📏 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton head into this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Premier League drawn match versus West Ham United.

In that game, Southampton had 49% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Southampton was Lesley Ugochukwu (93'). At the other end, West Ham United had 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Jarrod Bowen (47') was the scorer for West Ham United.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Southampton haven’t conceded. The facts show that Southampton have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 13 goals in the process. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, however.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Southampton:

• have not won against Fulham in their previous 3 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 11 league matches. No joy for the home fans.

Fulham

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Chelsea in Premier League competition, Fulham will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Fulham managed 40% possession and 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for Fulham was Alex Iwobi (20'). At the other end, Chelsea had 13 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Tyrique George (83') and Pedro Neto (93') scored for Chelsea.

The stats tell the story, and Fulham have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 10 goals in all. In defence, Fulham have seen their frailties exposed.

Heading into this fixture, Fulham are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels stretching back to 27/08/2019, neither club has come out on top overall with Southampton winning 2 of those games, Fulham 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

In all, 10 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for The Saints and 5 coming from The Cottagers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Premier League match day 17 on 22/12/2024 and the score finished Fulham 0-0 Southampton.

On that occasion, Fulham had 57% possession and 16 shots on goal with 5 on target.

Southampton had 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Tim Robinson.

🗞️ Team News: Southampton

Juan Larios (Fitness), Gavin Bazunu (Meniscus injury), Charlie Taylor (Hip injury), Albert Grønbæk (Tendon irritation) and Ryan Fraser (Calf injury) will be missing for Southampton manager Simon Rusk.

In all likelihood, The Saints will possibly use the 3-4-3 formation in the match, handing starts to Aaron Ramsdale, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Kyle Walker-Peters, Lesley Ugochukwu, Flynn Downes, Ryan Manning, Mateus Fernandes, Cameron Archer and Kamaldeen Sulemana.

📋 Team News: Fulham

Due to a mostly available squad, there is just the sole fitness worry for the Fulham manager Marco Silva to be concerned about. Reiss Nelson (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

We are inclined to think that The Cottagers might play in a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Bernd Leno, Kenny Tete, Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson, Sasa Lukic, Sander Berge, Ryan Sessegnon, Andreas Pereira, Alex Iwobi and Raul Jimenez.

💭 Prediction

We think that Southampton will have a tough ask to score against this Fulham lineup who we think will be able to grind out a win.

We’re going for a very even match with a 0-1 advantage for Fulham at the conclusion of the game.

Let’s see what happens.

Lucas Pereira, 13:02 26/04/2025