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Everton vs Southampton: Premier League – Opposing fan’s view

By Marc Walker

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: The Everton club crest on the outside of the stadium before the Premier League match between Everton FC and Manchester United at Goodison Park on March 01, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Visionhaus)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: The Everton club crest on the outside of the stadium before the Premier League match between Everton FC and Manchester United at Goodison Park on March 01, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Visionhaus) /
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Jan Bednarek of Southampton competes for a header with Tom Davies of Everton (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
Jan Bednarek of Southampton competes for a header with Tom Davies of Everton (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images) /

Southampton will be looking to take their brilliant recent form to Goodison Park on Thursday when they take on Everton.

Since the Premier League’s restart back in June, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side have three wins from four games and their most recent match on Sunday at St Mary’s saw them defend and press Manchester City superbly to claim a priceless 1-0 victory.

Despite that being arguably their best result of the campaign, Saints have a great record away from home compared to their overall showings on their own turf – the worst home record in the top-flight in 2019/20.

However, football is not just as simple as looking back at records and Everton will provide a significant test to Saints like they have in past meetings.

To get more of an insight into the situation at Goodison Park, we checked in with Matt Townsend and Parth Jhaveri – both Everton fans and site experts at Prince Rupert’s Tower.

Here are their responses to our questions ahead of the game: