Southampton fans may not place much confidence in their front line but according to a new report, they have been tipped to challenge the Championship's most goals figure.
In football, weaknesses don't take longer to be modified into a team's biggest strengths. And for a Southampton team familiar with Premier League and Championship, it's quite unfair to say that their top-flight setbacks will remain their weak points up until next summer.
A simple goals metric from Transfermarkt indicates that they went scoring more than two levels up with mostly the then same striker combinations at hand. With only 26 Premier League goals to show their scoring merits, how much do the present frontmen fancy their second division exploits?
Don't be scared, Saints because a Daily Echo report pinpoints at a terrific scoring tally in the coming set of 46 matchdays. According to it, three attackers may be battling it out for a top five place in the topscorer charts.
Crossing Fulham's milestone can benefit Southampton's future attacking unit
Which asks for a valid question, can Southampton register a Championship scoring record that was rewritten only three campaigns ago. As per EFL Analysis, bettering Fulham's 106 strikes is the ask for Still's men.
It comes well within three goals per game ratio, which can be manageable if as many targetmen are provided the needed service and crosses to their liking. And think about it, that was the last instance of Fulham wearing the label of an unstable and underwhelming bunch of footballers, by Premier League standards.
Later, countless other attackers became a part of the Cottagers and even sister club Goztepe's Romulo was being lined up to go there. Overall, Fulham never ran thin of goalscoring potential from that achievement and Southampton can also be the go to destination for future stat-padding forwards as well.