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Preview: Southampton vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers - prediction, team news, lineups

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Sports Mole previews Saturday's Premier League clash between Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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Southampton may be more or less consigned to relegation from the Premier League, but they can do their bit to try to drag Wolverhampton Wanderers down with them in Saturday's encounter at St Mary's.

Ivan Juric's men are still yet to break the 10-point barrier following their 3-1 loss to Liverpool last weekend, while the visitors held the blue half of Merseyside - Everton - to a 1-1 draw in gameweek 28.


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Preview: Southampton vs. Wolves - prediction, team news, lineups

The shock of almighty shocks was momentarily on the cards at Anfield last weekend, where in the top vs. bottom battle between rampant leaders Liverpool and doomed Southampton, Saints midfielder Will Smallbone broke the deadlock thanks to a comedy of errors from the Reds.

Juric's men were arguably full value for their half-time advantage after Arne Slot's side struggled to get going in the opening exchanges, but the champions-elect inevitably turned the tide in the second period, where a Darwin Nunez equaliser preceded a Mohamed Salah brace from the spot.

As spirited as Southampton's efforts were at Anfield, spirit does not put points on the board for the South Coast side, who are now 14 points adrift of safety at the foot of the Premier League standings and remain on course for the worst season in competition history.

If the Saints cannot pick up one more win or draw at least two more games between now and the end of the season, they will break Derby County's unwanted lowest points total of 11 from the 2007-08 season, and the less said about their St Mary's exploits the better too.

Indeed, Juric's side have been beaten in each of their last eight Premier League home fixtures and could now become just the fourth side in English top-flight history to lose nine in a row; Wolves are coincidentally one of the three teams to have already suffered that fate in 2011-12.

It will come as no surprise to learn that the Old Gold finished bottom of the rankings that season, and 13 years later, the West Midlands outfit remain in danger of dropping down to the second tier after only being able to claim a share of the spoils with Everton last weekend.

A Jack Harrison opener just after the half-hour mark preceded a quick response from Marshall Munetsi, whose first Premier League goal ended Wolves' two-game losing sequence in all tournaments following their reverse to Fulham and gut-wrenching FA Cup exit to Bournemouth.

A first draw of the calendar year leaves Vitor Pereira's men safe in 17th place for the time being, although Ipswich Town and Leicester City are only six points worse off, meaning that a couple more dissatisfactory results for Wolves could plunge them below the dreaded dotted line.

However, with or without the mercurial Matheus Cunha in attack, the visitors can normally be backed to make nets bulge, as they have now scored at least once in each of their last seven games across all tournaments and nine of their last 10 away from home.

When former managers Russell Martin and Gary O'Neil were in the dugouts, Wolves ran out 2-0 victors over Southampton in November to make it six straight Premier League wins over the Saints, their longest triumphant run over a single team in the competition.

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Southampton centre-back Jan Bednarek's luck is not in whatsoever right now, as the Pole recovered from a fatigue-related issue to line up at Anfield but was then brought off after only 19 minutes due to a head injury.

However, Juric has affirmed that Bednarek only has to follow a six-day protocol period and should therefore be fine to face Wolves, although he also hailed Armel Bella-Kotchap's display and could side with the 23-year-old if he errs on the side of caution with Bednarek.

James Bree (thigh), Ryan Fraser (calf), Ross Stewart (fitness) and Juan Larios (fitness) are still out of contention, but Juric should be working with a near-identical squad from last weekend.

On Wolves' side, Pereira was forced to bring goalscorer Munetsi off at half time against Everton after the midfielder "felt something", although his issue is seemingly not serious as he has been called up to the Zimbabwe squad for this month's international fixtures.

Nevertheless, Pereira is not short of options to replace Munetsi if needs be, as Hwang Hee-chan, Goncalo Guedes, Pablo Sarabia and Rodrigo Gomes are all alternative options, but Cunha will serve the second of his three-game ban here.

As ever, long-term knee victims Sasa Kalajdzic, Leon Chiwone, Yerson Mosquera and Enso Gonzalez are still absent for Saturday's visitors.


Southampton possible starting lineup:
Ramsdale; Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Bella-Kotchap, Manning; Ugochukwu, Smallbone; Dibling, Fernandes, Sulemana; Onuachu

Wolverhampton Wanderers possible starting lineup:
Sa; Doherty, Toti, Agbadou; Semedo, Andre, Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Munetsi, Bellegarde; Larsen


We say: Southampton 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

No team in the Premier League have conceded from more shots than Wolves this season - 15.3% - although Southampton's measly 7.7% conversion rate is also the worst in the division.

The Saints have also lost six top-flight games in which they have broken the deadlock this season, so even if Juric's team can strike first, even a Cunha-less Wolves should have enough firepower about them to turn the tide and enhance their survival chances at the expense of their hosts.


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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool29217169274270
2Arsenal281510352242855
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest28156745331251
4Chelsea28147753361749
5Manchester CityMan City28145953381547
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10Fulham2811984138342
11Crystal Palace2810993633339
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13Tottenham HotspurSpurs281041455411434
14Manchester UnitedMan Utd2897123440-634
15Everton2871293135-433
16West Ham UnitedWest Ham2896133248-1633
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves2865173857-1923
18Ipswich TownIpswich2838172658-3217
19Leicester CityLeicester2845192562-3717
20Southampton2823232068-489
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