Fulham welcome Southampton to Craven Cottage within the Premier League on New Year’s Eve.
Marco Silva’s aspect emerged from their winter hibernation to bully Crystal Palace right into a 3-0 defeat which was spectacular earlier than the Eagles have been lowered to 9 males.
A convincing defeat to south coast rivals Brighton condemned Southampton to a fourth consecutive Premier League reverse, leaving Nathan Jones’ aspect propping up the remainder of the division with nearly half of the season gone.
Here’s every thing you could know in regards to the last sport of 2022 for this pair.
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Fulham team news
Aleksandar Mitrovic was a big doubt going into Fulham’s World Cup return. Not solely did the burly Serbian begin, however he created two objectives, obtained James Tomkins despatched off and scored himself.
Neeskens Kebano (Achilles) and Manor Solomon (knee) might not be again till the brand new yr, however so long as Fulham have Mitrovic, they’ve an ever-potent objective risk.
Layvin Kurzawa might come again from “a small setback” on Saturday to bolster Silva’s defensive choices.
Fulham Starting 11 (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete, Diop, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; De Cordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian; Mitrovic.
Bench: Rodak, Tosin, Duffy, Chalobah, Cairney, Harris, James, Wilson, Vinicius.
Southampton team news
Within one minute of Southampton’s post-World Cup return, Theo Walcott felt his calf muscle tighten. The former Arsenal winger joins goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (ankle) and Juan Larios (muscle) within the remedy room.
Romeo Lavia is being cautiously eased again from a hamstring damage whereas Tino Livramento is experiencing a equally tentative reintroduction to coaching following eight months on the sidelines.
Southampton Starting 11 (4-2-3-1): Bazunu; Walker-Peters, Lyanco, Salisu, Perraud; Ward-Prowse, Diallo; Djenepo, Elyounoussi, Edozie; Adams.
Bench: Caballero, Caleta-Car, Bella-Kotchap, S Armstrong, Maitland-Niles, Aribo, Morgan, A Armstrong, Mara.
Silva revelled in his aspect’s capability to match Palace’s vitality and “be brave” whereas it was numerically even. Jones is an intense particular person (on and off the pitch) and strives to copy that in his groups. Yet, in direct distinction to his upcoming opponent, lamented that Southampton have been “not as brave as we should be”.
The final time Jones took a team to Craven Cottage, he watched his Luton Town aspect get walloped 7-0. It absolutely will not be the identical NFL rating this weekend however you’d need to be courageous to recommend something apart from a Fulham win.
Prediction: Fulham 3-1 Southampton