Southampton are approaching this duel with a terrifying six-game losing streak in the championship. This happened for the first time with the saints within the Premier League. Ralph Hasenh?ttl’s team lost to Arsenal (1:3), Aston Villa (0:1) and Wolverhampton (1:2) at St. Mary’s and were defeated on the road by Leicester (0:2), Manchester United (0:9) and Newcastle (2:3). At the same time Soton went through three rounds in the FA Cup, beating Shrewsbury (2:0), Arsenal (1:0) and Wolverhampton (2:0). With the representatives of the top six “Soton” played eight fights in this championship, earning five points. Southampton beat only Liverpool (1:0), drew with Chelsea (3:3) and Arsenal (1:1) and lost to Manchester United (2:3, 0:9), Manchester City (0:1), Arsenal (1:3) and Tottenham (2:5). Michael Obafemi, William Smallbone, Ibrahima Diallo, Theo Walcott and Kyle Walker-Peters are injured at Southampton.
Trabzonspor is on the 4th place and so far can only count on the qualifying round of the Europa League. But with 45 points the team can also count on the Champions League. The gap from the second line is only 6 points. “Burgundy-blue” now look invincible. They have won 7 matches in a row and have a 10-fight unbeaten streak. At the same time, guests did not let into their gates in the last three performances. Trabzonspor beat Gaziantep (1:0), defeated Yeni Malatyaspor (2:0) and Denizlispor (1:0). Also, besides the victory in the Turkish Super Cup, there was a victory in the national championship over one of the leaders of the table, which is Besiktas (2:1). Anthony Nwakaemei is disqualified, Adbulkadir Omur is injured.
