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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kick-off: 1500, 31/12/2022
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Fulham must be delighted to be in the top half of the Premier League table and have another good opportunity to pick up points when entertaining Southampton.
Saints are rock bottom following four straight defeats in this competition and look short on confidence as a result.
Punters can get Evens for them to lose for the seventh time in nine away games and that is our first Fulham vs Southampton prediction.
Fulham benefited from Crystal Palace having Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins sent off on Boxing Day but took full advantage to win 3-0 at Selhurst Park.
Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic laid on goals for Bobby Decordova-Reid and Tim Ream before scoring his 10th of the campaign 10 minutes from time.
“We had a plan and the players stuck really well to it,” commented Cottagers boss Marco Silva. “We were brave from the first minute.
“We knew they had won their last three matches at home and if you don’t press them from the first minute with good organisation and be aggressive, it will be tough.
“The plan went really well and the players understood. Until the first goal, we were clearly the best team on the pitch and after the red card we showed the maturity we have to, to play at this level.”
Mitrovic will always be the main man up front for Fulham when fit, but Decordova-Reid is having a really solid campaign with four league strikes.
Looking at the Fulham vs Southampton odds, he is fairly priced at 4/1 to hit the back of the net again here.
Last Fulham line-up: Leno, Tete, Ream, Diop, Robinson, Reed, Decordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian, Palhinha, Mitrovic.
Mitrovic will lead the line again despite still not being 100 per cent following a foot injury. Neeskens Kebano (Achilles) and Manor Solomon (knee) are long-term absentees.
New Southampton boss Nathan Jones saw just how tough a job he has taken on when going down 3-1 at home to Brighton on Boxing Day.
Saints were jeered off at the end of each half after falling 3-0 behind inside an hour and only claiming a James Ward-Prowse consolation goal in response.
They are now facing a critical spell of the season, with this trip followed by games against fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest, Everton and Wolves, plus Aston Villa and Brentford, during the next two months.
Ward-Prowse told the club website: “First game after the restart and we saw it as a good opportunity to be on the front foot and give everybody something to be excited about.
“I think we failed to implement the manager’s messages and that’s disappointing.
“This time of year gives you the opportunity to turn bad results around very quickly and it’s a definitive period of the season for us.
“There’s a lot of winnable games coming up but that’s down to us and it starts on the training pitch with the work we’re going to do with the manager.”
Saints do still have plenty of time to get out of trouble but can’t afford to keep on giving away sloppy goals.
Let’s add 15/2 for a 2-1 home win at Craven Cottage to our Fulham vs Southampton betting tips.
Last Saints line-up: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Lyanco, Perraud, Salisu, Ward-Prowse, Djenepo, Edozie, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Adams.
Southampton will continue to monitor the fitness of midfielder Romeo Lavia following his recovery from a hamstring injury, while goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (ankle) and forward Theo Walcott (calf) will be assessed. Defender Tino Livramento (knee) remains out.
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