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West Brom vs Southampton Prediction & Betting tips
With West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, two Premier League-teams will face each other in the FA Cup on Saturday-afternoon. Both teams are in the Premier League under the line, but will not play in the league again until Saturday, so the two relegation candidates will not have to save up in the FA Cup.
West Brom :
The Championship comes closer to West Bromwich Albion with the week. The Baggies lost their last three games in the Premier League and the men of Alan Pardew have been waiting for a victory in the Premier League for more than a month. With twenty points out of 27 games, West Bromwich Albion supporters are gradually starting to realize that their club will have to grab points quickly if WBA wants to take advantage of the money in the Premier League next season. Pardew’s team has recently accumulated seven points in the safe places and The Baggies have to win from Huddersfield Town next weekend, otherwise it will be very difficult for West Bromwich to maintain.
Last Monday, the Premier League runner went to visit Chelsea and that match did not go too well for West Bromwich. Pardew had to replace Daniel Sturridge on Stamford Bridge after three minutes and the lack of sharpness for the goal eventually led West Bromwich Albion to head for Stamford Bridge: 3-0. It was not even that The Baggies played badly on a visit to Chelsea, but in the completion the Pardew team was not sharp and it is almost impossible to book a result at Stamford Bridge.
On the positive side, West Bromwich Albion managed to create a number of chances against Chelsea. In recent weeks it was often the case that West Bromwich did not create any chances and when The Baggies managed to score, the goal came from a standard situation. Pardew has to face Southampton without a number of basic players and in terms of injuries the West Bromwich Albion is not in that respect. Sturridge is also missing at West Bromwich Albion this weekend and the Englishman ran into Chelsea against his 31st injury in five years time and that is of course very trieste for the ever so promising striker.
Southampton:
The Southampton of Mauricio Pellegrino is also bad, but a lot less than West Bromwich Albion. It adorns Southampton, which in recent years has been spoiled when it comes to final rankings, that they remain confident in this disappointing season in Pellegrino and the expectation is that Pellegrino with Southampton in the Premier League knows how to stay. At the moment, however, The Saints are under the degradation mark, although the backlog of one point at Huddersfield Town, Swansea and Crystal Palace is not insurmountable.
Two weeks ago, The Saints won with 2-3 to West Bromwich Albion, but Southampton was unable to continue that victory when Liverpool visited St. Mary’s Stadium last weekend. The Saints managed to keep Tottenham Hotspur on a 1-1 draw in the home stadium in mid-January, but Liverpool was too strong for Southampton last weekend and because Huddersfield Town and Crystal Palace were able to win, The Saints now under the line.
At Southampton, unlike West Bromwich Albion, they have little trouble with injuries at the moment. Only Charlie Austin has been around for a while and The Saints expect Austin to start making minutes again next month. In the previous round of the FA Cup, Southampton was 1-0 too strong for Watford and Pellegrino did not choose to rotate much and the expectation is not that Pellegrino against West Bromwich Albion will make a mess.
West Brom vs Southampton head to head matches
03.02.18 PL West Brom Southampton 2 : 3
21.10.17 PL Southampton West Brom 1 : 0
08.04.17 PL West Brom Southampton 0 : 1
31.12.16 PL Southampton West Brom 1 : 2
16.01.16 PL Southampton West Brom 3 : 0