Southampton and Crystal Palace are winding down their respective seasons with a bit of a whimper as both teams are essentially safe from relegation. Ralph Hasenhüttl and Patrick Vieira will be assessing their squads for a summer shakeup as each have talent at their disposal and have impressed on occasion but are 13th and 14th respectively due to inconsistent performances. One of Vieira’s biggest headaches will be replacing the on-loan Conor Gallagher’s brilliance in midfield next term. Players will be aware they are potentially playing for their futures but another club will always coming knocking so with no real skin in the game this one could be fairly low in the Match of the Day pecking order come Saturday night. Graham Searles
Saturday 3pm
Venue St Mary’s Stadium
Last season Southampton 3 Crystal Palace 1
Referee Jarred Gillett
This season G7 Y26 R1 3.86 cards/game
Odds H 16-11 A 11-5 D 23-10
SOUTHAMPTON
Subs from Caballero, McCarthy, Lewis, Long, Small, Valery, Walcott, Smallbone, Tella, Djenepo, Stephens, Lyanco, Diallo, Elyounoussi, A Armstrong
Doubtful McCarthy (match fitness)
Injured Livramento (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y59 R2
Form LDLWLD
Leading scorer Ward-Prowse 9
CRYSTAL PALACE
Subs from Matthews, Benteke, Kelly, Banks, Hannam, Riedewald, Rak-Sakyi, Tomkins, Eze, Hughes, Ward, Milivojevic, Ayew, Édouard, McArthur
Doubtful Mitchell (match fitness), Milivojevic (hamstring)
Injured Ferguson (hamstring, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y55 R1
Form WDWLLD
Leading scorer Zaha 11
