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Newcastle should bounce again from their 4-1 hammering at residence towards Bournemouth with a visit to Southampton on the foot of the Premier League desk.
Justin Kluivert’s hat-trick final Saturday helped the Cherries to an emphatic and deserved win, whereas the Saints have had a tricky time below new boss Ivan Juric.
After collapsing late at Man Utd in a 3-1 defeat, Southampton have been then on the receiving finish of targets from ex-Mags Chris Wooden and Elliot Anderson on Sunday in a slim 3-2 defeat, however Paul Merson expects our assembly this weekend to be nowhere close to as tight…
Paul Merson is backing Eddie Howe’s Mags to reply emphatically to final weekend’s 4-1 defeat with a snug victory at St. Mary’s.
The Sky Sports activities pundit thinks that is the right sport to get our top-four hopes ‘again on observe’, believing Newcastle and Alexander Isak will ‘slaughter’ the Saints in immediately’s 3pm kick-off.
Chatting with Sportskeeda, Merson stated: “Newcastle dropping 4-1 at residence to Bournemouth reveals how tough it’s to make correct predictions within the Premier League.
“Let’s be trustworthy, even a loyal Bournemouth fan didn’t see that coming! However when you’re Newcastle, you’ll be able to’t ask for a greater sport than this to get again on observe.
“If Southampton had taken their probabilities, they may have gotten a outcome towards Manchester United. However that reveals how unhealthy United are and never the opposite approach round. I anticipate Newcastle to slaughter them. I simply can’t see Alexander Isak not scoring towards Southampton.
“Eddie Howe wouldn’t have been pleased with the loss to Bournemouth. For those who have a look at Liverpool or Arsenal, you wouldn’t anticipate them to lose 4-1 at residence when they’re in the midst of a dream run. Newcastle should change that about them and I anticipate them to bounce again in fashion.”
It was a complete automotive crash of a efficiency towards Howe’s former facet final weekend and we’ll be determined to reply instantly and get again to the ruthless type that noticed us just lately win 9 video games on the spin.
Each facet has a blip and we’ll must hope that battering at residence to Bournemouth was an off day we gained’t be repeating anytime quickly – particularly not towards a Saints facet with out star wingers Tyler Dibling and Kamaldeen Sulemana.
We’re nonetheless in each cups and are battling for Champions League soccer, so six factors in our subsequent two – at residence to Southampton and Fulham – could be simply what we’d like forward of a cup semi-final at residence to Arsenal and FA Cup journey to Birmingham earlier than a run of doubtless season-defining Premier League fixtures.
After our journey to St. Andrews, we’ve Manchester Metropolis away, a house conflict with high-flying Nottingham Forest and a visit to Liverpool, exhibiting what an important month awaits for Eddie Howe in league and cup.
