 1–2 (9.4%), 0–1 (8.3%). It finished 2–1.

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Wrexham

19 SeptHvs Southampton2–1W
11 SeptAvs West Ham0–6L

Southampton

19 SeptAvs Wrexham1–2L
12 SeptHvs Bristol City4–1W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.