With Manchester United winning yesterday and Arsenal likely getting three points against Aston Villa, Southampton really needs a win here if they are to hold on to that Top 4 spot. The Saints are looking rock solid lately, winning 3 games on the spin before falling 2-3 to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup last weekend. In the league Southampton won 5 and drew once in the last 6 games, despite meeting teams like Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton or Manchester United.
Swansea lost Wilfried Bony to Manchester City and with their recent form the season is pretty much gone, they are looking mainly at a strategy for next season. The Welsh side has 2 points in the last 4 Premier League matches and suffered two horrible defeats in the last 2 games: 0-5 at home with Chelsea and 3-1 at Blackburn in the FA Cup. The defense was shredded and the offense can`t do much to make up for that, not without Bony – poor football overall from Swansea right now.
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Team news & lineups:
Long, Alderweireld, Rodriguez, Wanyama, Schneiderlin and possibly Mayuka are out for Southampton. Not the greatest news for the Saints, but Yoshida and Mane are set to come back and luckily for them Swansea has big absentees as well – besides Bony, they will not be able to count on Routledge, Sigurtsson, Bartley, Sung-Yueng and possibly Williams.
Southampton: Forster – Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Bertrand – Reed, S Davis, Ward-Prowse – Tadic, Elia, Pelle
Swansea: Fabianski – Tiendalli, Fernandez, Williams, Naughton – Carroll, Shelvey – Dyer, Oliveira, Williams – Gomis
Southampton has the quality and form to get the three points at home against a team that is in total disarray. The Saints have been brilliant at the back lately, playing top defensive football, holding United or Arsenal scoreless. Looking at this Bony-less Swansea, they are not expected to score (especially with Routledge and Sigurtsson out). Southampton does miss Alderweireld at the back, but Yoshida will likely return to the lineup – if he doesn’t, there is still a first team defender available in Gardos. My tip is Southampton to win to nil. Prediction: Southampton – Swansea City 1-0.
Pick: Southampton to win to nil
Odds: 2.38
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