Southampton vs Crystal Palace: Goodbye to top 4 finish?

Southampton vs Crystal Palace sees two teams whose fortunes have changed in recent times square up for a mouth watering encounter.


Head-to-head

• Southampton have won the last six meetings, only conceding one goal.
• Crystal Palace have never beaten Southampton in the Premier League (D4, L7).
• However, Palace did win at St Mary's in January in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Southampton

• Southampton have only managed one win - and one goal - in five Premier League games.
• They have won just two of their last eight league matches at home (W2, D2, L4).
• It is five hours and four minutes since Southampton last scored a goal at St Mary's.
• Saints have only dropped two points from winning positions this season, the best record in the division.

Crystal Palace

• It's four wins and 13 points from seven games for Palace under Alan Pardew - they had only managed three wins in 20 games before he took charge.
• Pardew has won all five of his away matches in all competitions as Palace manager, including three league games.
• The Eagles have scored 17 goals from set-pieces this season, a league-high tally.
• Palace have earned 15 points from losing positions this season, a record only bettered by Spurs (16). 

Southampton

23 Forster 02 Clyne 06 Fonte 03 Yoshida 21 Bertrand 12 Wanyama 04 Schneiderlin 22 Elia 15 Djuricic 10 Mané 9 Pellè 

Substitutes 01 Davis 05 Gardos 07 Long 08 Davis 11 Tadic 16 Ward-Prowse 17 Alderweireld 

 

Crystal Palace

01 Speroni 02 Ward 06 Dann 27 Delaney 34 Kelly 11 Zaha 28 Ledley 18 McArthur 07 Bolasie 42 Puncheon  

Substitutes03 Mariappa 04 Hangeland 13 Hennessey 23 Ameobi 36 Boateng 38 Gray 40 Souaré 

 

Courtesy BBC Sports