Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Southampton
Match Time & Date:
13/05/2023
16:00
Prediction: 1-2
Fulham
Southampton will look to keep their survival hopes alive when they take on Fulham in the Premier League round 36. The Saints are stuck in the middle of the table with only 24 points and given their poor form, home win should not be considered. Armel Bella-Kotchap limped off with injury in a 4-3 loss to Nottingham Forest, with Lyanco likely to step up. All Perraud, Salisu, Larios, and Livramento remain in the recovery room.
The Cottagers, on the other hand, aim to build on a thrilling 5-3 win over Leicester City. Considering that top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic is back from suspension, we predict that the visitors are going to pick up all three points from the match. Tim Ream and Andreas Pereira should miss out with injuries for the visiting side. In the first half of the season Fulham defeated Southampton 2-1.
Highlighted Player (Theo Walcott):
Theo James Walcott is an English football player with roots from Jamaica born on 16th of March 1989 in London. Walcott started his football career for AFC Newbury and after scoring over 100 goals in his first season Southampton signed the young Walcott. After 2 seasons playing for the Saints scoring 4 goals in 21games Arsenal transferred Walcott to London for approximately 12 million GBP where he signed a 1 million GBP per year contract by the age of 17.
Walcott is known for being a very fast right-winger but is able to play as a striker as well. Walcott can be used very effectively to set up a counter attack but is the type of offensive player that is very dependant on the rest of the team.
Despite his young age Walcott made his debut for the English national team in May 2006 and played for over 40 games in the national team already. One of Walcott’s biggest weaknesses are his height (only 173cm) and the fact he get’s injured very quickly. Walcott won the FA Cup in 2013/2014 and 2014/15 with Arsenal and the Community Shield in 2015. During the World Cup in 2014 Walcott was injured.
Highlighted Team (Fulham):
Fulham are a club from London that play in the Premier League. The capital club dropped to the English second tier at the end of the 2013/2014 Premier League campaign after failing to impress in the elite competition, but managed to return in season 2018/2019.
Fulham were founded in 1879 and they play their home matches at Craven Cottage. Fulham are the oldest-established club from the English capital to have played in the top flight.
Fulham finished the 2008/2009 Premier League campaign in seventh place in the standings and that is considered the team’s biggest success, speaking of their participation in the Premier League.
The Cottagers played in the Europa League twice and they did well to reach the FA Cup final in 1975, but they were beaten by their local rivals West Ham United in the title game (0-2). Chelsea are regarded as Fulham’s bitter rivals as well and the two teams take on each other in the North London derby.
