On Sun Nov 6th, in week 15, Southampton hosts Newcastle United in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Southampton recorded a 0-1 loss against Crystal Palace. Odsonne Édouard struck first for Crystal Palace in the 38th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Southampton couldn’t muster any offence and Crystal Palace ran away with the shutout win. Southampton looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Newcastle United recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Aston Villa. Callum Wilson struck first for Newcastle United in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick, then Callum Wilson added another in the 56th minute In the end, Aston Villa was frustrated by Newcastle United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Newcastle United ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Newcastle United should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Newcastle United won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Miguel Almirón has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Newcastle United. Southampton is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Romain Perraud and Che Adams each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Kyle Walker-Peters and Valentino Livramento are unavailable to play for Southampton, while Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United squad will be without Allan Saint-Maximin, Matt Ritchie, Alexander Isak, Emil Krafth, Paul Dummett and Karl Darlow.