Southampton face Hull City on Saturday in a return to St. Mary’s, as the Saints look to bounce back from a 4-2 loss against league leaders Chelsea.
The Saints are aiming to get back to winning ways after losing two games on the trot.
However, Hull City have look revitalised since the appointment of Marco Silva, having won three of their last five games.
It wasn’t a great day for Saints when these two sides met in November earlier this season, as Hull City came back from 1-0 down to win 2-1 after a poor performance from Claude Puel’s side.
Saints opened the scoring early on, as Maya Yoshida was tripped by Curtis Davies in the box, and Charlie Austin stepped up to confidently to convert the penalty after just six minutes.
Southampton showed their dominance for the rest of the first half but couldn’t get a second, after attempts from Jordy Clasie and Charlie Austin were well saved by Hull ‘keeper David Marshall.
Saints carried on their domination through to the second half, as Virgil van Dijk’s header flew just over the crossbar.
It was Hull who would find the back of the net next though, as Sam Clucas played a low ball into Robert Snodgrass, who fired into the bottom corner.
Just three minutes later Saints were behind, as Snodgrass whipped the ball into the penalty area, and it was Craig Dawson who flicked the ball past Fraser Forster.
Shocked Saints almost scored just moments later, but it was Marshall once again who denied Austin a late equaliser, and Saints somehow came back to the south coast with nothing.
