Southampton vs Fulham Analysis and Prediction: A Strike to the Home Team's Heart

Latest Southampton vs Fulham team news

Southampton's Albert Gronbaek is recovering from an Achilles tendon injury, but it's probably too early for him to return for this weekend's game. Charlie Taylor remains sidelined with a hip injury.

The central defensive trio of Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, and Jack Stephens are likely to continue in the starting lineup, with Kyle Walker-Peters and Ryan Manning playing on the flanks. Ugochukwu and Flynn Downes will take charge of midfield.

Coach Rusk may make a few changes to the attacking line-up, as players like Tyler Dibling and Cameron Archer are impressing and ready to replace Mateus Fernandes, Kamaldeen Sulemana, or Paul Onuachu.

On the Fulham side, Reiss Nelson is still recovering from a hamstring injury, while Rodrigo Muniz (muscle injury) and Emile Smith Rowe (minor injury) will be assessed for fitness before the match, after missing the clash with Chelsea.

Harry Wilson has recovered from a foot injury and came on as a substitute against Chelsea after nearly three months out. He could feature this weekend, but manager Silva is likely to still rely on Ryan Sessegnon and Alex Iwobi on the wings.

Iwobi is having his best Premier League goalscoring season with nine goals – including one last weekend – while Raul Jimenez leads the team's scoring charts with 12 goals and would be the first-choice option if Muniz is unavailable.

The four-man defense consisting of Kenny Tete, Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey, and Antonee Robinson are likely to continue in the starting lineup, although Timothy Castagne and Jorge Cuenca are also fiercely competing for playing time.

Latest predicted lineups for Southampton vs Fulham

Southampton:
Ramsdale; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning; Fernandes, Dibling; Archer

Fulham:
Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Berge; Sessegnon, Pereira, Iwobi; Jimenez

Latest football match prediction: Southampton vs Fulham

Southampton were officially relegated earlier than any other Premier League club in history two weeks ago, but their 1-1 draw against West Ham last weekend helped them avoid the grim record of the lowest points total in a season – now equal to Derby County's 11 points in the 2007-08 season.

Southampton looked set to suffer their 27th Premier League defeat of the season, until Lesley Ugochukwu scored the equalizer in the 90+3 minute after Jarrod Bowen had opened the scoring for West Ham. This was also their sixth away point – one more than they had earned at St Mary's.

With their Championship season already secured in 2025–26, Southampton are now playing for pride. However, they still have a chance – albeit a slim one – to escape bottom of the table, currently seven points behind 19th-placed Leicester City. Notably, the two teams will face each other early next month.

Simon Rusk has been in charge of Southampton for two games since Ivan Juric's departure on April 7th. This is also his second time in charge on an interim basis since Russell Martin was sacked in December, with one of those games being a 0-0 draw against Fulham – one of only two clean sheets this season.

Nevertheless, Southampton have conceded 78 goals in the Premier League this season – just two goals short of the club's all-time record (80 goals in 1971–72). They are now trying to avoid becoming only the fourth team in the league's history to lose at least 14 home games in a single season, after Sunderland (14 games in 2002–03 and 2005–06), Huddersfield (14 games in 2018–19) and Watford (15 games in 2021–22).

Fulham's ambitions of securing European qualification have suffered a major blow in recent weeks, as they have lost four of their last six Premier League matches, most recently suffering 0-1 defeats to Bournemouth and 1-2 to Chelsea – two direct rivals.

Fulham looked poised to win their West London derby against Chelsea last weekend, but conceded two goals in the 83rd and 90+3 minutes, suffering their 11th defeat of the season. Manager Marco Silva described the result as "very harsh" for his team, but also admitted they were "punished" for their poor performance in the second half.

Currently, Fulham are ninth in the table, one point behind Bournemouth (eighth) and nine points behind the top seven with five games remaining. Therefore, the chance of securing a place in next season's Conference League is still there, but it won't be easy.

Fulham went into the match against Southampton with a record of two wins in their last three Premier League encounters – the same number of wins they had in their previous 11 meetings (five draws, four defeats).

However, Marco Silva's side have lost their last three away games in the Premier League – the same number of defeats they suffered in their previous 16 away games (8 wins, 5 draws). Two of those three recent defeats came in the South of England, against Brighton (1-2) and Bournemouth (0-1).

Latest Southampton vs Fulham score prediction

Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Southampton vs Fulhamas follows:

• Sportsmole:Southampton 0-1 Fulham

• WhoScore:Southampton 0-2 Fulham
• Our newspaper predicts:Southampton 0-2 Fulham

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