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Five things needed for Southampton’s friendly against Sevilla

By Daniel Hargraves

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: Mauricio Pellegrino, manager of Southampton looks on during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Southampton and FC Augsburg at St Mary's Stadium on August 2, 2017 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: Mauricio Pellegrino, manager of Southampton looks on during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Southampton and FC Augsburg at St Mary's Stadium on August 2, 2017 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images) /
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GOLDACH, SWITZERLAND – JULY 15: Fraser Forster from FC Southampton warm-up before the pre-season friendly between FC Southampton and St. Gallen at Sportanlage Kellen on July 15, 2017 in Goldach, Switzerland. (Photo by Simon Hausberger/Getty Images)
GOLDACH, SWITZERLAND – JULY 15: Fraser Forster from FC Southampton warm-up before the pre-season friendly between FC Southampton and St. Gallen at Sportanlage Kellen on July 15, 2017 in Goldach, Switzerland. (Photo by Simon Hausberger/Getty Images) /

Defend from set-pieces better

Two of Augsburg’s goals were scored directly from set pieces which isn’t good enough. Generally, we aren’t a team well-known to be bad at defending set-pieces but it is such a basic thing that really needs to be resolved quickly.

It could be argued that neither of Jack Stephens or Maya Yoshida are particularly strong in the air, meaning extra time needs to be taken by Pellegrino to assess these issues.

Fraser Forster – who signed a new five-year deal last month – could also do with being a little more consistent after a couple of dodgy performances since summer.