Fighting Southampton vs Fulham will be held on Wednesday at 21.45 on St. Mary’s Stadium. It’s a meeting to be or not to be for the visiting team, defeating meaning minimizing rescue chances.
Southampton: current form, latest results, statistics
After taking over the team at Mark Hughes in December, Ralph Hasenhuttl managed to revive it and it all seemed to go on a good trend. Only in spite of several matches they surprised, when meeting close-knit teams, the results were not what they expected.
Winnings with Arsenal, Everton and Leicester, or Chelsea in London, were second. Cardiff’s defeat in Cardiff, in his last homecoming, has returned to worry and a place in the dangerous area of the rankings (18).
Let’s see the last 5 results:
- 19.01.19 Southampton vs Everton 2-1
- 30.01.19 Southampton vs Crystal Palace 1-1
- 02.02.19 Burnley vs Southampton 1-1
- 09.02.19 Southampton vs Cardiff 1-2
- 24.02.19 Arsenal vs Southampton 2-0
The situation is not yet very critical, but it can become if the results do not return quickly to “saints”. And this decisive meeting with Fulham is worrying because the host team is not a home strength, where he only won 2 times in 13 games. It is noteworthy that it is ranked penultimate in a hierarchy of home meetings only.
Danny Ings, with 7 goals scored, is the main teammate. Only on November 14 he was more injured and appeared very rarely in the base team. Under these circumstances, the offensive is based on the couple formed by Nathan Redmons and Stuart Armstrong, both with 3 goals scored.
Fulham: Current form, latest results, statistics
Fulham is in a difficult situation. After 27 stages he is in the last position in the standings, 8 points in the last place that ensures the maintenance in the Premier League. A new defeat on Wednesday will increase this distance and dramatically reduce the rescue chances of the London team.
By appointing a coach with names and results, such as Claudio Ranieri, he hoped the salvage issue would be resolved. The lot of players is thin and has not been streaked even in January in the window of transfers, so the road to the Championship seems unstoppable.
In the last 7 games, Fulham has only gathered 3 points, which is very little if he hopes to save. It is true that he also had a difficult time with Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester United and West Ham. But the news is bad enough because Chelsea, Leicester, has just fired Puel, Liverpool and Manchester City. It will be hard, extremely difficult.
Let’s also note the series of the last 5 meetings:
- 20.01.19 Fulham vs Tottenham 1-2
- 29.01.19 Fulham vs Brighton 4-2
- 02.02.19 Crystal Palace vs Fulham 2-0
- 09.02.19 Fulham vs Manchester United 0-3
- 22.02.19 West Ham vs Fulham 3-1
He has no big hopes in the overpassing games, where he has not only brought 2 points in the fourteen exits so far. Only in Brighton and Newcastle managed to draw a draw, in other defeats on the line, whether the opponent was Huddersfield or Liverpool.
Serbian Aleksandr Mitrovic, 10 goals scored, is Fulham’s most dangerous striker. Another important player is the German Andre Schurrle, 6 goals scored. But the team is generally composed of a heterogeneous group and the guests here are the problem.
Southampton vs Fulham: Direct Matches
In the last five direct meetings, of the two, on St. Mary’s Stadium, the hosts won twice, and the other three games ended in a draw.
Southampton vs Fulham Picks
Fulham is playing one of the last chances of keeping in touch with the seats in the security zone. There will be a meeting where each of the two teams will try to get as much as possible. For hosts and an equality result it could be acceptable, because it keeps the distance between the two. I expect a tactical meeting where we will not have many goals.
Prediction Today: Under 3
Odds: 1.50
