da bet7： Southampton take on Leicester City at St Mary’s on Friday night, where three points will all but seal the Saints’ place in the top flight for next season.
da fazobetai： A woeful run of form in 2021 has seen Ralph Hasenhuttl’s team sucked into a relegation fight, although they appear to have been saved by Fulham and West Brom’s inadequacies rather than many strong performances of their own.
Southampton will be looking to avoid a repeat of the FA Cup semi-final against Leicester City on Friday night, as Hasenhuttl’s side were brushed aside 1-0 at Wembley recently and failed to have a single shot on target that evening.
Here’s how Football FanCast expects the Austrian to line up against the Foxes on Friday, with four changes from the side which lost 2-1 against Tottenham Hotspur in their last fixture…
Fraser Forster returns in goal after another less than impressive performance from Alex McCarthy in the defeat against Spurs.
With Ryan Bertrand still sidelined through injury, Hasenhuttl keeps faith in the same back four, with Mohammed Salisu continuing to deputise at left-back.
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There are two changes in midfield, as Ibrahima Diallo comes in for Stuart Armstrong in the centre of midfield to give Southampton some added defensive protection alongside James Ward-Prowse.
Meanwhile, after a poor display against Spurs, Theo Walcott is dropped to the bench, with Liverpool loanee Takumi Minamino replacing him after Hasenhuttl suggested that the £10.8m-rated attacker – hailed as a “machine” by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp – would get more minutes between now and the end of the season.
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Finally, in attack, Nathan Redmond comes in for the injured Danny Ings and he will be hoping to replicate some of his recent performances against Bournemouth and Burnley at St Mary’s on Friday night.
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