Sunday, at 13:30, Southampton receives Burnley’s visit in the Premier League first round, and specialists recommend a victory for the “saints” at an attractive rate. Sean Dyche, Burnley’s manager, has great trouble with injuries.
Burnley comes to this game after an exhausting duel in the UEFA Europa League preliminaries, and 6 players are injured anyway and have no chances to be recovered at maximum capacity: midfielder Defour, Brady and Lennon, striker Wood and Ward defender, plus porters Pope and Heaton! The title holder will be Joe Hart, recently transferred to Turf Moor.
Burnley has not lost 3 duels with Southampton!
Southampton has no bothering problems and only Yoshida is uncertain, and salvation from relegation last season will have a vitalizing effect for “saints”. Mark Hughes is an experienced manager and knows how to get the most out of his lot, especially as the southern claims are not very ambitious this season. Southampton has not defeated Burnley for 3 straight matches and has the perfect opportunity to adjust the accounts with the Turf Moor band. The last three games brought two “The Clarets” wins, a 1-0 score in both disputes, and a 1-1 draw.
Southampton has played friendly solids and has raised the level of relative play, showing good in the games with Jiangsu (3-2), Dijon (2-0) and Celta Vigo (3-2). He lost with Monchengladbach and Derby when he made experiments in the first 11, but the team did not look bad and, having the advantage of freshness, the hosts can win Sunday. Burnley will make a defensive play, based on the counterattack.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS
Southampton: McCarthy – Targett, Hoedt, Vestergaard, Bednarek, Bertrand – Redmond, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Ward-Prowse – Austin
Burnley: Hart – Lowton, Long, Tarkowski, Ward – O’Neill, Westwood, Cork, Gudmundsson – Hendrick – Vokes
PREDICTION: Southampton to win @ 1.87
