Two home games in the league since the World Cup break have not seen the Palace hit the back of the net, but conceding seven goals, so this cup tie gives the players and staff to put things right ahead of this winnable fixture.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 30pm
- 7th January 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last time Southampton were in town was back in October when a goal from Odsonne Edouard right before the break was enough to seal the points for the Eagles.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Vicente Guaita (7.8)
OFFICIALS
- Referee: Darren Bond
- Assistant Referees: Dan Cook & James Mainwaring
- Fourth Official: John Busby
- VAR: Craig Pawson
- AVAR: Lee Betts
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson are not expected to feature while Tyrick Mitchell continues his suspension.
SAINTS – Valentino Livramento, Juan Larios, Theo Walcott and Armel Bella-Kotchap are all expected to miss out wile Alex McCarthy is a doubt.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Cheick Doucoure (5), Marc Guehi (5)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 29/10/22 Palace 1-0 Saints
- 30/04/22 Saints 1-2 Palace
- 15/12/21 Palace 2-2 Saints
- 11/05/21 Saints 3-1 Palace
- 12/09/20 Palace 1-0 Saints
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 04/01/23 Palace 0-4 Spurs
- 31/12/22 Bournemouth 0-2 Palace
- 26/12/22 Palace 0-3 Fulham
- 12/11/22 Forest 1-0 Palace
- 06/11/22 Newcastle 0-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Saints;
- 04/01/23 Saints 0-1 Forest
- 31/12/22 Fulham 2-1 Saints
- 26/12/22 Saints 1-3 Brighton
- 20/12/22 Saints 2-1 Leicester
- 12/11/22 Liverpool 3-1 Saints
RECORD AGAINST SAINTS
- Played 95
- Won 32
- Drawn 19
- Lost 44
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Eberechi Eze 6.94
- Wilfried Zaha 6.94
- James Ward-Prowse 6.90
- Armel Bella-Kotchap 6.69
ONE TO WATCH
JAMES WARD-PROWSE
FORMER CLUBS – East Lodge
Born in Portsmouth, the midfielder continues to be one of the main threats for the Saints particularly with any dead ball situation so Palace must be wary of where they are caught giving away fouls.
KEY CLASH
CHEICK DOUCOURSE v JAMES WARD-PROWSE
These two are likely to go head to head in this FA Cup tie with both in fine form for their respect sides this season.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Palace are 3 games unbeaten at Selhurst Park against the Saints
- The Saints last beat Palace away in January 2020
- Palace are on a 2 game winning streak against the Saints
- The two sides last met in the FA Cup back in January 2016 which Palace won 2-1 at St Mary’s. That was the second consecutive season the sides had met at the FA Cup.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (6 – 15th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (4 – 11th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (1013 – 13th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (40 – 14th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (1247 – 16th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (38 – 16th in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (49 – 12th in PL)
LAST SEASON IN THE FA CUP
Palace were drawn away to local rivals Millwall but managed to come out unscathed after a 2-1 win thanks to goals from Michael Olise and Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Southampton were also drawn away from home as they travelled to South Wales to take on Swansea City. It took extra times but the Saints managed to scrape through 3-2 with goals from Nathan Redmond, Mohamed Elyounoussi and Shane Long.
PREDICTION
It is difficult to predict how each manager will approach this game but it is likely that the bottom of the table visitors will be concentrating on the predicament they now find themselves on the league. Now that we have just come out of the World Cup break it is hardly an opportunity to ‘rest’ players and after the last couple of results at home for Palace, this is a chance to put that right.
FINAL SCORE: 2-0
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 19/20
- Draw – 12/5
- Away – 14/5
- Both teams to score – 4/5
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