Intro and Team News
IBO Reporter - channonite
Intro
|For the second time this season a Dean Smith side comes to St.Mary's for a Premier League match. Back on the 7 November last year he was in charge of Aston Villa, who Saints defeated 1-0 and two days later Villa parted company with their manager. Now Smith is in charge of a struggling Norwich side.
Saints themselves are a different proposition to the side Smith saw back then and prior to kick-off, Hasenhuttl expressed the view that positive results against clubs near the top of the table had instilled confidence in his team. Indeed, they come into this match with just one defeat from the last 12 in all competitions and not having lost at home since September.
Team News
|The only changes fom the team that faced Manchester United at Old Trafford were Livramento returning to the side at right back, Walker-Peters moving across to left back, with Perraud dropping to the bench.
What. A. Strike. Oriol!
Southampton
- 44 Forster
- 21 Livramento
- 35 Bednarek
- 22 Salisu - Booked 39'
- 2 Walker-Peters
- 17 S Armstrong (Djenepo 90'+2)
- 8 Ward-Prowse
- 6 Romeu
- 24 Elyounoussi
- 10 Adams (Long 83')
- 18 Broja (Stephens 81')
Substitutes
- 5 Stephens
- 7 Long
- 9 A Armstrong
- 15 Perraud
- 19 Djenepo
- 27 Diallo
- 32 Walcott
- 41 Lewis
- 43 Valery
Norwich
- 28 Gunn
- 2 Aarons
- 5 Hanley
- 4 Gibson
- 21 Williams - Booked 90'
- 16 Normann (Rupp 72')
- 24 Sargent
- 8 Gilmour (Dowell 81')
- 23 McLean
- 17 Rashica (Lees-Melou 72')
- 22 Pukki - Booked 59'
Substitutes
- 1 Krul
- 3 Byram
- 6 Zimmermann
- 7 Rupp
- 10 Dowell
- 11 Placheta
- 20 Lees-Melou
- 30 Giannoulis
- 46 Rowe
