Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo main Watford threat, warns Ronald Koeman

Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is expecting a tough evening against Watford on Wednesday night, picking out the partnership of Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo as their main threat.

Saints have lost eight of their last 10 matches in all competitions but Koeman is confident his team will turn their faltering season around soon.

Captain Deeney, who has scored six times this season, and leading scorer Ighalo, who has 13 to his name, have been in sparkling form for Watford, who have confounded expectations this season and lie in ninth place in the Premier League, four places above Wednesday's hosts.

"It's a team playing out of very good organisation and they have the spirit and the confidence in every match that they can win," said the Dutchman.

"They have two in front full of confidence, one (Troy Deeney) is working very hard for Odion Ighalo so that he can be the man scoring goals and that is difficult."

Koeman admits his side, bundled out of the FA Cup by Crystal Palace last Saturday, are currently low on confidence, while injuries have also taken their toll.

"We have had some injuries to key players but that's about the tough winter time, you have to play a lot," he said.

"The players don't get a lot of freshness because they play so much and out of that you have to make more changes on the team and sometimes that's difficult.

"When you have no confidence and you have got six or seven defeats like we have had it makes it more difficult. It's not that we are playing badly we are still playing good but not good enough."

He added: "The confidence dropped a little but about the last few results. It's an important week - Watford at home and West Brom at home.

"You like to win and you know the Premier League is a tough competition and sometimes difficult to explain, more chances than our opponents, more possession than our opponents and finally we lose the game and that is sometimes difficult.

"I have total confidence in the players that we will turn around but we have to realise that they are very important to the rest of the season."