Southampton will be looking to make it four wins from their last five games in the Championship when travelling to West Bromwich Albion to kickstart November.
In October, the Saints were near flawless, as wins were secured against Portsmouth, West Ham United and Queens Park Rangers. The only non-event of the month was the 0-0 draw with Bolton Wanderers, but it's still a point added to the season total.
The South Coast side will be looking to secure another three points in their attempt to gatecrash the top two, when travelling to the Baggies on Tuesday night, but it won't be easy.
Indeed, West Brom are just fresh off a 3-1 win at the London Stadium, and they're also only two points behind Swansea City, who occupy second spot.
Safe to say, this could be a very entertaining mid-week showdown to watch, as both teams try to win to sneak into the top two picture.
Swansea will be focused on winning as well, as they make the long trip down to Portsmouth this mid-week, so both the Baggies and the Saints can't capitalise.
Ross Stewart will be hungry for a goal at Fratton Park to help his new employers to a win, so his ex-side don't gain an advantage, with the Scotsman now off the mark for the Welsh giants.
Stewart off the mark
It has taken a little bit of time for Stewart to get going at Swansea.
This will come as no shock to Saints fans reading, but the 30-year-old has been suffering with injury problems in Wales.
He shook them off to lead the line against Blackburn Rovers last time out for Vitor Matos' men, and he would score the final goal of the contest in style to seal a 4-0 victory for the promotion hopefuls.
It was a typically ice-cold finish from the lethal striker, as he guided the ball into the net rather effortlessly to make the one-sided win even more emphatic.
Ross Stewart off the mark for @SwansOfficial in style! 🤩#EFL | #SkyBetChampionship pic.twitter.com/9qKO3CDFzC
— Sky Bet Championship (@SkyBetChamp) October 31, 2026
Saints fans will be well aware that when Stewart is fit and firing, he is one of the most potent finishers in the entire division.
With Cyle Larin currently out with injury, and Lewis Dobbin blowing hot-and-cold, this must be one major regret of the Saints' summer that they couldn't convince the affectionately named Loch Ness Drogba to stay put, as he now tries to get into his goalscoring groove with a promotion rival.
Southampton's big regret?
The St. Mary's masses would have been gutted when it was announced that Stewart wouldn't be putting pen to paper on an extended deal.
It came to light that Southampton's expulsion from the playoffs due to Spygate meant Eckert and Co. didn't have the apt time to trigger the extension clause in his contract.
This must be a regret, as while Larin has bagged seven goals this season so far, his back-ups in Dobbin, and the neglected Divin Mubama, have hardly shown what they're all about, with only two goals between them in Championship action.
Stewart was the perfect back-up last season, with a sensational nine strikes coming his way from only 11 league starts.
Having him in the squad right now would be ideal, but Eckert's men have dealt with Larin being stuck in the treatment room by spreading the goals all over the pitch, with 13 unique goalscorers quite the number when studying the output of the Saints this season.
The worry will still be there that Stewart will score the decisive goals that sends the Swans up automatically, over Southampton, as he has a major last laugh at this ex-side.
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