On Sep 3rd, Wolverhampton Wanderers will play host to Southampton 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 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. Wolverhampton Wanderers is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Newcastle United. Rúben Neves scored the first goal for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 38th minute, but Allan Saint-Maximin got the equalizer for Newcastle United in the 90th minute earning them at least the one point. Wolverhampton Wanderers looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Southampton, recorded a 2-1 win against Chelsea. Raheem Sterling struck first for Chelsea in the 23rd minute, then Roméo Lavia tied it up for Southampton in the 28th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 46th minute on a goal by Adam Armstrong to cap off a wild match. Southampton is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Feb 11th, Wolverhampton Wanderers hosted Southampton in their last match together. Southampton took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Danny Ings struck first for Southampton in the 49th minute, then Stuart Armstrong added another in the 90th minute on a feed from Nathan Tella In the end, Wolverhampton Wanderers was frustrated by Southampton’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Southampton ended the match with the shutout victory.
Che Adams has been the most prolific scorer on Southampton in his last 5 matches with two goals. Hee Chan Hwang and Daniel Podence are the top scorers for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Wolverhampton Wanderers will be without João Moutinho and Raúl Jiménez, while Southampton will be without Theo Walcott and Valentino Livramento.