Southampton’s streak of victories was increased to
Southampton has now played 25 games without a loss, 22 of which have been in the Championship.
Despite suffering injuries in the most recent game, Flynn Downes and Che Adams should be ready for the next one.
The starting lineup for Southampton’s next matchup with Bristol City is expected to include Kyle Walker-Peters in defense and Gavin Bazunu in goal.
In a remarkable match at St Mary’s on Saturday afternoon against Huddersfield Town, Southampton maintained their amazing run of Championship form.
Russell Martin’s team had incredible fortitude to overcome deficits of 2-0 at halftime and 3-2 with ten minutes remaining, ultimately winning 5-3 on the South Coast.
As they presently sit in second place, this extends their club-record undefeated streak to 25 games across all competitions, 22 of which have come in the second division.
Table of Champions (as of February 12th)
group
P
GD
Points
1.
Leicester City
31
42
75
2
Southampton
30
25
64
3.
Leeds United
31
29
63
4
Town of Ipswich
30
15
60
5.
Bronx
30
14
49
Six
City of Coventry
31
Thirteen
47
7.
Sunshine
The Saints’ next match is at Ashton Gate against Liam Manning’s Bristol City team, who defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 on Saturday. Kyle Walker-Peters’ goal in the 47th minute gave Southampton a 1-0 victory in the rematch on November 29.
In spite of the excitement surrounding the incredible comeback, there were two injuries from the game that might change Tuesday night’s roster in the West Country.
After Flynn Downes was removed on 33 minutes, Joe Rothwell, who ended up scoring two goals, took his place. In an additional potentially confusing move, Martin told the Daily Echo that he had a calf injury just before halftime, when Che Adams was brought on in place of David Brooks in a tactical substitution.
“We’ll have to evaluate Flynn and find out. Right now, we have a really demanding timetable,” Martin said.
“Che didn’t go off injured,” he continued. He was given a knock, but he might have continued. I simply thought we needed a winger on that side of the field to counter the back five, not knowing about his injuries.
“Yes, he did receive a knock, though. I only found out later, but they’re quite optimistic that he will be alright for
After a rocky start to the season, the Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper has emerged as one of the division’s more outstanding players. He will stay in goal.
The victory over Tuesday’s opponents in November, as indicated before, also served as the catalyst for a run of five consecutive clean sheets from the next seven games. Bazunu, who gave up three goals against the Terriers on Saturday, will be looking for more of the same.
On Tuesday night, Kyle Walker-Peters, who is perhaps Southampton’s player of the season, will keep up his streak of playing every minute of every Championship match.
Since he’s only been dribbled past 0.4 times in 90 minutes, Bristol City will be very aware of his attacking potential, having scored one of his two goals so far this season against the same opponents.
Next up is the first half of a defensive pairing that had a rough game against Huddersfield, but that match doesn’t take away from how excellent the Manchester City loanee has been in this system lately.
His prior promotion experience with Burnley will be helpful going forward as they contend with Leeds and Ipswich for the second position.
Jan Bednarek
, CB
In Southampton’s previous nine Championship games, they have allowed only six goals, and Bednarek has been equally as good over this stretch.
The Polish international demonstrated his aerial danger from set plays on February 2nd as they defeated Rotherham United 2-0 on their most recent away game.
Like his opposite wing partner Walker-Peters, Manning has been a very reliable player for his former Swansea City manager.
Even though he didn’t reach his xA total of 4.44, this shows how much this system depends on the full-backs’ athletic ability to use wide space as a space to create several opportunities.
Despite his two-goal cameo on Saturday, Rothwell is an enforced change, making this this side’s first of two lineup alterations.
His first goal, which came from an xGOT total of just 0.65, is maybe the finest volley you’ll see all season. He scored his second goal just one minute later.