Southampton and Watford are going to face off on Sunday the 13th of March at 2:00 pm in the 29th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The chosen referee is Graham Scott.

Southampton occupies the 10th position in the standings with 35 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Newcastle United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 11 times, and lost 9 times.​​

Watford is in the 19th place in the table with 19 points. It comes from a 4-0 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 18 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Southampton​

Line - Ups​
4-4-2
22 May
Leicester City-Southampton
4-1
5-4-1
17 May
Southampton-Liverpool
1-2
4-4-2
07 May
Brentford-Southampton
3-0
4-4-2
30 Apr
Southampton-Crystal Palace
1-2
4-4-2
24 Apr
Brighton & Hove Albion-Southampton
2-2
3-1-4-2
21 Apr
Burnley-Southampton
2-0
3-4-3
16 Apr
Southampton-Arsenal
1-0
4-4-2
09 Apr
Southampton-Chelsea
0-6
4-3-1-2
02 Apr
Leeds United-Southampton
1-1
4-4-2
13 Mar
Southampton-Watford
1-2
4-4-2
10 Mar
Southampton-Newcastle United
1-2
4-4-2
05 Mar
Aston Villa-Southampton
4-0
4-4-2
25 Feb
Southampton-Norwich City
2-0
4-4-2
19 Feb
Southampton-Everton
2-0
4-4-2
12 Feb
Manchester United-Southampton
1-1
4-4-2
09 Feb
Tottenham Hotspur-Southampton
2-3
4-4-2
22 Jan
Southampton-Manchester City
1-1
3-5-2
15 Jan
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Southampton
3-1
3-5-2
11 Jan
Southampton-Brentford
4-1
5-3-2
28 Dec
Southampton-Tottenham Hotspur
1-1
4-1-4-1
26 Dec
West Ham United-Southampton
2-3
4-4-2
15 Dec
Crystal Palace-Southampton
2-2
4-4-2
11 Dec
Arsenal-Southampton
3-0
4-4-2
04 Dec
Southampton-Brighton & Hove Albion
1-1
4-4-2
01 Dec
Southampton-Leicester City
2-2
3-4-3
27 Nov
Liverpool-Southampton
4-0
4-4-2
20 Nov
Norwich City-Southampton
2-1
4-4-2
05 Nov
Southampton-Aston Villa
1-0
4-4-2
30 Oct
Watford-Southampton
0-1
4-4-2
23 Oct
Southampton-Burnley
2-2
4-4-2
16 Oct
Southampton-Leeds United
1-0
4-4-2
02 Oct
Chelsea-Southampton
3-1
4-4-2
26 Sep
Southampton-Wolverhampton Wanderers
0-1
4-4-2
18 Sep
Manchester City-Southampton
0-0
4-1-4-1
11 Sep
Southampton-West Ham United
0-0
4-4-2
28 Aug
Newcastle United-Southampton
2-2
4-4-2
22 Aug
Southampton-Manchester United
1-1
4-4-2
14 Aug
Everton-Southampton
3-1

Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (22 times or 78.57%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (22 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 Watford with the following players: F. Forster, K. Walker-Peters, J. Bednarek, M. Karim, V. Livramento, M. Elyounoussi, J. Ward-Prowse, O. Romeu Vidal, S. Armstrong, C. Adams and A. Broja.

Suppose that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Southampton would be 26.55.

A. McCarthy, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović and N. Tella will definitely miss the match.

Watford​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
22 May
Chelsea-Watford
2-1
4-3-3
15 May
Watford-Leicester City
1-5
4-3-3
11 May
Watford-Everton
0-0
4-3-3
07 May
Crystal Palace-Watford
1-0
4-3-3
30 Apr
Watford-Burnley
1-2
4-3-3
23 Apr
Manchester City-Watford
5-1
4-3-3
16 Apr
Watford-Brentford
1-2
4-3-3
09 Apr
Watford-Leeds United
0-3
4-1-4-1
02 Apr
Liverpool-Watford
2-0
4-3-3
13 Mar
Southampton-Watford
1-2
4-3-3
10 Mar
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Watford
4-0
4-3-3
06 Mar
Watford-Arsenal
2-3
4-3-3
26 Feb
Manchester United-Watford
0-0
4-3-3
23 Feb
Watford-Crystal Palace
1-4
4-3-3
19 Feb
Aston Villa-Watford
0-1
4-4-2
12 Feb
Watford-Brighton & Hove Albion
0-2
4-4-2
08 Feb
West Ham United-Watford
1-0
4-4-2
05 Feb
Burnley-Watford
0-0
4-3-3
21 Jan
Watford-Norwich City
0-3
4-3-3
15 Jan
Newcastle United-Watford
1-1
4-4-2
01 Jan
Watford-Tottenham Hotspur
0-1
4-1-4-1
28 Dec
Watford-West Ham United
1-4
4-2-3-1
10 Dec
Brentford-Watford
2-1
4-1-4-1
04 Dec
Watford-Manchester City
1-3
4-1-4-1
01 Dec
Watford-Chelsea
1-2
4-1-4-1
28 Nov
Leicester City-Watford
4-2
4-1-4-1
20 Nov
Watford-Manchester United
4-1
4-1-4-1
07 Nov
Arsenal-Watford
1-0
4-4-1-1
30 Oct
Watford-Southampton
0-1
4-1-4-1
23 Oct
Everton-Watford
2-5
5-4-1
16 Oct
Watford-Liverpool
0-5
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
Leeds United-Watford
1-0
4-2-3-1
25 Sep
Watford-Newcastle United
1-1
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
Norwich City-Watford
1-3
4-1-4-1
11 Sep
Watford-Wolverhampton Wanderers
0-2
4-1-4-1
29 Aug
Tottenham Hotspur-Watford
1-0
4-1-4-1
21 Aug
Brighton & Hove Albion-Watford
2-0
4-1-4-1
14 Aug
Watford-Aston Villa
3-2

Watford has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 40.74%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (11 times), 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Roy Hodgson is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: B. Foster, H. Kamara, C. Kabasele, C. Cathcart, M. Sissoko, T. Cleverley, I. Louza, I. Sarr, E. Dennis and J. King.

Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Watford would be 29.90.

There are doubts about the presence of J. Junqueira de Jesus.

Roy Hodgson will probably not be able to employ F. Femenía Far and J. Ngakia because of injury.

D. Rose and W. Troost-Ekong will definitely miss the match.