Following the exertions in the FA Cup, Palace head into a busy run of games that will see out the campaign after a much needed break, starting with a midweek trip down to the South Coast.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 2 April 2025 – 7.45pm |
| St Mary’s Stadium, Britannia Road, Southampton SO145 5FP |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 15/04/2023 – The last trip to St Mary’s was a positive one for the Eagles as a brace of goals from that man Ebere Eze sealed all three points for the South London side. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Ebere Eze (9.2) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Andy Madley |
| Assistant | Nick Hopton |
| Assistant | Craig Taylor |
| Fourth Official | Tim Robinson |
| VAR | Chris Kavanagh |
| Assistant VAR | Matthew Wilkes |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucoure, Joel Ward all continue to miss out through injury. Chris Richards is a new injury concern with a tight calf so will miss this game. Will Hughes serves the final game of his second ban of the season for accumulation of bookings.
SAINTS – William Smallbone, and James Bree are expected to miss out while Jan Bednarek, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ross Stewart, and Juan Larios are doubts.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – Jack Stephens (2), Daichi Kamada (1), Ryan Fraser (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 5.5) – Will Hughes (10), Flynn Downes (9), Daniel Munoz (7), Marc Guehi (7), Mateus Fernandes (7), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (7) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 29/12/2024 | Palace 2-1 Saints |
| 15/04/2023 | Saints 0-2 Palace |
| 07/01/2023 | Palace 1-2 Saints |
| 29/10/2022 | Palace 1-0 Saints |
| 30/04/2022 | Saints 1-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 29/03/2025 | Fulham 0-3 Palace |
| 08/03/2025 | Palace 1-0 Ipswich |
| 01/03/2025 | Palace 3-1 Millwall |
| 25/02/2025 | Palace 4-1 Villa |
| 22/02/2025 | Fulham 0-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Saints:
| 16/03/2025 | Saints 1-2 Wolves |
| 08/03/2025 | Liverpool 3-1 Saints |
| 02/03/2025 | Chelsea 4-0 Saints |
| 25/02/2025 | Saints 0-4 Brighton |
| 22/02/2025 | Saints 1-3 Bournemouth |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 39 points from 28 games played while Southampton are 20th with 9 points from the same amount of games played.
RECORD AGAINST SAINTS
| Played | 98 |
| Won | 34 |
| Drawn | 19 |
| Lost | 45 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Daniel Munoz | 7.14 |
| Ebere Eze | 7.10 |
| Jan Bednarek | 6.74 |
| Mateus Fernandes | 6.64 |
ONE TO WATCH
| TYLER DIBLING |
| FORMER CLUBS – Axminster Town, Millwey Rise, Exeter City, Chelsea |
| The young midfielder has plenty of suitors looking at picking up the Saints player in the summer as he has shown more than enough that he has something about since he first made his debut for the club August 2023. |
THE NUMBERS
Palace are vying for a fifth consecutive Premier League victory against Southampton.
Saints have lost their past 2 top-flight home games against the Eagles, as many defeats as in their first 21 such meetings (W14, D5).
Palace have not conceded an away goal since Christmas, keeping 7 consecutive clean sheets on the road in all competitions.
They have won 6 successive away games in league and cup for the first time in their history.
Home and away, the Eagles have won 5 fixtures in a row in all competitions, their best run since a similar streak ended in April 2014.
They are vying to win 4 consecutive Premier League matches for the first time since June 2020.
Ismaila Sarr has 4 goals in his last four club games in all competitions, having previously gone 10 appearances without scoring.
KEY CLASH
| ISMAILA SARR v JAN BEDNAREK |
| The attacking midfielder has continued to grow this season under the guidance of Oliver Glasner, and has become an important part of the Palace side. Netting an important second goal in the FA Cup win at the weekend followed by a goal line clearance shows just what he is about. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 12 (10th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE 6 (11th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 1370 (26th) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 93 (2nd) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 1738 (29th) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 83 (6th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 52 (5th) |
| Dispossessed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 37 (23rd) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 79 (8th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 147 (5th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 15 (3rd) |
TEB PREDICTION
After the jubilation of reaching an FA Cup semi final, it will be heads back in the game as the Eagles will be looking to continue their excellent away form against the side struggling at the bottom of the table. That certainly does not mean that it will be an easy ride on the South Coast but the visitors have an opportunity to push on in the remaining league fixtures and finish as high as possible in the Premier League. It will be interesting to see how the team cope with a change at the back for the first time in several games with Chris Richards missing out, and who will replace him.
| PREDICTED SCORE: 2-0 to Palace |
