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Southampton vs Norwich City. Premier League.

8:00pm, Friday 25th February 2022.

St. Mary's StadiumAttendance31,182.

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C Adams (36th minute)
O Romeu (88th minute)

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Friday 25 February 2022 19:34, UK

Team news, stats, predictions and how to follow the Premier League on Friday as Southampton host Norwich, live on Sky Sports.

Southampton vs Norwich - Friday; kick-off 8pm, live on Sky Sports from 7pm

Southampton will have Romain Perraud back available for the visit of Norwich in the Premier League on Friday.

Full-back Perraud returned a positive Covid test but has returned to training and could return to the matchday squad this week.

Ralph Hasenhuttl remains without Lyanco, Alex McCarthy and Nathan Tella, who are all sidelined.

Norwich will have goalkeeper Tim Krul back in contention following a shoulder injury which has seen the Dutchman miss the past five matches.

Midfielders Jacob Sorensen (knee) and Lukas Rupp (hamstring) are both back in training as they close in on a return to action.

Republic of Ireland striker Adam Idah is set to miss the rest of the season following knee surgery while defender Andrew Omobamidele remains sidelined by a troublesome back issue.

Dean Smith is not expecting anything else other than another stern challenge. Speaking ahead of the game, Smith said: "I would never underestimate the class and quality Southampton have got - and my players won't either.

"Every Premier League game you go into is tough, and this one will be just as the last game was, even though it was against Liverpool."

"We can't concentrate on the table at the moment, we have just got to concentrate on results and on our performances.

"We have got a lot of big games coming up at Carrow Road against teams who are in and around us, so we know we have to win games to draw other teams in," Smith added.

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Jones Knows prediction...

Only five teams have won more points in the last nine games than Southampton and I don't see too many problems here if they continue to play with such dynamism and confidence. It's just a shame the markets are in agreement with only 1/2 with Sky Bet available for a home win.

Dean Smith has been speaking about Norwich's exceptional counter-attacking at Liverpool, praising their 29 total number of final third entries at Anfield. While it's fair to assess his boys played with great enthusiasm and endeavour, that statistic was actually the lowest produced by any visiting team at Anfield this season and only Leicester's 1-0 win over Liverpool saw a team produce fewer final third entries against Jurgen Klopp's men than Norwich managed.

To put it into context Saints managed 63 on their visit there. So, for Smith to be pointing towards that as a reason for hope is a little misleading. I remain fully convinced they'll finish bottom of the Premier League this season, despite the clear improvement in their defensive structure.

I'm having an interest in the attacking performance of Kyle Walker-Peters, should he play down the left. The full-back is given a huge amount of licence to get forward in Ralph Hansenhuttl's system with Mohamed Elyounoussi playing more inwardly in midfield.

That has resulted in Walker-Peters having 14 shots on goal in his 15 appearances when starting at left-back as his tendency to cut in on his right foot opens up the possibilities for digs at goal. Against the worst team in the league, Saints should be dominating for large periods so Walker-Peters stands out in the player shots market.

He's 4/6 with Sky Bet for one, 3/1 for two and even the 11/1 for three shouldn't be ruled out. He's overpriced to score, too, at 22/1 - something he has done in two of his last five games.

SCORE PREDICTION: 2-0 | BETTING ANGLE: Kyle Walker Peters to have one or more shots at goal (4/6 with Sky Bet - Bet Here!)

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Southampton have lost just one of their eight Premier League home games against Norwich (W5 D2), going down 1-0 in January 1994. Saints have won their last three against the Canaries at St Mary's, netting nine goals in these games.
Southampton have lost just once at home in the Premier League this season and are unbeaten in their last nine at St Mary's (W4 D5). They last had a longer unbeaten home run in the top-flight between October 2004 and March 2005 (12 games).
Norwich have had fewer shots on target than any other Premier League side this season (70). Their record of 2.8 shots on target per game is their lowest on record in a single campaign in the competition (since 2004-05).
Southampton's Che Adams has been involved in a goal in each of his last three Premier League games, scoring against Tottenham and Manchester United, and assisting against Everton. He's never registered a goal involvement in four consecutive top-flight appearances before.
Norwich's Milot Rashica became the first Kosovan player to score a Premier League goal in their 3-1 defeat against Liverpool last time out. Only Teemu Pukki (6 goals, 1 assist) has been involved in more league goals for the Canaries this season than Rashica (1 goal, 2 assists).

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