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Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion; Premier League

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Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion. Premier League.

St. Mary's StadiumAttendance29,622.

Southampton 3

  • J Ward-Prowse (5th minute, 35th minute pen)
  • D Tadic (72nd minute)

West Bromwich Albion 0

    Southampton v West Brom preview: Victor Wanyama back from suspension

    Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama
    Image: Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama is back from suspension

    Victor Wanyama is back from suspension as Southampton host West Brom on Saturday at St Mary's.

    The Saints' 2-0 win over Watford in midweek ended a run of three straight defeats in all competitions, while West Brom came from behind twice to secure a late draw at Chelsea.

    The Baggies will be hoping to go a fifth game unbeaten in all competitions for the first time this season.

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    Image: James McClean (left) celebrates his late equaliser against Chelsea for West Brom

    Team news

    Wanyama is back in contention but Ronald Koeman was not giving anything away as to whether he will start.

    The Dutch boss has no fresh injury worries ahead of the game but Gaston Ramirez is still out with a hamstring injury and Florian Gardos remains on the sidelines with a knee problem.

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    Jamie Redknapp joins Ed Chamberlin to preview the Saturday football

    West Brom manager Tony Pulis may make "one or two changes" after monitoring his players' fitness levels in a light training session on Friday.

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    The Baggies stayed in Southampton after their 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Tuesday and Rickie Lambert will be back in contention after missing that game through illness.

    Jonas Olsson will be one of the players Pulis monitors before the game as he has just come back from a hamstring problem and James Morrison will be unavailable after coming off after playing only seven minutes on Tuesday due to a similar injury.

    Tony Pulis manager of West Bromwich Albion applauds prior to the Barclays Premier League match between West Bromwich
    Image: West Brom boss Tony Pulis could make 'one or two changes'

    Opta stats

    West Brom have enjoyed just one win in their last five top-tier meetings with Southampton (D2 L2).

    Southampton have failed to score in six of the last eight Premier League games against the Baggies.

    West Brom have failed to score in five of their last eight Premier League meetings with Southampton.

    Only Aston Villa (68) have had fewer shots on target than the Baggies (69) this season in the Premier League.

    Eight of Shane Long's 10 Premier League goals for Southampton have been scored at St Mary's.

    These two sides have both netted a league-high nine headed goals this season.

    Dusan Tadic has fired in a league-high 100 open-play crosses this season in the Premier League.

    Southampton's Dusan Tadic celebrates scoring his side's second goal
    Image: Dusan Tadic has produced the most open-play crosses in the Premier League

    Merson's prediction

    Who knows what you will get from either Southampton or West Brom?

    Koeman's side recovered with an excellent win against Watford, while West Brom put their strongest team out in the FA Cup against Bristol City at home and draw 2-2, before battling to a hard fought 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge.

    You just can't write it. I'm going to pick Southampton to win with Long scoring first.

    PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1

    Ronald Koeman was pleased with his side's domination over Watford
    Image: Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has no new injury worries

    Betting

    Sky Bet make Southampton 7/10 to follow up their midweek win against Watford by securing another three points at home to West Brom (17/4) with the draw a 13/5 shot. There have been only three goals in the last five meetings so under 2.5 goals looks the obvious bet at 8/13