The final match of the weekend in the English Premier League takes place on Monday night and is between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton.
The game will be played at Molineux Stadium with the hosts beginning the weekend in 9th place on 13 points while the visitors are in 4th place on 16 points.
Worth the wait, right @SaintSkipper5? 😅A first #SaintsFC goal for Claus Lundekvam came against #Wolves in 2004: pic.twitter.com/AgU9yjdGtS— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) November 20, 2020
Worth the wait, right @SaintSkipper5? 😅A first #SaintsFC goal for Claus Lundekvam came against #Wolves in 2004: pic.twitter.com/AgU9yjdGtS
Wolverhampton Wanderers come into the game having suffered a 1-0 defeat at Leicester City prior to the international break. Wolves fell a goal behind after 15 minutes and could not find the equalising goal in the time that remained.
That defeat ended a 4 match unbeaten run, during which Wolves defeated Fulham and Crystal Palace at home, plus Leeds United away in the Premier League. There was also a 1-1 draw at home against Newcastle United, a game Wolves will believe they should have won.
Trends show Wolves have been difficult to beat at home in recent Premier League games and they are undefeated in 9 of their last 11 matches.
In their last 15 home matches in all competitions, Wolves have kept a clean sheet on 10 occasions but may find it tough to keep out the Southampton attack.
Wolves have managed to find the back of the net in each of their last 6 home Premier League games. In 3 of those matches Wolves have scored 2 or more goals and they will be hoping for more of the same in this fixture.
Southampton have been on an excellent run of form that has seen them win each of their last 3 Premier League games. Their most recent fixture came at home against Newcastle United and Southampton came out on top, winning the match 2-0.
Prior to that result, Southampton picked up maximum points at Aston Villa having taken a 4 goal lead before conceding late goals to win the match 4-3.
There is no doubt Southampton are an entertaining team to watch and they have scored 2 or more goals in each of their last 5 Premier League games. Southampton have lost only 1 of their last 9 away matches in the Premier League and have scored 2 or more goals in 4 of their last 6 on the road.
Looking ahead to the team news and Wolves will be without the injured Jonny Otto. They also have doubts over central defender Conor Coady who is self-isolating and wing-back Rayan Ait Nouri who has a muscle injury.
Southampton travel without striker Danny Ings who has a knee injury. They also have doubts over the fitness of several players including Theo Walcott, Jamie Ward-Prowse, Ryan Bertrand, and William Smallbone.
Wolves are a team who like to keep things tight in games but that may prove difficult against a Southampton team who have been playing attacking football this season.
Therefore, we could see both teams find the back of the net and over 2.5 goals scored in this match. Considering their current form, Southampton are the team that could come out on top.