Southampton FC Officially Appoint Ralph Hasenhüttl New Manager

December 5, 2018 By Leave a Comment

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When Southampton FC announced the sacking of manager Mark Hughes on Monday they said their search for his replacement was already underway. On Wednesday, the St. Mary’s announced their new manager, Ralph Hasenhüttl, which shows you that indeed the wheels were very much in motion two days ago.

The south coast club moved very quickly to find their Hughes replacement, signing the man known as “the Alpine Klopp” to a two-and-a-half year deal. Hasenhüttl will take over on Thursday.

Tonight, in the match at Tottenham Hotspur, Assistant Kelvin Davis will serve as the interim manager.

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Tottenham Hotspur Starting XI Prediction vs Southampton FC

December 4, 2018 By Leave a Comment

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Southampton FC caretaker manager Kelvin Davis has a very tough assignment for his first game in charge. He’ll face a fifth place Tottenham Hotspur side that is about as fit as they have been all season. And when the Saints go in to Tottenham lately, it has not gone well for them.

Spurs have claimed victories in eight of the last 10 home matches against the south coast club, with the only losses coming in September of 2003 and May of 2016. In looking at the first team that Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino could select for this match, it’s somewhat straight-forward with few changes expected.

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Tottenham vs Southampton Injury, Unavailable Report: Trippier, Vertonghen, Bertrand, Ings

December 4, 2018 By 1 Comment

Life after Mark Hughes begins for Southampton tomorrow night with a trip to Wembley Stadium and a match against Tottenham Hotspur. The Hughes era was extremely short, as the St. Mary’s continues to play managerial musical chairs. Saints will now be on to their fifth manager in the past 18 months.

In the meantime, they’ll be lead by former club captain Kelvin Davis, who has a very tough assignment right out of the gates. He’ll face a Tottenham team hungry for a result after ending up on the wrong side of a very emotional north London derby at Arsenal on Sunday.

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Mark Hughes Officially Sacked by Southampton FC, Kelvin Davis Named Interim Boss

December 3, 2018 By Leave a Comment

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Southampton FC officially announced the sacking of manager Mark Hughes this afternoon. This announcement comes just six months after the south coast club had granted him a three year extension. Assistants Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki were also let go. Hughes was appointed in March, and he helped guide the Saints to staying up in the Premier League last season.

It took up until the final Sunday of the season, but Hughes was able to make sure the club avoided relegation. He obviously won’t be given the chance to lead them to safety this year, with the club once again currently struggling mightily.

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Manchester United Starting XI Prediction vs Southampton FC

November 29, 2018 By 1 Comment

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Manchester United are off to a very rough start this Premier League season. With only 21 points from a possible 39, manager Jose Mourinho (who for some reason felt the need to remind everyone of his past European accomplishments, unprompted, on Tuesday night) is doing a job, at least thus far, which is among the worst in recent club history.

You can forget about the league title this season, and going forward they need to pick up all the points they can and when they can in order to secure a top four finish. They are playing a team very close to the bottom of the table in Southampton this weekend, and getting anything less than three points from their trip to the south coast would be considered disastrous.

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Man United vs Southampton FC Injury Report: Lindelof, Rojo, Darmian, Ings, Target

November 29, 2018 By 1 Comment

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When Manchester United visit Southampton FC on Saturday, it’ll be a match-up of two teams that really need to get the ball rolling now if they are to realize their goals of this Premier League season. United are seven points off the pace for the top four, but sitting in seventh place, they need to leapfrog a couple teams in order to get back in next season’s UCL qualifying position.

Given their astronomical payroll, finishing outside the top four is way beyond unacceptable. For Southampton, they currently sit in the final relegation position of 18th. They are just one point behind Burnley for safety, but after sweating out the very real prospect of the drop last season up until the very end, they don’t want to experience that anxiety again this season.

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Eden Hazard Says It’s Too Early for Chelsea to Think Premier League Title

October 7, 2018 By Leave a Comment

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Eden Hazard and Chelsea head to the international break on an extremely high note, having routed Southampton 3-0 today. They are level on points with Manchester City and Liverpool atop the Premier League table, but sit sandwiched between the two teams, in second place, due to tiebreaker criteria.

Hazard, who scored again today in the victory, had previously said that he relishes Chelsea’s role as Premier League title dark horses (City and Liverpool are everybody’s favorites to win it all). Now he’s taking a different look at the title race, saying that it is just too early to handicap it.

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Chelsea FC Starting XI Prediction vs Southampton FC

October 4, 2018 By 1 Comment

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Chelsea FC travel to Southampton FC on Sunday looking to stay undefeated on the Premier League season. They are also looking to get back in the win column, having played their last two league matches to a stalemate. They’ll face a Saints side that is looking to move up the table, as they currently reside perilously close to the drop zone.

While Manchester City and Liverpool are the favorites to win the title, don’t count out the Blues as a dark horse contender. At the very least, their chances of a top four finish look great right now.

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Chelsea FC vs Southampton FC Injury Report, Match Preview

October 4, 2018 By Leave a Comment

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Sunday brings a clash that features two sides at opposite ends of the Premier League table as Chelsea FC visit Southampton FC. The Blues come in just two points off the pace for the league lead, and well aware that an opportunity to be level on points with the league leaders could emerge later in the day.

That’s because the only two teams ahead of them, Liverpool and Manchester City, are squaring off later that afternoon at Anfield, and a draw on Merseyside plus a Blues win at the St. Mary’s equals Chelsea at 20 points, tied with the Reds and Sky Blues.

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Premier League Favorites and Underdogs for Top Four, Relegation

September 28, 2018 By Leave a Comment

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By Kasey Weldon

Heading into week seven of the 2018-19 Premier League season, a lot of what has transpired has been expected, but we’ve seen plenty of surprises as well. Manchester City and Liverpool were considered the league title front-runners, and sure enough those are the two teams that currently sit first and second in the table.

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Joel Matip, Xherdan Shaqiri Heroes for Liverpool in Rout over Southampton

September 22, 2018 By Leave a Comment

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Liverpool routed their de facto farm club Southampton 3-0 today and there are heroes aplenty for the Reds. Joel Matip and Xherdan Shaqiri are both top ten trending terms nationally on Twitter right now, due to the big contributions they made to a dominant overall team effort.

The scoring opened when Southampton’s Wesley Hoedt provided an own goal in the 10′. Matip then converted this beauty in the  the 21′. Have a watch below:

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Liverpool FC vs Southampton Injury Report, Match Preview

September 21, 2018 By Leave a Comment

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Liverpool FC and Southampton will clash tomorrow afternoon at Anfield in a Premier League fixture that features two clubs who are very familiar with one another. That’s because of all the transfer business the two sides have done with each other in recent years. Liverpool have bought so many players from the south coast club in recent transfer windows that it’s been a consistent punchline in the football world.

As for the series itself between the two clubs, it’s been good for the Anfield outfit, but not too one-sided. In 38 league meetings, there have been 10 draws, 10 Saints wins and 18 Liverpool victories.

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