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Burnley vs Southampton team news: Saints looking strongest by far

By Marc Walker

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Nathan Redmond of Southampton looks on during the Carabao Cup Second Round match between Southampton FC and Brentford FC at St. Mary's Stadium on September 16, 2020 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Nathan Redmond of Southampton looks on during the Carabao Cup Second Round match between Southampton FC and Brentford FC at St. Mary's Stadium on September 16, 2020 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images) /
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Southampton will be hoping to get their season going when they make the trip to Turf Moor to face Burnley this evening.

Three losses in League and Cup so far in 2020/21 have seen Saints struggle to reach the levels of performance that they were putting in at the end of the last campaign.

Now a trip to face Sean Dyche’s Clarets provides an, albeit tricky, opportunity to put things right.

Saints’ record at Turf Moor is not a good one – they have not won there since 2007 and have a very inconsistent past against an opponent they often find hard to get the better of.

Southampton’s Scottish midfielder Stuart Armstrong (L) vies with Burnley’s English defender Charlie Taylor (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Southampton’s Scottish midfielder Stuart Armstrong (L) vies with Burnley’s English defender Charlie Taylor (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /

However, team news ahead of today’s meeting suggests that Saints have the ideal chance to claim three points this time around.

Burnley could be without up to seven first-team regulars as their early-season injury list continues to grow.

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Ben Mee, Jack Cork, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Ashley Barnes and Jay Rodriguez are all set to remain on the sidelines for this game, with Sean Dyche potentially pinning his hopes on two players passing late fitness tests.

James Tarkowski and Robbie Brady have a good chance of being available for the hosts and provide a boost should they be able to start this evening.

In contrast, Saints have just one injured player that they will not be able to call upon.

Nathan Redmond picked up an ankle injury in the League Cup loss to Brentford and has remained on the treatment table since then. He could return to action in mid-October.

Fitness work will have been on the agenda for Ralph Hasenhuttl and his team this week after their sluggish start to the campaign and they will be hoping to see the benefits at Turf Moor later on.

Predicted Burnley team (4-4-2)

Nick Pope, Phil Bardsley, Kevin Long, James Tarkowski, Charlie Taylor, Ashley Westwood, Josh Brownhill, Robbie Brady, Dwight McNeil, Matej Vydra, Chris Wood

Predicted Saints team (4-2-2-2)

Alex McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Ryan Bertrand, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Stuart Armstrong, Moussa Djenepo, Che Adams, Danny Ings

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