In this week 29 match on Mar 13th, Southampton will host Watford in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Southampton recorded a 0-4 loss against Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins struck first for Aston Villa in the 9th minute, then Douglas Luiz added another in the 44th minute In the end, Southampton was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Southampton should be reasonably happy with their performance, while watford sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Arsenal. Martin Ødegaard scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 5th minute, then Cucho Hernández got the equalizer for Watford in the 11th minute on a feed from Kiko Femenía , but luckily for Arsenal it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 30th of October, Southampton was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 21000 dissapointed spectators. Che Adams struck first for Southampton in the 20th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Watford couldn’t muster any offence and Southampton ran away with the shutout win.
Moussa Sissoko has been the most prolific scorer on Watford in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Southampton’s most prolific scorer has been Che Adams. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Ralph Hasenhüttl’s squad will be without Alex McCarthy, while Watford will be without Ismaila Sarr.