After two consecutive victories in the Premier League over Fulham (1:0) and Sheffield United (1:0), Nuno Espirito Santa’s charges have played slipshod over the past two rounds. First, Wolverhampton failed at home against Burnley, losing 0:4 to the Burgundy. Then, in a duel with West Bromwich, the Wolves were content with only a 1:1 draw. However, Wolverhampton’s standings give no reason for motivation. Before the upcoming meeting, Nuno Santo’s charges are in 12th place in the Premier League table. The wolves have 42 points now. They have long secured themselves from the struggle for survival. However, they have not pretended to something more serious either. On the home arena in recent matches, Wolverhampton played mostly unsuccessfully. The only victory was just over the underdog Sheffield United and besides Burnley, the Wolves lost to Liverpool (0:1) and West Ham (2:3) in their previous four games. At home, Wolverhampton are now tenth in the Premier League. In 17 home matches, they achieved only six wins, four meetings ended in a draw and in seven games they lost. Wolves have one of the weakest lines of attack. For 17 matches at home, they scored only 18 goals. For various reasons, midfielder Pedro Neto, defenders Willie Boli and Honatan Castro Otto, striker Raul Jimenez will not be able to take part in the match. Questionable are Ryan Ait-Nuri and Fernando Marsal.
For Southampton the season did not go well too. In the last round of the championship, the Saints played at home in a draw with Leicester (1:1), thus closing two consecutive defeats in previous rounds from West Brom (1:2) and Tottenham (0:3). There was still an opportunity for Soton to win the FA Cup, but not so long ago they were eliminated from the tournament after being defeated in the semifinals by the same Leicester. Ralf Hasenhuettl’s charges were practically guaranteed to be registered in the Premier League. Despite the 15th place in the standings, Southampton are not ten points ahead of the relegation zone. Moreover, they played one meeting less than the group of outsiders. On the road, Soton is one of the worst teams in the championship. The club have lost eight of their last nine matches on the pitch, beating only hopeless Sheffield United (2:0). Southampton are the most conceding away team of the current championship. On the rivals’ fields, the saints have already conceded 38 goals, which is an absolutely the worst indicator. Due to injuries, defender Ryan Bertrand, midfielders Oriol Romeu, William Smallbone, strikers Danny Ings, Michael Obafemi will not play in the match. Takumi Minamino is not allowed to play against Liverpool. So, what is the soccer bet prediction for today?
