Southampton welcome Fulham to St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon needing just one point to avoid becoming the worst-ever team in English top-flight history.
Indeed, the Saints are tied on 11 points with the Derby side from the 2007/08 season, but only have five games left to play this campaign starting with the visit of the Cottagers. Southampton have picked up two points from their last four games, but are winless in 10 as they remain rooted to the foot of the table.
Fulham have only picked up one more point from their previous four matches, and have lost four of their last five in all competitions. They last won away from home in the league in February, and stand in ninth place with hopes of qualifying for Europe slowly fading.
The West Londoners are unbeaten in three previous H2Hs though, but were held to a disappointing 0-0 draw at Craven Cottage in the reverse fixture. Nonetheless, they will still be favourites to take home all three points against the bottom side.
How the bookies view it: Fulham odds-on favourites
BoyleSports have made Fulham 8/13 odds-on favourites to win away from home, while a draw is priced at 14/5 and a Southampton victory at 15/4 with the same bookmaker.
Recent head-to-head: Bore draw in London
As mentioned, both teams played out a 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture just before Christmas. Only four yellow cards were dished out too in what was a pretty tame affair, with Flynn Downes receiving one of them.
The midfielder has picked up 10 bookings in total, one of the highest amounts in the league, and is priced at a tempting 7/4 with BoyleSports to be carded again at St. Mary's.
Players to watch: Is Raul Jim?
Lesley Ugochukwu scored a late equaliser for Southampton in their 1-1 draw at West Ham last time out, and so the midfielder will be heading into this match with confidence.
Raul Jimenez should lead the line in place of the injured Rodrigo Muniz, and he has only scored more goals against West Ham in his career than Southampton (five). Back him to net against the Saints again at 5/4 with BoyleSports.
Predicted lineups
This game will come too soon for Albert Gronbaek, who is still recovering from injury, while Charlie Taylor will also be missing for Southampton.
Muniz has been ruled out with injury in a blow for Fulham, but Harry Wilson is pushing to start after coming off the bench in their 2-1 defeat at home to Chelsea last time out.
Southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning, Fernandes, Dibling, Archer.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Sessegnon, Pereira, Iwobi, Jimenez.
Anything else catch the eye?
The last three H2Hs, including the 0-0 draw in December, have seen a maximum of three goals scored in total, suggesting that this could be another low-scoring affair. BoyleSports are offering a price of 21/20 for Under 2.5 total goals, which seems decent value.
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