Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Southampton vs Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.

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Moussa Djenepo remains a doubt for Southampton's Premier League home clash against Crystal Palace. The Mali forward missed the 2-0 Boxing Day win at Chelsea with a hamstring strain and could yet be sidelined for Saturday's St Mary's clash too.

Defender Yan Valery (infection) and striker Shane Long (knee) could also miss out, while boss Ralph Hasenhuttl may well shuffle his line-up to combat the fixture pile-up.

Crystal Palace will be without Patrick van Aanholt for the trip to the south coast. The left-back was forced off during the 2-1 win over West Ham with another hamstring injury and will now await a scan to reveal the full extent of the issue.

Forward Christian Benteke was also absent with a muscle strain and joins Joel Ward (knee), Scott Dann (calf), Gary Cahill (knee), Jeffrey Schlupp (hip), Andros Townsend (groin) on the treatment table.

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• Southampton have won 60 per cent of their Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (12/20), their highest win rate against an opponent they've faced at least 10 times in the competition.
• Having lost seven of their first eight away Premier League games against Southampton, Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last two top-flight visits to St Mary's (W1 D1).
• Southampton haven't won their last league game in a calendar year since 2010 (4-1 vs Huddersfield in League One), drawing three and losing five since. Their last such victory as a Premier League side was back in 2002 (2-1 vs Sunderland).
• Crystal Palace haven't won their last league game in a calendar year since 2011 (1-0 vs Millwall in the Championship), drawing five and losing two since. Their only such victory in the Premier League was in 1992 against Middlesbrough.
• Southampton have won two of their last three Premier League home games (L1), having failed to win any of their previous eight at St Mary's (D3 L5).

Charlie's prediction

Southampton have been excellent away from home but not so good at St Mary's. They find it hard to break down the teams that sit in, whereas Crystal Palace will be suited to playing on the counter-attack.

Southampton have to be in high confidence. The fact they left Danny Ings on the bench against Chelsea tells you it is going to plan at the moment. There is still a lot of work to be done but it is the reality of where they are.

It has been a fine season for Palace; it was a massive, late win against West Ham, with Jordan Ayew scoring a fantastic goal to clinch all three points.

They sometimes focus more on being awkward to break down rather than going out to win football matches. If they do at St. Mary's, I see them getting a point.

CHARLIE PREDICTS: 1-1 (5/1 with Sky Bet)

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