West Brom have made a solid start to the English Premier
League this season and could go as high as fifth if they beat strugglers
Southampton in the Monday night game of the EPL Live Streaming.
The Baggies lie in ninth place on 14 points from nine games,
and could go above Tottenham, if they beat Southampton by a decent margin -- a
win will at least take them above Arsenal to sixth place.
West Brom, despite the strong start, have lost their last
two matches - narrow 2-1 defeats to Newcastle United and Manchester City - and
manager Steve Clarke is determined to set things right against the Saints.
"The lads have had that feeling when you sit in the
dressing room, know you have played really well and not had your reward for
it," he said. "We've had that two weeks in a row now and we look
forward to Monday night so we can try and put it right.
"It feels like a bad run because we've had no points
from the last two games but the performances in both games were really good.
That's the message I've tried to give the players that if you continue to play
like that and the performances are good, then the results will follow."
"We've played teams near the bottom in Reading and QPR
so we understand the type of game it can be. Southampton are going to be coming
here trying to kick-start their season. They've had some good performances.
I've watched them a couple of times this year.
"They play good football, they are dangerous, they will
get a lot of respect from us, but it's a chance for us to get three
points."
Southampton lie rock bottom on four points from nine games,
but can count themselves a little unlucky, having conceded a pile of late goals
which have seen them lie in this precarious position. "We've come a hell
of a long way in a short space of time," manager Nigel Adkins said.
"It's often the case for a newly promoted side from a defensive point of
view a lot more questions are asked about you when you move up, especially when
you move up two divisions like we've done.
"There's a great vision here at Southampton and what
we've got to do is make sure we keep on track with what we're doing and we need
everybody to stick together.
"It's the top league in the world. So every team's
going to be competitive -- every game's going to be hard. There's so much at
stake for every game and we're well aware of that, we've got to take one game
at a time, prepare diligently for the game, getting the players believing in
themselves.
"It's going to be a good game. West Brom have got a
good record at home -- are a good solid side defensively and very good on the
counterattack. It's a challenge we embrace -- we've scored in all the games bar
one and we've got Gaston Ramirez, our record summer signing, who trained well
all week, and who should be involved on Monday night."
Along with Ramirez, who is in line for a return after
missing five weeks of action due to a thigh injury, Tadanari Lee also could
feature against West Brom. Defender Fraser Richardson and Jack Cork remain
sidelined.
For West Brom, captain Chris Brunt and Billy Jones have
recovered from their respective injuries and are in contention, while Shane
Long and Claudio Yacob - both with hamstring injuries - could also be
available.
Expected lineups: West Brom: Forster, Tamas, McAuley,
Olsson, Ridgewell, Mulumbu, Brunt, Morrison, Gera, Odemwingie, Lukaku.
Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Yoshida, Fonte, Fox,
Schneiderlin, Davis, Puncheon, Lallana, Ramirez, Lambert.
Prediction: 2-1 to Southampton
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