Southampton got their last serious title four years ago when they managed to win the English League Cup. After that the team is not happy with its achievements and last season it stopped only at the 15th position. In the new championship the Saints showed hopes of success in the League Cup, but stumbled in the 1/8 finals. The team did not cope with Chelsea in the penalty shootout. Ralph Hasenhuttl’s charges had a successful start in the FA Cup, where at the first stage they defeated Swansea with some difficulty in extra time (3:2). In the Premier League championship, representatives of Hampshire chalked up four wins and nine peaceful outcomes after 19 rounds, which brought 21 points and 14th place in the standings. In the last three duels the “red-whites” drew with Crystal Palace (2:2), beat West Ham (3:2) and shared the tournament points with Tottenham (1:1). Macarty, Adams, Smallbon, Lyanko, Stevens and Tella, who has a coronavirus, will not be able to enter the field today.
Unlike their current rival, Bologna had a successful start of the season and managed to move away from the relegation zone straight away. In the middle of the first round Sinisa Mikhailovich’s team was even considered one of the contenders for the European Cups, but it was not possible to spend the entire first half of the season consistently. For the winter break Bologna took 11th place in the table. For the last match in 2021 Rossoblu came out with a streak of three defeats in a row, but managed to interrupt it. Quite unexpectedly, Bologna defeated Sassuolo with a score 3:0 and did it away. Thus, Rossoblu has theoretical chances of reaching the European cups. Only five points separate them from the sixth Fiorentina, but there are Roma and Lazio as competitors. More 2022 football prediction can be obtained from the link provided.
