Our prediction for this Championship match:
Buoyed by a hard-fought 2-1 win over Middlesbrough, Bristol City will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they face Southampton in the Championship round 32. The Robins quickly bounced back from the FA Cup defeat, with the team regaining a much-needed confidence, but they need to keep on improving their game if they are to climb to the playoffs berth. Barring any fresh injury worries, Liam Manning is unlikely to make changes to the team that defeated the Boro at the weekend.
The Saints, on the other hand, are eyeing their fifth consecutive league win. As third-place Leeds United are breathing down their neck, the midweek game is of big importance for the visiting team. Southampton are more of a team than Bristol City and we predict that they are going to showcase their worth on the field. All Juan Larios, Ross Stewart, and James Bree continue to miss out with injuries, while this game comes too early for Nigeria international Joe Aribo.
Highlighted Player (Nahki Wells):
Born on June 1, 1990 in Hamilton, Bermuda, Nahki Wells is a 170-cm-tall attacker who plays for the Bermuda national team. Wells is a product of Dandy Town Hornets youth academy and he continued playing for the Bermudan side at senior level.
The experienced striker played for the likes of Bermuda Hogges, Eccleshill United and Carlisle United before joining Bradford City in 2011. After spending three seasons at Valley Parade, Nahki Wells signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Huddersfield Town in the winter of 2014. In 2017 he moved to Burnley, but he played for Queens Park Rangers as a loan footballer in the 2018/2019 season.
Speaking of his international career, Wells made his debut for the Bermuda national team in 2007. He scored his first ever goal for Bermuda in the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago. The Burnley man will represent the Gombey Warriors at the 2019 Gold Cup.
Highlighted Team (Southampton):
Southampton are an English football club that have been playing their home games at St Mary's Stadium since 2001. The Saints were based at The Dell in the past and the capacity of Southampton’s new stadium is 32,505. Southampton wear red and white striped shirts and the colour of the team’s away kit is navy and green.
The Saints have yet to win the Premier League trophy, but they did well to clinch the FA Cup title back in 1976, while participating in the final of the prestigious competition in 1900, 1902 and 2003. Southampton outplayed Manchester United in the 1976 FA Cup final and that is probably the club’s greatest victory ever.
The club are well known for their football academy and Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale is one of the players who began their football carrier at the St. Mary’s Stadium outfit. Southampton’s fiercest rivals are Portsmouth and the two teams square off against each other in the South Coast Derby.