Southampton and Norwich City are going to clash on Friday the 25th of February at 8:00 pm in the 27th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The referee will be Simon Hooper.
Southampton is in the 10th position in the standings with 32 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Everton in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 7 times, draw 11 times, and lost 7 times.
Norwich City occupies the 20th position in the league with 17 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 15 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 76.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (19 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Norwich City with the following players: F. Forster, K. Walker-Peters, J. Bednarek, M. Karim, V. Livramento, M. Elyounoussi, O. Romeu Vidal, J. Ward-Prowse, S. Armstrong, A. Broja and C. Adams.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Southampton would be 26.55.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ R. Perraud and N. Redmond because of injury.
A. McCarthy, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović and N. Tella will definitely miss the match.
Norwich City
Norwich City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 37.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times) and 3-5-2 (once).
Dean Smith is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: A. Gunn, B. Williams, G. Hanley, B. Gibson, M. Aarons, K. McLean, B. Gilmour, M. Antonsen Normann, M. Rashica, J. Sargent and T. Pukki.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Norwich City would be 26.09.
Dean Smith will probably not be able to employ T. Krul, L. Rupp and J. Sørensen because of injury.
A. Omobamidele and A. Idah will definitely miss the match.