On Fri Feb 25th, Southampton will host Norwich City at St. Mary’s Stadium in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Southampton recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Everton. Stuart Armstrong struck first for Southampton in the 52nd minute, then Shane Long added another in the 84th minute on a feed from Valentino Livramento In the end, Everton couldn’t muster any offence and Southampton ran away with the shutout win. Southampton is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while norwich City sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Liverpool. Milot Rashica struck first for Norwich City in the 48th minute on a feed from Josh Sargent, then in the 64th minute, Konstantinos Tsimikas sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Sadio Mané But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 67th minute on a goal by Mohamed Salah. Norwich City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Carrow Road, Norwich City won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 27000 jubilant spectators. Che Adams struck first for Southampton in the 4th minute on a feed from Adam Armstrong, then Teemu Pukki tied it up for Norwich City in the 7th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 79th minute on a goal by Grant Hanley to cap off a wild match.
Norwich City’s most prolific scorer has been Josh Sargent. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. For Southampton, their top scorers are Kyle Walker-Peters and Che Adams, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Alex McCarthy and Nathan Redmond are unavailable to play for Southampton, while Jacob Lungi Sorensen, Tim Krul, Lukas Rupp, Adam Idah and Omobamidele are unavailable to play for Norwich City.