Southampton and Crystal Palace will take on on Saturday the 15th of April at 3:00 pm in the 31st week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The chosen referee is Michael Oliver.
Southampton is in the 20th place in the table with 23 points. It comes from a 1-4 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 19 times.
Crystal Palace occupies the 12th place in the league with 33 points. It comes from a 1-5 win against Leeds United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 9 times, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 40.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (12 times), 4-4-2 (9 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Rubén Sellés Salvador is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, James Ward-Prowse, Mohamed Elyounoussi, C. Alcaraz, K. Sulemana and Theo Walcott.
If this will be the line-up, the average age of Southampton would be 25.60.
There are doubts about the presence of Roméo Lavia.
Rubén Sellés Salvador will probably not be able to employ Mohammed Salisu and Che Adams because of injury.
Juan Larios López and Valentino Livramento will definitely miss the match.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 46.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times), 4-3-3 (10 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once) and (once).
Roy Hodgson is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: Sam Johnstone, Tyrick Mitchell, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Joel Ward, Jeffrey Schlupp, Eberechi Eze, Cheick Oumar Doucouré, Jordan Ayew, Michael Olise and Odsonne Édouard.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Crystal Palace would be 26.91.
Roy Hodgson will probably not be able to employ Guaita and Chris Richards because of injury.
Nathan Ferguson and Wilfried Zaha will definitely miss the match.