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But there's far more quality in this Saints side than that Stoke shambles.

In the ultra-unlikely event of us and Swansea ending up equal on points, goal difference and goals scored, there'd be a play-off match according to Prem League rules. I'd hoped it would be decided by head to head results but apparently not

Man City L 3-0 Bournemouth W 1-2 Arsenal D 1-1 Leicester W 2-1 Chelsea L 2-0 Huddersfield W 3-1 Spurs D 1-1 Man Utd L 4-0 Palace W 3-2 Watford L 1-0 14 points

Why should he try to even it up? That was such a definite red

The worst of the rain will be over by the time we kick off but the pitch will have received a real soaking during the afternoon.

Ref's Neil Swarbrick. He reffed our 3-0 Arsenal-style defeat at Palace. And our EFL Cup win over Liverpool at St. Mary's.

Believe it or not, away to a team above us in the table and with more injuries than them, we're favourites on Betfair. Saints 2.62, WBA 3.05

My preferred results: West Brom – Arsenal > Arsenal win Palace – Watford > Palace win Everton – Hull > Hull win Stoke – Chelsea > Chelsea win Sunderland – Burnley > Sunderland win West Ham – Leicester > Draw Bournemouth – Swansea > Draw Middlesbrough – Man Utd > Middlesbrough win Man City – Liverpool > Draw My expected results: West Brom – Arsenal > Arsenal win C Palace – Watford > Palace win Everton – Hull > Everton win Stoke – Chelsea > Chelsea win Sunderland – Burnley > Draw West Ham – Leicester > Draw Bournemouth – Swansea > Bournemouth win Middlesbrough – Man Utd > Man Utd win Man City – Liverpool > City win

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, Fraser Forster, Tom Heaton Defenders: Ryan Bertrand, Gary Cahill, Nathaniel Clyne, Phil Jones, Michael Keane, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling, John Stones, Kyle Walker Midfielders: Dele Alli, Michail Antonio, Ross Barkley, Eric Dier, Adam Lallana, Jesse Lingard, Jake Livermore, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Nathan Redmond, Raheem Sterling, James Ward-Prowse Strikers: Jermain Defoe, Marcus Rashford, Jamie Vardy

They haven't been a Manchester based publication for decades. Very North London now

Where it says "major doubt" in the right-hand column for VvD, it means they really haven't a clue

So what? It's not like politics. The Sky commentary won't affect the result. If we win, the Sky bias will make the victory all the more joyful

Caceres JWP Redmond (Boufal on the bench - not quite fit enough to start)

http://www.101greatgoals.com/news/man-united-fans-fret-key-man-not-spotted-squad-southampton/

Romeu can translate for him.

There won't be a next goal. We win 2-0

Ian Dennis of BBC: "Jay Rodriguez staying put. Sunderland bid rejected, also wanted by WBA"

We'll heard it confirmed first on Twitter -- but by the club

Bookies are the best guide to likely outcomes. Betfair have Spurs at 2.76 (so just favourites), us at 2.98 and draw at 3.3. Most likely result is 1-1 (at 7.0)

Three of the six Sky candidates for goal of the week were from our game. The rest of the Prem must have been really boring last weekend http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10702611/watch-and-vote-for-your-favourite-premier-league-goal-of-the-week

It's the same team with which they beat Beer Sheva

Good preview from the Sparta viewpoint on the OS now: https://southamptonfc.com/news/2016-11-22/inside-track-sparta-praha Prague journo says "Sparta has a lot of problems with injuries. There are now ten players on the injury list, so it’s a really big injury calamity in the team."

Taylor it is

it will mean Stuart Taylor on the bench

In recent memory, it's Martina v Boufal. Cuco's swerve was unbelievable but I'm going for Sofiane because of the initial touch and control he achieved