The fixture that was original postponed due to FA Cup commitments finally comes around as Palace make the midweek trip down to the South Coast to take on the Saints at St Marys.
DATE
11th May 2021
KICK OFF
8.15pm
VENUE
St Mary’s Stadium, Britannia Road, Southampton SO14 5FP
LAST TIME
Goals from James Tomkins (50) and Danny Ings (74) ensured the points were shared in the last meeting between the two sides back in December 2019.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – James Tomkins (8.7)
OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Madley. Assistants: Eddie Smart, Mark Scholes. Fourth official: John Brooks. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – James Tomkins, James McArthur, Connor Wickham, Nathan Ferguson and Mamadou Sakho are all expected to miss out through injury
SAINTS – Oriol Romeu, Danny Ings, Takumi Minamino, Ryan Bertrand, William Smallbone are all expected to miss out through injury
DISCIPLINARY
RED CARDS – Luka Milivojevic (1), Christian Benteke (1), Jannik Vestergaard (1), Jan Bednarek (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Luka Milivojevic (8), Oriol Romeu (6), James Ward-Prowse (5), Ryan Bertrand (5), Moussa Djenepo (5)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 12/09/2020 Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton
- 21/01/2020 Crystal Palace 0-2 Southampton
- 28/12/2019 Southampton 1-1 Crystal Palace
- 30/01/2019 Southampton 1-1 Crystal Palace
- 01/09/2018 Crystal Palace 0-2 Southampton
Last FIVE results for Palace;
- 08/05/2021 Sheffield United 0-2 Crystal Palace
- 01/05/2021 Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester City
- 26/04/2021 Leicester City 2-1 Crystal Palace
- 10/04/2021 Crystal Palace 1-4 Chelsea
- 05/04/2021 Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace
Last FIVE results for Saints;
- 08/05/2021 Liverpool 2-0 Southampton
- 30/04/2021 Southampton 1-1 Leicester City
- 21/04/2021 Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Southampton
- 18/04/2021 Leicester City 1-0 Southampton
- 12/04/2021 West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Southampton
RECORD AGAINST SAINTS
- Played 91
- Won 30
- Drawn 18
- Lost 43
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- James Ward-Prowse 7.03
- Oriol Romeu 6.97
- Christian Benteke 6.96
- Wilfried Zaha 6.89
ONE TO WATCH
JAMES WARD-PROWSE
FORMER CLUBS – none
This one club midfielder will likely be the main threat in this fixture. Born Portsmouth, Ward-Prowse is closing in on 300 appearances for the club along with 6 full international caps with England as he chases a place in the squad for the European Championships this summer.
KEY CLASH
CHRISTIAN BENTEKE v JANNIK VESTERGAARD
The Belgian striker has been one of the in-form players for Palace during the second half of the season and will relish the battle against the two big Southampton centre backs.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Palace are unbeaten in 3 away games against Southampton
- Southampton have only lost 3 times to Palace in 10 games
- In the last 4 of these fixtures, both teams have managed to score
- Saints have won just 1 of their last 5 games
- Palace come into this game having ended a 3 game losing streak
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (10 – 14th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Eberechi Eze (5)
- PASSES – Luka Milivojevic (1,273)
- TACKLES – Andros Townsend (66)
- TOUCHES – Luka Milivojevic (1,637)
- SHOTS – Christian Benteke (59)
PREDICTION
With Palace mathematically safe and the Saints potentially having the same confirmation before the game, it could be that neither side will have anything to play for which could work either way. Here’s hoping that it will be an entertaining one with Zaha getting one up on his nemesis in this fixture.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1 to Palace
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 11/10
- Draw – 5/2
- Away – 23/10
- Both teams to score – 13/20
RESOURCES
1 comment
Ooh yes! two goals for Wilf, at least one of them as he turns away from a Ward Prowse lunge…and then WP getting sent off for backchatting, cheating, an a late, late tackle on the edge of the penalty area…..sigh, I’m not being foolishly optimistic am I?
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