Southampton will have a ‘massive’ opportunity to bounce back to winning ways after the international break when Everton travel to St Mary’s in the Premier League, according to journalist Dean Jones. Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side have suffered consecutive defeats in the top flight and will be eager to put things right when Frank Lampard takes his squad to the south coast.
It has been a campaign blighted by inconsistency for the Saints so far this season having won two, drawn one and lost four of their seven Premier League games.
Impressive victories away to Leicester City and at home to Chelsea have been marred by sloppy defeats to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa in recent weeks.
Friday night saw Steven Gerrard’s side edge a closely contested clash at Villa Park, with Hasenhuttl describing his team’s performance as ‘frustrating’ in his post-match press conference.